Leanne Baird
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Leanne Baird was Miss Canada International
Miss Canada International
Miss Canada International is a scholarship pageant for women in Canada. It was founded in 1995 and also has founded The Teddy Bears of Hope Campaign in 2005. The CEO or Director of the organization is Sylvia Stark. -Winners:Note:...

 in 1998. Leanne Baird was born in Stoney Creek
Stoney Creek, Ontario
Stoney Creek is a community in Ontario, Canada.Note: This article will only deal with matters up to its amalgamation with Hamilton.-Geography and population:...

, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

. She stands at five feet, seven inches and has red hair and blue eyes. She was chosen Miss Canada International in August 1998 and went to the Seychelles
Seychelles
Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles , is an island country spanning an archipelago of 115 islands in the Indian Ocean, some east of mainland Africa, northeast of the island of Madagascar....

 for the Miss World
Miss World
The Miss World pageant is the oldest surviving major international beauty pageant. It was created in the United Kingdom by Eric Morley in 1951...

 pageant
Beauty contest
A beauty pageant or beauty contest, is a competition that mainly focuses on the physical beauty of its contestants, although such contests often incorporate personality, talent, and answers to judges' questions as judged criteria...

 on 26 November in 1998. She did not win Miss World 1998
Miss World 1998
The 48th Miss World pageant was held at the Lake Berjaya Mahé Resort in Mahé Island, Seychelles. 86 delegates from around the world competed for the crown. Ronan Keating then lead singer of Boyzone and MTV's Eden Harel hosted the event...

, but her roommate did, Miss Israel 1998 Linor Abargil. They became friends with each other during the pageant and still remain friends to this day.

After her reign was completed, she finished Teachers College in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

. She has been a special needs worker and a camp supervisor working with children. She has also volunteered for many camps, youth organizations, and hospitals. She regards volunteering as a high priority.

Leanne is currently working at Cathedral High School
Cathedral High School (Hamilton, Ontario)
Cathedral High School is an inner city public Roman Catholic high school in Hamilton, Ontario, under the jurisdiction of the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board. Cathedral High School dates back to 1912, when high school classes where offered to the youth of Hamilton by the Hamilton...

 in Hamilton, Ontario as a guidance counsellor.

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