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Miss Universe Canada 2012 - National Finalist
Vania Georgieva
Age: 18 | Height: 5’8″
Hometown: Ottawa, ON
Vania Georgieva is born on the outskirts of a small city in Bulgaria, located at the base of the Rila mountain range. Being raised by her grandparents, on their large farm property, she was raised to help around the farm and grew up loving the outdoors.
She harbours a great love and appreciation for nature. This can be seen in her daily eco-friendly activities and her involvement in the growing green movement.
She immigrated to Toronto at the age of six with only her parents and sister, leaving all of her other relatives in Bulgaria. This was a difficult separation that, in combination with learning a new language and adapting to a new country, could be quite overwhelming.
She was able to overcome these challenges and excel in her language studies. This experience was the first of much relocation in her life, which taught Vania to love change and adapt to new surroundings with ease. Meeting a variety of people along the way, she developed a love for the act of meeting new people and befriending a variety of individuals.
During high school, she focused on a holistic approach to life. She was able to maintain academic proficiency, meanwhile donating a large portion of her time to volunteer work in the community. She often coordinated and hosted events in her old grade schools. Participating in local park clean ups, Terry Fox runs, fundraising events, and much more, she was also able to work part time providing child care fulfilling her love for working with children.
While doing this she never forgot her number one priority: family. Vania is very close to her family and feels one’s family has the greatest influence in their life. She thanks her family for all the opportunities they have provided for her and their continuous support through every adventure/challenge she takes on. Having this close relationship, Vania always put aside time to spend with her family.
Being far away from her family while completing her bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science at the University of Ottawa is a challenge but as always, she focuses on the positive aspects of the situation and realizes the benefits of the final results. Once she finishes her education, Vania wants to be able to balance a career in international politics and humanitarian work around the world.
Throughout all the challenges that she faced, she found comfort in staying positive and being motivated by the words of an inspirational author, Robin Sharma: “Dare to dream that you are more than a sum of your current circumstances.” Vania believes that people should never stop trying to disprove other’s definition of impossible and that everyone has the strength within to achieve anything they truly desire.
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