Joe Manio

Lethbridge Herald

Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

Lethbridge’s own Jaime VandenBerg was crowned Miss Universe Canada on Saturday, August 9, in Windsor Ontario, after besting four other finalists. Vandenburg moves on to represent Canada in November at the Miss Universe Pageant in Thailand

VandenBerg’s win came after over a week of intense competition that pitted the 28-year-old international model and philanthropist against 76 other contestants from across Canada.

“I’ve been in the pageant industry since 2014,” says VandenBerg. “It was my third time competing in Miss Universe Canada. It was it was really incredible. It was something that I worked really hard for for over 10 years and it just felt so nice to finally to finally get to have that moment.”

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