Ashley Burnham, a member of Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta, was just crowned Mrs. Universe 2015 at an event held in Minsk, Belarus. She is the first First Nations woman and the first Canadian to win.

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A Cree woman from the Enoch Cree First Nation has won the 2015 MRS Universe pageant.

Ashley Burnham was announced as the pageant winner on the site’s Facebook page Saturday night. Burnham, née Callingbull, is best known for her work on the acclaimed TV show Blackstone.

“I‘m so proud to say I am now the new MRS Universe 2015!!! I am the first First Nations woman to win this title! I am also the first Canadian Delegate to win as well!!” Burnham wrote on her Facebook page.

The contest is open to married women and was this year held in Minsk, Belarus.

Burnham is an actress, model, and veteran pageant contestant, who earned a second-runner up spot at the Miss Universe Canada contest in 2010 when she was 20.

In an interview that year with the Journal, Burnham said she had a rough childhood in Enoch and Maskwacis but always loved to perform.

“Ever since I was little, I loved acting and being in the spotlight and on stage and everything,” she said. “When I was a little kid, I danced jingle and entered every powwow and competed.”

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