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.
Solange Tuyishime - Miss Universe Canada 2010 Candidate
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Name: Solange Tuyishime
Age: 26
Height: 5'8"
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Solange is from Fredericton, New Brunswick, and was raised in Rwanda until she escaped from war and genocide. She is fluent in French, English, Kinyarwanda and Swahili and holds a Bachelor of Applied Arts in of Journalism and a Masters of Public Administration. She currently resides and works in Ottawa in Executive Leadership Development.
At age 11, along with millions of other people, Solange and her family became refugees due to the civil war and genocide in Rwanda. Living in tents and surviving with the minimum, Solange had to mature fast, and as the eldest child, she had the responsibility of taking care of her siblings. Her experience of being a refugee, dealing with the effects of war and poverty, has allowed her to appreciate every opportunity and be even more proud to be Canadian.
Solange has been nominated UNICEF’s 2010 Official Spokes Person for Walk for Water. In hope to become Miss Universe Canada, Solange would like to continue sharing her life experience with the objective to encourage fundraising efforts, to educate and engage Canadians in missions seeking to give every child change and opportunity in life to survive and thrive. In the future Solange hopes to be UN’s Goodwill Ambassador for children’s wellbeing and education.
In hope to represent Canada at the Miss Universe Pageant, Solange brings modeling and pageant experience into this competition. She was chosen to represent Canada at the Miss International pageant in the US, she won the title of Miss Canada International 2006, and she was the LUSH Model winner during the 2009 UJENA JAM swimwear competition in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Solange enjoys music, playing soccer, cooking and modeling. Her philosophy in life is to never be afraid of dreaming, even when it feels and appears impossible.
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