Miss Universe Canada Halts Pageant Over Shocking Costume Controversy

Raquel Cunha/Reuters Miss Universe Canada 2024 titleholder stopped the 2026 competition mid-show. Ashley Callingbull, who was the first First Nations winner of the Miss Universe Canada competition, was one of the two hosts of this year’s Miss Universe Canada. She is Plains Cree from Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta. On August 8, she asked for the music to be turned down just as her co-host, the Miss Universe Canada director Sonny Borelli, was preparing to read the names of the top 20 contestants on…