Elena Semikina

Elena Semikina 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. 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.