Riza Santos
| Beauty pageant titleholder | |
| Born |
Riza Raquel Santos August 31, 1986 Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
|---|---|
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
| Weight | 116 lb (53 kg) |
| Hair color | Black |
| Eye color | Brown |
| Title(s) |
Miss Earth Canada 2006 Miss World Canada 2011 Miss Universe Canada 2013 |
| Major competition(s) |
Miss Earth Canada 2006 (Winner) Miss Earth 2006 (Unplaced; 80th place; Miss Photogenic) Miss World Canada 2011 (Winner) Miss World 2011 (Top 31; 28th place) Miss Universe Canada 2013 (Winner) Miss Universe 2013 (Unplaced) |
Riza Raquel Santos (born August 31, 1986) is a Canadian actress, TV Host and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Earth Canada 2006, Miss World Canada 2011 and Miss Universe Canada 2013.
Santos was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta. Her parents immigrated to Canada in the 1970s. Santos is of mixed heritage: Filipino, Spanish, and Chinese.
As an advocate for environmental protection, Santos worked with the Canadian International Development Agency upon graduating high school. She also attended Rocky Mountain Bible and the University of Calgary's Schulich School of Engineering.
During her participation with Pinoy Big Brother: Celebrity Edition 2, she played for Bantay Bata, ABS-CBN Foundation's charitable institution. On Day 84, she was proclaimed the second-place winner of the show. In 2008 and 2009, she hosted the Asian Poker Tour. She has made several other television and film appearances.
She also landed at #18 in the "FHM's 100 Sexiest Women" in the Philippines in 2008.
Santos competed at the 2013 edition of Miss Universe Canada held in Toronto where she was hailed 1st Runner up to Denise Garrido. 24 hours later, it was later revealed that she originally won due to a typo error in the ratings of the Top 5 entries, which afterwards, significantly impacted the final results of the competition. A week later, she was officially crowned as the new Miss Universe Canada 2013 in her hometown, Calgary, Alberta. This is the first instance of this type of error in the 11 years that Beauties of Canada (BOC) has produced the Miss Universe Canada pageant. Garrido has actually ranked as third runner-up.
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