Alice Panikian

Education

She attended William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and graduated in 2003.

Career

At 6"0" (183 m) she is not only the tallest major national titleholder in Canadian history, but also had earned a significant amount of attention from the world press as one of the strongest candidates to succeed to then-reigning Mission Universe, Natalie Glebova, also from Canada. Alice did not become Mission Universe 2006 (that honour went to Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico), but she did finish in 6th place. Panikian studied at York University and majored in English and Communications.

She studied broadcast journalism and resides in Toronto, Ontario and aspires to be a journalist or a television show host.

She also took the "Mission Photogenic" and "Best in Swimsuit" awards at the Mission Universe Canada Pageant. Panikian was supposed to represent Canada and compete at Mission International 2007 held in Tokyo, Japan, but due to schedule conflicts in college, she did not compete.

Justine Stewart took her place.

Achievements

• As no country has ever won the title back-to-back (later achieved by Dayana Mendoza and Stefanía Fernández in 2009, both of them from Venezuela), Panikian had a significant historical hurdle to jump despite many pundits who argue that she was an even stronger candidate than her predecessor. Before becoming Mission Universe Canada, Alice represented Canada at the 2006 Reinado Internacional del Café or International Queen of Coffee pageant, held in Manizales, Colombia on January 9, where she became the first Canadian winner in the history of the pageant.