Venessa Fisher, was Miss Universe Canada

Miss Universe Canada

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 2004. She is from Waterdown, Ontario

Waterdown, Ontario

Waterdown is a town in Canada which since 2001 has been a community of Hamilton, Ontario.On January 1, 2001 the new city of Hamilton was formed from the amalgamation of the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth and its six municipalities: Hamilton, Ancaster, Dundas, Flamborough, Glanbrook,...

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As a high school student, she studied many forms of dance

Dance

Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....

 including ballet

Ballet

Ballet is a type of performance dance, that originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, and which was further developed in France and Russia as a concert dance form. The early portions preceded the invention of the proscenium stage and were presented in large chambers with...

, tap

Tap dance

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, jazz

Jazz

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, lyrical

Lyrical dance

Lyrical dance is a fusion of ballet with jazz and contemporary dance techniques.You can also get lyrical gymnastics which is gymnastics to music. It has a dance influence to it....

, modern

Modern dance

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, and pointe. She also teaches dance classes to young children at her mother's dance studio.

She was only eighteen years old when she represented Canada at the Miss Universe 2004

Miss Universe 2004

Miss Universe 2004, the 53rd Miss Universe pageant, was held in Centro de Convenciones CEMEXPO, Quito, Ecuador on June 1, 2004. It was won by Jennifer Hawkins of Australia....

 competition in Quito

Quito

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, Ecuador

Ecuador

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. She did not place in the finals.

In January 2005, she crowned successor Natalie Glebova

Natalie Glebova

Natalie Glebova is a Russian Canadian beauty queen, the 2005 Miss Universe title holder.-Personal life:Glebova was born in Tuapse, Russia. She studied classical piano and graduated from a professional musical school at age of 12. She also has won various regional rhythmic gymnastics championships...

 as Miss Universe Canada

Miss Universe Canada

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 for 2005. Glebova would later win the international Miss Universe

Miss Universe

Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

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She has a younger sister, Whitney Fisher.