Riza Santos
Riza Santos competed at the 2013 edition of Miss Universe Canada held in Toronto where she was hailed 1st Runner up to Denise Garrido. 24 hours later, it was later revealed that she originally won due to a typo error in the ratings of the top 5 entries, which afterwards, significantly impacted the final results of the competition. A week later, she was officially crowned as the new Miss Universe Canada 2013 in her hometown, Calgary, Alberta. This is the first instance of this type of error in the 11 years that Beauties of Canada (BOC) has produced the Miss Universe Canada pageant. Garrido has actually ranked as third runner-up.
Miss Universe Canada 2013 - Riza Santos
2011 Miss World-Canada Riza Santos arrive Sunday, September 12, 2011 at SFO to model for BAY AREA FASHION WEEK.
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If Fil-Canadian Riza Santos wins Miss World in London on November 6, 2011, it will be a first for Canada and a first for the Philippines. Good luck, Riza, coming from 'Scenes In The City' columnist, Bradford Adkins! This Columnist also invited her to model at the Bay Area Fashion Week in SJSU Barrett Ballroom on 09/24/2011.
Riza Santos (born August 31, 1986) is a Canadian television personality and beauty queen. She competed and won Miss Earth Canada 2006, Miss World Canada 2011 and most recently Miss Universe Canada 2013. She competed in the Miss Earth 2006 pageant, in which she was given the Miss Photogenic and Miss Fontana awards. She also competed in Miss World 2011 contest, where she placed 30th out of 113 contestants. She will represent Canada in Miss Universe 2013 in Russia.
During her participation with Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2, she played for Bantay Bata, ABS-CBN Foundation's charitable institution. On Day 84, she was proclaimed the second place winner of the show. In 2008 and 2009, she hosted the Asian Poker Tour. She also landed at number 18 in the FHM's 100 Sexiest Women in 2008.
Santos was born and raised in Alberta, Canada. Her parents are both Filipinos, her father Ruel Santos is from Bulacan, her mother Dina Buenaventura hails from Bataan, who immigrated in Canada. Her grandparents influenced her in pursuing a career in the military in which she completed her basic military training with the Canadian Armed Forces.
As an advocate for environmental protection, Santos worked with the Canadian International Development Agency upon graduating high school.
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