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Date Posted: 18:21:03 02/22/07 Thu
Author: Miss Canada Globe Productions
Subject: Article About Cali Tanner- Miss Teen Canada Globe 2006

Blackstock girl is Miss Teen Canada
Busy Cali Tanner is ready to compete against the world

Feb 22, 2007
By Cathy Minz
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Celia Klemenz / Metroland Durham Region Media Group MOUNT ALBERT -- Cali Tanner, of Blackstock, has been chosen as Miss Teen Canada Globe 2006. Ms. Tanner is preparing for the upcoming Miss Teen World competition being held in Australia in April. Feb. 10, 2007

BLACKSTOCK -- Who says waiting in line at Tim Hortons is a bad thing?

Don't expect to see Cali Tanner, crowned Miss Teen Canada in August, 2006, a Blackstock resident, lounging around in designer evening wear with perfect hair. This 16-year-old beauty is a self professed 'tomboy' who can keep up with her brother Blake whether it's on a snowmobile, 4-wheeler, snowboard or ice fishing in Caesarea. You may not see much of her around town for awhile. Miss Tanner is now preparing to represent Canada at the Miss Teen World competition in Australia on April 29.

Miss Tanner's journey to worldwide competition began when she was discovered while waiting in line at a coffee shop. Miss Tanner said, "They discovered me at Tim Hortons. I was in there buying some food."

She did a few modeling jobs and the 'Fashion Cares' fashion show and she was talked into auditioning for the pageant. Miss Tanner said, "The very first audition I was accepted in and then we competed for our regional areas."

She became Miss Teen Durham Region in March, 2006. She was then selected from 31 teens from across the country for the opportunity to represent Canada in the largest teen pageant in the world.

When she's not attending Holy Trinity Catholic School in Courtice, Miss Tanner keeps very busy with her favourite sports and volunteering in the community.

Volunteering at the Oshawa Zoo since the age of 12, Miss Tanner has accumulated 140 hours of community service, far surpassing her high school graduation requirement of 40. She now trains new volunteers at the zoo and is entrusted to take care of many of the animals.

"I can pretty much do anything there now," she says. "I can help close the zoo. They really trust me."

Miss Tanner can play defense and centre positions and is the assistant captain for the house league girls' hockey team, the Clarington Flames. She has been playing hockey for about 11 years and says she enjoys the competition.

She also used to figure skate in Blackstock with the Bladerunners synchronized skating team.

Miss Tanner's love of animals shows in her everyday life. Her goal is to attend Guelph University and study to be a veterinarian.

"I love animals so I'm doing a co-op at school right now at the East Oshawa Animal Hospital," she explains. "It's given me a lot of experience. They let me assist with declawing cats and surgery prep."

She continues, "I've loved animals since I was little. When I was little, one time my brother brought me a baby rabbit home. We raised him and let it go in the wild again."

Miss Tanner is also the spokesperson for the Durham Region Humane Society and has helped to raise money to expand the facility. Her family has seven pets including four leopard geckoes, a rabbit, a cat and a dog.

Her busy schedule doesn't stop her from spending time with friends.

"I am definitely a lot busier now. I make sure that I set time aside for my extracurricular activities and my friends and, of course, my family," she says.

Despite the hectic schedule, she enjoys all that she does.

"Giving to the community and helping to be a positive role model for teenagers, that's what I really love about it," she explains. "We help a lot of charities."

Some of the charities she has assisted include the Terry Fox Run, fundraising for the Multiple Sclerosis Society and AIDS research, to name a few.

Find out more about the pageant, which takes place at the end of April in Australia, visit www.missteenworldaustralia.com.

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