History
On June 15, 1992 Chan International Model and Talent was
given exclusive rights to send a Canadian delegate to the Miss Universe pageant.
"The Canadian Search For Miss Universe Pageant" was started
in 1993 when the original Miss Canada pageant ended. It
supplies a Canadian delegate to the Miss Universe pageant
every year. It is owned by Chan International Model and
Talent Ltd. in Edmonton, Alberta. Although the pageant
is called "The Canadian Search For Miss Universe" the
winner's title is actually "Miss Canadian Universe". This is because
after the Miss Canada pageant ended the company that used
to produce it still copyrighted the name "Miss
Canada" and would not let another company use the word
Canada in their title (although lately this has not seemed
to be happening because Miss Canada International and other
pageants have been able to get away with using "Canada" in
their titles.) Because of this, the winner's title
is Miss Canadian Universe. The pageant is most often in
April but this year will be in December allowing the winner
more time to prepare for international competition.
Judging
This is how the judging at CSMU worked before 1999.
It has changed slightly now but is not that different.
The judging criteria is the same as at Miss Universe but
the process is different. The contestants have a back stage
interview and compete in an optional talent portion before
the pageant. The interview is conducted a night before
the pageant. In the interview the contestant goes in front
of the judges and is grilled by them.
During the actual show all the contestants compete in
the swimsuit and evening gown competitions onstage. This is
how the semi-final scores are determined :
20%-Swimsuit
When the semi-finalists are called their scores are wiped
out and they all begin again competing on equal footing.
They answer
questions about a multitude of things relating to what they
said about themselves on their fact sheet or in the earlier
interview. For Example:
Miss St. Albert 1997 was asked:
"You say you place a high value on education,(this contestant
was a teacher) what are your thoughts about the many people
who can't find work in their area of expertise?"
The top five ladies
with the top five scores from this event continue in the
pageant as finalists.
The five finalists are finally asked random questions out
of a bowl and are judged individually on their anwsers as
well as what the judges have thought of the lady up to this
point. The one with the highest score is chosen as Miss Canadian Universe.
The new system has been slighty changed but not much.
Because there are now more contestants it would be too much
to show them all onstage in swimsuit and gown. All the contestants
compete in the preliminary interview competition and
onstage in their evening gowns. The ladies with the top
ten scores in these competitions continue as finalists.
The chosen few compete in a press confirence like at Miss USA has begun
doing for it's semi-finalists. The contestants also compete in swimsuits.
This is the weighing of the scores:
20%-swimsuit
The five with the highest scores continue as finalists.
They draw a question out of a bowl as was done before and
are judged the same way. The winner earns the right to represent Canada
in the Miss Universe pageant and do work for various charities
and organizations during her reign.
(I am not totally sure about the new judging system but I think
that this is the way it works, if you can help me, please
email me at canadianpageantfan@hotmail.com)
30%-Interview
50%-Evening gown
50%-evening gown
15%-interview
15%-press conference
