| Miss Universe Canada 2008 | |
|---|---|
| Date | April 28, 2008 |
| Presenters | Fernando Balbontin |
| Venue | John Bassett Theatre, Toronto, Ontario |
| Entrants | 70 |
| Placements | 20 |
| Winner | Samantha Tajik [1]  Upper Canada |
Miss Universe Canada 2008 was the 6th Miss Universe Canada pageant held on April 28, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario. Inga Skaya of Ontario crowned her successor Samantha Tajik of Upper Canada with 70 women competing in the pageant.
| Final Results | Contestant | Results |
|---|---|---|
| Miss Universe Canada 2008 | Upper Canada - Samantha Tajik | Unplaced |
| 1st Runner-up | British Columbia Province - Sahar Biniaz | |
| 2nd Runner-up |  North Ontario - Aleksandra Malkin | |
| 3rd Runner-up | Langley - Lina Lombana | |
| 4th Runner-up | Scarborough - Genida Prifti | |
| Top 10 | | |
| Top 20 | |
| Represented | Name | Age | Height | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Alberta Province | Anindita Mukherjee | 23 | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | Calgary |
 Atlantic Coast | Sarah Foot | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Oyen |
| British Columbia Province | Sahar Biniaz | 22 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Vancouver |
| Burnaby | Ania Bureacenco | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Burnaby |
| Burrard Peninsula | Agnes Kim | 24 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Pitt Meadows |
| Calgary | Alexandria Wiemer | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Calgary |
 Central Canada | Jennifer Albertson | 20 | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | Winnipeg |
| Central Ontario | Connie D’Angelo | 23 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Ottawa |
 Charlottetown | Denisse Rafael | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Charlottetown |
| Coldstream | Courtney Liefke | 20 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Coldstream |
| East Canada | Mona Nikkah | 21 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Montreal |
| East Ontario | Sharon Philipose | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Ottawa |
| East Quebec | Valerie Welsh | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Saint-Nicolas |
| Edmonton | Kriti Bhatnagar | 22 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Edmonton |
| Fraser Valley | Sabrina Haloulakos | 21 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Burnaby |
 Fredericton | Annie Franklin | 23 | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | Fredericton |
 Halifax | Cara Elizabeth Tanner | 19 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Halifax |
| Hochelaga Archipelago | Cynthia Ponari | 18 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Montreal |
| Langley | Lina Lombana | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Langley |
| Lower Alberta | Stephanie Koo | 26 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Calgary |
| Lower Canada | Marlene Snowfoot | 21 | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | Fredericton |
| Lower Mainland | Sasha Abunnadi | 24 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Abbotsford |
| Manitoba Province | Jessica Clausen | 19 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Winnipeg |
| Mississauga | Olga Tchistilina | 26 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Mississauga |
| Montreal | Dayna Hajaly | 19 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Montreal |
| National Capital Region | Taryn Scerbo | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Ottawa |
| New Brunswick Province | Cynthia O'Poole | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Fredericton |
| New France | Sara-Jade Doucet Gallienne | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Bécancour |
 Newfoundland & Labrador Province | Katie Flood | 25 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | St. John's |
| North Canada | Sonja McCree | 25 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Pointe-Claire |
| North Ontario | Aleksandra Malkin | 20 | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | Concord |
| North Quebec | Pauline Ranjbar | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Dollard-des-Ormeaux |
| North Vancouver | Sarah Khoshnavazi | 20 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | North Vancouver |
| Northeast Canada | Joelle Lanctot | 19 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Saint-Michel |
| Northwest Ontario | Kimberly Dubeau | 23 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Kapuskasing |
 Northwest Territories | Geneve Clarke | 19 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Yellowknife |
| Nova Scotia Province | Anne-Louis Fremont | 18 | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | Halifax |
 Nunavut Territory | Lee Kuusaag | 18 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Iqaluit |
| Ontario Province | Elena Semikina | 24 | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | Toronto |
| Pacific Coast | Karelya Medialdea | 24 | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | Abbotsford |
| Peace River Country | Maria Woodward | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Campbell River |
| Port Moody | Sabrina Misquita | 21 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | LaSalle |
| Port Moody | Tanya Razi | 19 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Port Moody |
| Prince Edward Province | Andrea Martin | 20 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Charlottetown |
| Quebec Province | Lateesha Ector | 23 | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | Pierrefonds |
| Saanich Peninsula | Chelsea Tail Feathers | 19 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Stand Off, Alberta |
 Saskatchewan Province | Ann Parry | 25 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Saskatoon |
| Saskatoon | Shannon Smadella | 26 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Saskatoon |
| Scarborough | Genida Prifti | 24 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Scarborough |
| South Alberta | Adwoa Yamoah | 21 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Calgary |
| South Canada | Brittney Kuczynski | 18 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mississauga |
| South Ontario | Sharon Persaud | 26 | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | Etobicoke |
| South Quebec | Sarah Philibert | 19 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Bécancour |
| Southeast Canada | Elena Tchemissova | 23 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Toronto |
| Southeast Ontario | Klaudia Olejnik | 20 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Toronto |
| Southwest Canada | Stephanie Ataliotis | 20 | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) | Vancouver |
| Southwest Ontario | Anastasia Marinina | 20 | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | Mississauga |
| Surrey | Amy Toor | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Surrey |
| The Prairies | Shannon MacKinnon | 23 | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | Edmonton |
| The Rockies | Jennyfer Boyce | 26 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Calgary |
| Toronto | Lyudmyla Tregubenko | 24 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Toronto |
| Upper Alberta | Allison Stern | 22 | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | Sherwood Park |
| Upper Canada | Samantha Tajik | 25 | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | Vancouver |
| Vancouver | Sarah Fullerton | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Vancouver |
| West Canada | Emily Hoddinott | 22 | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | Prince George |
| West Coast | Lauren McKamey | 23 | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | Port Alberni |
| West Ontario | Vanessa Drautz | 24 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Mississauga |
| West Quebec | Katherine Raymond | 20 | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | Lorraine |
| Winnipeg | Ines Falcon | 25 | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | Winnipeg |
 Yukon Territory | Sarah Pool | 21 | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | Whitehorse |
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