The Winner of Miss Universe Canada 2008

Standing at 1.77 m. tall, the 25 year old Samantha Tajik was recertly crowned as the new Miss Universe Canada for 2008 title last Monday night in Toronto. Samantha is from Richmond Hill, Ontario, and will now get ready to compete at Miss Universe 2008 Beauty Pageant to be held in Nha Trang, Vietnam, on July 14.

Samantha was originally born in Iran. The new Canadian titleholder moved to Canada when she was 2. Samantha grew up in Vancouver with her parents and younger brother. She then moved to Toronto, where she commenced her modeling career and studied cosmetology.

Sahar Biniaz, who recently represented Canada at the Miss Tourism Queen International 2008 beauty pageant and was the 2nd runner-up, and now, Miss Universe Canada's 1st runner-up.

Rounding out the top 5 were Aleksandra Malkin (2nd runner-up), Lina Lombana (3rd) and Genida Prifti (4th).