Ramona Amiri

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Ramona Rina Amiri (born April 16, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian woman of Assyrian and Persian heritage ^{[1] [2]} who won the Miss World Canada contest in 2005.

She attended the contest from Vancouver. Ramona attended College Charlemagne, a private high school in Montreal, where she graduated at the age of 17. That same year' she moved to Vancouver, British Columbia with her family and began studies at the University of British Columbia in sciences. She has graduated from the University of British Columbia with a major in Biology. Amiri's father, of Assyrian ethnicity, was born in Urmia, Iran, and her mother is Persian. She has one sister named Rebecca Venus. She is fluent in English, French, Assyrian, and Persian.

Her personal motto is: "Work like you don’t need money, love like you’ve never been hurt, and dance like no one's watching". She is planning to become a medical doctor.

Since winning the title of Miss World Canada, Ramona has travelled all across Canada to raise awareness for special causes. Ramona is an avid fundraiser, and at the Miss World Canada pageant, she was one of the top fundraisers.^[3]

Ramona represented Canada at the Miss World Pageant, in Sanya, China. She was the only contestant to rank top 5 in both the swimsuit competition and the talent competition. Ramona also placed in the top 12 semi-finals of the Miss World 2005 pageant. Ramona was also named as one of the most beautiful 50 people in the world in 2005.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Amiri competed in the Miss Universe Canada pageant, and placed first runner-up to Inga Skaya of Toronto, Ontario.

[edit] See also

• Assyrian Canadians
• List of Assyrians
• List of famous Persian women

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Ethnicity info from official biography
2. ^ Washington Prism
3. ^ Miss World Canada official site

[edit] External links

• Miss World Canada
• Her website

Preceded by Tijana Arnautovic

Miss World Canada 2005

Succeeded by Malgosia Majewska