Leanne Baird

Last updated
Leanne Baird (now Marrazzo)
Born
Leanne Baird

Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Beauty pageant titleholder
Title Miss Canada International 1998
Hair colourBrown
Eye colourBlue
Major
competition(s)
Miss Canada International 1998 (winner)
Miss World 1998

Leanne Baird is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder. She was Miss Canada International in 1998. She was chosen Miss Canada International in August 1998 and went to the Seychelles for the Miss World pageant on 26 November 1998. [1] She did not win Miss World 1998, but her roommate, Miss Israel 1998 Linor Abargil, did.

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Early life

Leanne Baird was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario. She also won Miss Winona Peach Queen in her late teens. After her reign, she and her sister ran the Miss Winona Peach Queen Pageant in Winona Ontario for several years.

Career

After her reign was completed, she finished Teachers College in Canada. She has been an English teacher and now a Guidance Counsellor at Cathedral High School in Hamilton Ontario. She currently works as Head Guidance Counsellor in a High School in Hamilton. She has been a special needs worker and a camp supervisor working with children. She has also volunteered for many camps, youth organizations, and hospitals.[ citation needed ] She married in 2007 and has three daughters.

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References

  1. Valeri, Tony (2 December 1998). "Statements by Members - Leanne Baird" (PDF). House of Commons Debares. Vol. 135, no. 164. 36th Parliament. p. 10775. Retrieved 20 August 2020.