| 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 held on April 28, 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Inga Skaya crowned her successor, Samantha Tajik, 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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