A Canadian woman from the western province of Alberta has been crowned Mrs Universe, 2015.
Ashley Burnham (nee Callingbull) 25, is from the Enoch Cree Nation west of Edmonton and is an actress, model and motivational speaker. She is also currently pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree focusing on drama and acting/television.
Begun in 2007, the international pageant for married women was held this year in Minsk, Belarus.
According to the pageant’s website, “ We believe that physical beauty is just a part of of the hole (*sic) allure of a person. Our award is for the most honorable married woman. According to our rules she must age 25 to 45, to have family, her own career and to be involved with a significant cause in favour of other people.”
The website adds, “The idea of all this international event and the activities going through the hole (*sic) year is that mature women, who have already achieved a lot in their life, who have built their own families, have become mothers themselves, who are indepedent, due to their own efforts, are the women who can use their beauty for the sake of a big cause.”
The site says the overall them is “against violence” and themes in past years have included “Women of the world against violence and human trafficking”.
In 2013, then Ashley Callingbull, was a finalist in the Miss Universe Canada pageant.
She also appears as a character in the TV drama series, Blackstone, about an aboriginal community in Canada which airs on the Aboriginal network APTN in Canada, CBC, the Canadian public broadcaster, Showcase, and Maori Television in New Zealand.
The same company organizing the Mrs. Universe competition also holds Mrs Europe, Grandma Universe, and Children of the Universe events.
Blackstone season 4 trailer- YouTube
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