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Originally posted by honeychile
Does anyone else think that Canada's tiara is much nicer than the one for the United States, or have I just gone over the Pagent Geek edge?
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Hee hee, no, you haven't gone over the edge.
Here's Canada
and here's USA
Have to say, I prefer the "old crown" for Miss USA (seen on the right by the outgoing Queen, Shauntay Hinton)
IMHO, the Canada one is more 'glitzy' but it is probably a rhinestone crown. Miss USA's tiara is a Mikimoto creation (it's the REAL DEAL, in other words). So, she has a real treasure on her head (we here in Canada just don't have the money that American pageants do). I don't actually know if she gets to keep the crown after her reign though.
This is Canada's one and ONLY Miss Universe 1982, Karen Baldwin! Gotta love the 80s...LOL
USA has won a LOT of Miss Universes!
I am SO EXCITED for Miss Universe this year. In the past, a wretched lady in Canada had the rights to send the Canadian girl to Miss Universe. (She basically did not give the girl much support AT ALL once she was crowned "Miss Universe Canada"....so the poor Canadian girls, through no fault of their own were showing up to Miss Universe quite unprepared and performed poorly as well.) Thankfully, those days are OVER! Now it's under new ownership and the Director and his team have been working hard to prepare Leanne Cecile to represent Canada (Canada has done rather dismally at MU in the past few years, except for Kim Yee and Neelam Verma). I am so excited that Canada might have a shot at it! YAY!!!