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- ↑ "July in Toronto". Toronto Archives. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
By the 1990s, with waning popularity and changing attitudes towards such events, the Miss Toronto beauty contest was brought to an end. A revival in beauty pageants has occurred in the early twenty-first century, with events such as Miss Chinese Toronto and Miss Toronto Tourism,
- ↑ GEMMA_KARSTENS-SMITH (2012-02-17). "Miss Toronto: More than a pretty face". Toronto Star . Retrieved 2012-02-17.
- ↑ Charter Miss Toronto. "Charter Miss Toronto" . Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ "Toronto's Timeless Beauties". Post City Magazine. 2009-07-17. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
CHIN Picnic Pageant was not the city's first attempt at parading a bevy of beauties...Today, there is also the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant, Miss Tourism Toronto, in addition to Miss Teen Toronto, Miss Universe, Miss Galaxy, Miss Earth and so on.
- ↑ Aaron D'Andrea (2016-06-07). "'Times have changed': CHIN axes bikini pageant". Toronto Sun. Retrieved 2016-12-22.
The organization has decided to do away with one of its main events at the 50th annual CHIN Picnic.
- ↑ "Metro Toronto Rotary Auction" . Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ "Afroglobal Television Excellence Awards" . Retrieved 2016-12-22.
- ↑ John Semley (2013-11-14). "Alleged sex worker "Alana" may be former Miss Toronto Tourism: BREAKING! It is possible that a 23 year-old woman could be friends with the mayor without being a prostitute". Now. Archived from the original on 2013-11-17. Retrieved 2014-09-26.