Elena Semikina
Elena Semikina (born September 8, 1983) is a Moldovan Canadian actress, model, producer and beauty pageant titleholder. Semikina was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, on June 14, 2010. She represented Canada at the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010.
Elena Semikina
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- Name
- Elena Semikina
- Birthplace
- Chișinău, Moldova, Soviet Union
- Born
- 8 September 1983
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- model · beauty pageant contestant · executive producer · actress · film director
- Education
- York University
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Elena Semikina (born September 8, 1983) is a Moldovan Canadian actress, model, producer and beauty pageant titleholder. Semikina was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2010 in Toronto, Ontario, on June 14, 2010. She represented Canada at the Miss Universe 2010 beauty pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. on August 23, 2010.
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Semikina conceived and executive-produced the feature documentary film Our Man in Tehran about the Iran Hostage Crisis. It premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival a year after Ben Affleck's feature film, Argo, a scripted drama about the same events, premiered at the same festival. In January 2020 Canadian authorities charged Semikina with criminally harassing her ex-boyfriend Drew Taylor and his wife Jennifer over a period of five years. Semikina allegedly threatened both of them with bodily harm, threatened to raise false allegations against Taylor unless he advanced her film career, and also threatened to kill him. The case is on-going. On March 24, 2025, Semikina was again arrested and charged with one count of criminal harassment and two counts of threatening death and bodily harm towards Drew Taylor and his wife, Jennifer. Neither allegations nor those of her accuser have been heard in court.
Elena Semikina, Miss Canada who became Miss Universe 2010 Instyle Party at Toronto Film Festival 2011
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Elena Semikina, Miss Canada who became Miss Universe 2010. And bam, there you go. She's 6 feet tall without heels, so yes, she towers over us mortals. Instyle Party at Toronto Film Festival 2011
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• Name — Elena Semikina • Title — Miss Universe Canada 2010 • Nationalcompetition — Miss International 2008 (Unplaced) Miss Universe Canada 2010 (Winner), Miss Universe 2010 (Unplaced) • Birthplace — Chișinău, Moldova, Soviet Union • Birth Name — Elena Semikina • Born — 8 September 1983 • Height — 6 ft 1 in
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- 1.2010 Final. Miss Universe Canada.
- 2.Ryan, Andrew. The Miss Universe Flesh Parade Call it NBC Family Viewing. The Globe and Mail. 2010-08-22.
- 3.Friedman, Allison. Toronto's Elena Semikina Competing in Miss Universe Pageant Tonight. Toronto Life. 2010-08-23.
- 4.Former beauty queen charged with harassing former lover, wife. Toronto Sun. 2020-01-13.
- 5.Ontario Courts - Tribunaux de l'Ontario. www.ontariocourts.ca.
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