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Alisha Kalia Crowned Miss Teen Bc!
- July 12, 2016
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Miss-Mrs. BC Winners!
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From left, Ramneek Jawandha (Miss Teen Charity BC), Alisha Kalia (Miss Teen BC), Gloren Guelos (Miss BC and People's Choice Award), and Tetyana Golota (Mrs. BC).The pageant has raised $288,000 to date for Cops for Cancer. Photos – Kuna Photography
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Alisha Kalia of Vancouver was crowned Miss Teen BC and Ramneek Jawandha was named Miss Teen Charity BC.
Kalia was born deaf and her platform is to help people with disabilities become more confident and strong.
Jawandha raised $11,415 all by herself for Cops for Cancer and her platform was to stop violence against women.
“I hope to create an organization that helps young girls learn the skills of leadership and self worth that schools don't always teach and give them the tools to grow into strong leaders,” she said.
Gloren Guelos of White Rock wascrowned Miss BC and won the People’s Choice award, while Tetyana Golota of Coquitlam was named Mrs. BC.
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Organizers say the event is not a beauty pageant, but a “development program.”
There is no maximum age limit to participate nor are there height or weight restrictions.
Leading up to the final pageant, all contestants received professional training in areas such as public speaking, interview skills, media relations, modelling, manners, and even self-defence.
They also attended a leadership seminar run by female leaders in the community.
The women compete in a private judge’s interview, an on-stage interview, sportswear and evening gown presentations, a sponsor costume introduction, and charity fundraising.
Other Indo-Canadian winners included Raven Thiara, who was crowned Miss Lower Mainland. Thiara hopes to “deconstruct gender inequality that extends beyond sexism.”
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Sima Saxena was named Mrs. Vancouver Island. Saxena wanted to compete in the pageant in order to raise money for the Cops for Cancer charity, Miss BC’s charity focus, because her father-in-law was diagnosed with prostate cancer.