By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
By ahnationtalk on March 28, 2024
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Pageant selects winner based on contestants’ knowledge of their culture, tradition, and history
Apr 27, 201
In her job as a substitute teacher, Kayleigh Spencer of Mistissini, Quebec, spends her time trying to get young people to see their potential. But this week, the young Cree woman is encouraging her own, as she competes with dozens of other Indigenous women in the Miss Indian World pageant in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
“They [young people] have special talents, they have something they are amazing at,” said Spencer in an interview with CBC’s Maamuitaau after being crowned Miss Mistissini.
“I want them to discover that, and the only way to do that is to keep going to school, and to try new things, so that is what I promote for the youth.”
After winning Mistissini’s local pageant in December, Spencer was crowned the inaugural Miss Eenou/Eeyou Nation in February. That opened up the opportunity to compete in the Miss Indian World pageant.
Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/kayleigh-spencer-miss-indian-world-1.4087630
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