Juliana Renée Thiessen Day (born 1980 in Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina, Saskatchewan

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, Canada

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) is a former Miss Canadian Universe and the Canadian representative to the Miss Universe

Miss Universe

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 pageant in 1998.

She married Logan Day, son of former Canadian Alliance

Canadian Alliance

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 leader Stockwell Day

Stockwell Day

Stockwell Burt Day, Jr., PC, MP is a former Canadian politician, and a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. He is a former cabinet minister in Alberta, and a former leader of the Canadian Alliance. Day was MP for the riding of Okanagan—Coquihalla in British Columbia and the president of...

, in 1999.

In 2000, Thiessen Day was briefly the source of a minor scandal in Canada. During the CBC

CBC Television

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 television coverage of the federal election

Canadian federal election, 2000

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, live footage of Thiessen Day at Alliance campaign headquarters was shown. An unidentified CBC producer, who was unaware his words were being broadcast live, made the following comments on Thiessen Day:
Since the producer's microphone was on, his comments were unwittingly broadcast to the entire province of British Columbia

British Columbia

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, until a quick-thinking technician cut the feed.

Because the Canadian television networks were using a shared video and audio feed, his comments were broadcast on CTV

CTV television network

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 and Global

Global Television Network

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stations as well. The producer was forced to apologize.