- Ramona Amiri
Ramona Rina Amiri (born
April 16 1980 inMontreal ,Quebec ) is an Iranian Canadian woman of Assyrian and Persian heritage [ [http://ramonaamiri.info/biography/biography.html Ethnicity info from official biography] ] [ [http://www.washingtonprism.org/eng/showarticle.cfm?id=43 "Washington Prism"] ] who won theMiss World Canada contest in 2005.She attended the contest from
Vancouver . Ramona attended CollegeCharlemagne , 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 theUniversity of British Columbia with a major inBiology . Amiri's father, of Assyrian ethnicity, was born inUrmia ,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. [ [http://ttp://www.missworldcanada.com/contestants/2005/2005results.pdf "Miss World Canada official site"] ]
Ramona represented Canada at the
Miss World Pageant, inSanya ,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.In 2007, Amiri competed in the
Miss Universe Canada 2007 pageant, and placed first runner-up toInga Skaya of Toronto,Ontario . She is 26 years old at the time of the pageant, so Amiri cannot compete at the pageant again due to overage.See also
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Assyrian Canadians
*List of Assyrians
*List of famous Persian women Notes
External links
* [http://www.missworldcanada.com Miss World Canada]
* [http://ramonaamiri.com Her website]
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