13 things about Miss Universe Canada 2024 Ashley Callingbull

Ashley Callingbull Rabbit is a Canadian activist, television host, actor, dancer, model and beauty queen who attended the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology and the Concordia University of Edmonton, which are both in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Her mother Lisa Ground is married to her stepfather Joel Ground.

Rabbit was born to Cree parents in Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton. Her second husband Wacey Rabbit was born in Lethbridge, Alberta.

BIOGRAPHY

Details about Ashley and her first husband Ryan Burnham‘s divorce have yet to be made public. His father co-owned Grand River Enterprises, a tobacco company based in Six Nations.

On October 21, 2025, Ashley turned 36. Here are 13 more things about her:

1. In 2005, she graduated from high school and entered the Concordia University of Edmonton to pursue a bachelor’s degree in drama.
2. In 2010, she represented Canada in Miss Friendship International and Queen of the World.
3. She was Miss Universe Canada 2010 second runner-up.
4. She was Miss Humanity International 2011 fourth runner-up.
5. She played Sheila Delaronde in “Blackstone“, which aired on APTN and Showcase from 2011 to 2015.
6. In 2012, she moved to Six Nations, Ontario to work for Dreamcatcher, a charity that supports First Nations youth, and that was where she met Burnham.
7. She was a Miss World Canada 2012 finalist.
8. She was a Miss Universe Canada 2013 semifinalist.
9. She won Mrs. Universe 2015.
10. In 2021, she married Wacey.
11. In 2024, she made her beauty pageant comeback while employed as an in-game host for the National Hockey League, Canadian Football League and the National Lacrosse League.
12. She won Miss Universe Canada 2024.
13. She was a Miss Universe 2024 finalist.

TIMELINE

Ashley is 5’10” tall. She is the first First Nations woman to win Mrs. Universe and Miss Universe Canada and the first First Nations woman to compete in Miss Universe.

2010s

• On June 14, 2010, she competed against 60 other Miss Universe Canada 2010 candidates at the Metro Toronto Convention Center in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was second runner-up to Elena Semikina.
• On September 28, 2010, she represented Canada at Miss Friendship International 2010 and competed against 54 other candidates in Xianning, Hubei, China. She was unplaced but she won the Miss Photogenic award.
• On December 17, 2010, she represented Canada at Queen of the World 2010 and competed against 43 other candidates at the Nürburgring in Nürburg, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Maria Furdychka of Russia won the title with Noran Mostafa of Benelux and Ludmila Voroncova of Latvia as the respective first and second runners-up.
• On October 22, 2011, she represented Canada at Miss Humanity International 2011 and competed against 14 other candidates in Bridgetown, Barbados. She was fourth runner-up to Karabelo Mokoallowho of Lesotho and was crowned Miss Humanity Americas 2011.
• On May 13, 2012, she competed against 31 other Miss World Canada 2012 candidates at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada and finished in the Top 10.
• On May 25, 2013, she competed against 56 other Miss Universe Canada 2013 candidates at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts in Toronto. She finished in the Top 20 and won the People’s Choice award.
• On August 2, 2014, she attended Miss Teen USA 2014 at the Atlantis Paradise Island Resort in Nassau, Bahamas.
• In February 2015, she and Burnham got married at Albany in Nassau.
• On August 29, 2015, she represented Canada at Mrs. Universe 2015 and competed against 60 other candidates at the Moscow House in Minsk, Belarus. She won the title.
• She and her stepfather Joel competed against nine other pairs in “The Amazing Race Canada” Season 4, which aired on CTV from June 28, 2016 to September 13, 2016. They finished third.
• On October 14, 2017, she presented the Lifetime Achievement Award to her “Blackstone” co-star Gary Farmer at the 17th Annual Native American Music Awards at the Events Center at Seneca Niagara Resort and Casino in Niagara Falls, New York, United States.
• In December 2017, she traveled to Amsterdam, Netherlands and Prague, Czech Republic.
• On March 23, 2018, she received the Youth Award at the 25th Indspire Awards.
• On September 26, 2018, she participated in a mental health discussion at the Headstrong Mental Health Youth Summit at the Tsuu T’ian Nation in Calgary, Alberta.
• In August 2019, she became the first indigenous female ambassador of the Canadian ready-to-work fashion brand RW&CO.

2020s

• On October 20, 2020, she co-hosted the 2020 Pow Wow Pitch Finale presented by RBC.
• In June 2021, she and Wacey got engaged.
• On September 13, 2021, she and Wacey got married.
• In May 2022, she became the first First Nations woman to be featured in a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and the CFL announced her as an in-game host.
• On July 16, 2023, she attended the North American Indigenous Games opening ceremony at the Scotiabank Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
• On September 27, 2023, she was the keynote speaker at the 2023 Economic Partnership Summit at the WLS Convention Centre at the Lloyd Ex in Edmonton.
• In December 2023, she was back as the in-game host for the Saskatchewan Rush in the NLL.
• She played Tanya in the film “The Great Salish Heist”, which was released in Canada on May 4, 2024.
• On July 27, 2024, she competed against 62 other Miss Universe Canada 2024 candidates at the Capitol Theatre in Windsor, Ontario and won the title.
• On November 14, 2024, she wore a Leo Almodal gown at the Miss Universe 2024 national costume competition at the Arena Ciudad de México (Arena CDMX) in Azcapotzalco, Mexico City.
• On November 16, 2024, she represented Canada at Miss Universe 2024 and competed against 124 other candidates at the Arena CDMX. She finished in the Top 12.
• On August 9, 2025, she crowned her successor Miss Universe Canada 2025 Jaime VandenBerg at the St. Clair College Chrysler Theatre in Windsor.