Nicole Dunsdon

Nicole Dunsdon
Born 1970 (age 45–46)
Summerland, British Columbia
Nationality Canadian
Citizenship Canada
Alma mater Summerland Secondary School
University of Alberta
University of Western Ontario
Occupation Journalist
Years active 1995-present
Spouse(s) Patrick Kryczka

Nicole Dunsdon (born 1970) was the last person to win the Miss Canada competition before it was cancelled in 1992 due to changing times. Some women's organizations considered the pageant to encourage the sexual objectification of women.[1] Dunsdon, from Summerland, British Columbia,[2] ascribed the cancellation of the pageant to the early 1990s recession, and expressed disappointment "that something as traditional as the Miss Canada pageant was touchable by the economic recession."[3] She graduated from Summerland Secondary School in 1988.[4] Dunsdon was crowned Miss Canada in October 1991.[5] Dunsdon also competed in Miss Universe 1992 in Bangkok, Thailand.[6] Dunsdon graduated from the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Arts in 1994 and from the University of Western Ontario with a Master of Arts in Journalism the following year.[4] As a journalist, she was one of the editors of Harold McGill's memoirs.[7] In addition to editing three books, Dunsdon worked with The Calgary Herald and The Globe and Mail before taking her current position in communications with SAIT Polytechnic's Applied Research and Innovation Services department.

Dunsdon said in 2009 that there are beauty pageant contestants that meet the stereotypes; "egotistical, materialistic, slightly air-headed and ill-informed... but those ones never win."[8]

References

  1. ↑ Justin Mitchell (March 26, 2002). "A dragonfly has a life span of only 24 hours - and more fascinating...". Weekly World News. p. 47.
  2. ↑ "Fort Langley activist crowned". The Vancouver Sun. February 1, 2011. Retrieved April 6, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Missing Congeniality". Chicago Tribune. January 19, 1992. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  4. 1 2 "Nicole Dunsdon: Journalist" (PDF). School District 67 Okanagan Skaha. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  5. ↑ "This Week in History". Barrie Advance. January 3, 2007. Retrieved June 24, 2013.
  6. ↑ "No More Pageant?". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. January 4, 1992. p. 2A.
  7. ↑ Harold McGill (2007). Marjorie Barron Norris, Nicole Dunsdon, eds. Medicine and Duty: The World War I Memoir of Captain Harold W. McGill, Medical Officer, 31st Battalion, C.E.F. University of Calgary Press. ISBN 1552381935.
  8. ↑ "And the winner is... Miss Whoever". Ottawa Citizen. May 19, 2009. Retrieved June 24, 2013.


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