The 59th Annual Miss Universe® Canada Pageant. 62 Delegates from across Canada will compete for the title of Miss Universe® Canada 2010 on Wednesday June 2nd and Friday June 4th, 2010.
The contestants will attend Pageant activities and spend time getting to know each other, rehearsing for the show, and visiting Toronto and the surrounding area.
Meet the 62 contestants competing for the title of Miss Universe Canada 2010. The competition will take place at The Metro Toronto Convention Centre's John Bassett Theatre.
Mariana Valente, Miss Universe Canada 2009 will crown her successor at the end of the pageant.
Zahra Al-Aubiydy - Miss Universe Canada 2010 Candidate
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Name: Zahra Al-Aubiydy
Age: 21
Height: 5'10"
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
At the ripe age of 12 Zahra Al-Aubiydy was introduced to Free the Children, an organization of kids dedicated to fighting against child labour. Always having been empathetic towards those in vulnerable positions Zahra was deeply affected by those who were suffering around the world. Thanks to Free the Children she realized that there are neither boundaries nor excuses when it comes to impacting the world in a positive way.
In elementary school she was a part of her first club that supported the developing world, ‘’kids helping kids”. In high school, she went on to found Global Reach, another organization dedicated to educating her peers on issues around the world, and helping to support both the local, and global communities. In 2008 Zahra spearheaded a fundraiser for her native land of Iraq in collaboration with Walk for Iraq & UNICEF raising thousands of dollars. In university she was a part of countless clubs and societies, but her most passionate project as of late has been ‘Students to End Extreme Poverty’ (STEEP).
STEEP is a dedicated group of remarkable young people at Carleton University that spent the latter part of last year working on an election campaign to get their student body to vote yes to support a levy of 6 dollars to go towards supporting a Millennium Village. Having succeeded, the Carleton student body now raises 100+ thousand dollars annually to support a self-sustainable village in sub-Saharan Africa.
Zahra’s intense passion to impact the world has set her on a path to do just that! In the fall of 2009 Zahra was privileged enough to attend the G8 strategy session meeting as a volunteer. There, she witnessed the worlds NGO’s come together in Ottawa, to strategize an action plan for the World! At the conference Zahra had the opportunity to share STEEP’s story, and explain about the student levy and success of the election campaign. She was amazed at the support she received from the World’s foremost active workers in the field of international development.
Her goal is to raise the profile of STEEP as well as the Millennium Villages in order to gain them support from every Canadian Student. When the time comes, she hopes that every university and college across Canada will be prepared to Vote YES to supporting a Millennium Village, and together potentially raise an accumulated $10 million + dollars annually! With Zahra’s passion and ambition, she will continue to inspire and influence others to actively seek change in today’s world.
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