CBC News 01/07/2020
Ashley Callingbull of Enoch Cree Nation says being a representative for the footwear company sends a strong message because Indigenous faces feature so prominently.
CBC News 01/07/2020
Ashley Callingbull of Enoch Cree Nation says being a representative for the footwear company sends a strong message because Indigenous faces feature so prominently.
THE STAR 24/09/2019
The 28-year-old from the Enoch Cree Nation is back in the limelight this fall as the face of a new campaign for Hillberg & Berk, a Canadian company that recently got a major boost when none other than the Queen wore its diamond and sapphire snowflake brooch to meet U.S. President Donald Trump.
CISION 26/08/2019
This is also the first time RW&CO. is working with female ambassadors. Three Canadian muses: Tessa Virtue (the most decorated female ice skater in Olympic history), Ashley Callingbull (Mrs. Universe 2015, First Nation’s activist, actress and model) and Karine Vanasse (award-winning actress).
CBC NEWS 23/06/2019
The 2019 election campaign is already underway — the CBC News Canada Votes newsletter is your weekly tip-sheet as we count down to Oct. 21.
INDIAN COUNTRY TODAY 17/06/2019
Former Miss Universe Ashley Callingbull, who is from Enoch Cree Nation, tweeted, “Ahhh I love them!” after she saw a short interview with them.
WHITEHORSE DAILY STAR 29/05/2019
“Ashley (Callingbull) is a great First Nations role model,” said Vallevand. “Wacey Rabbit plays in the ECHL and is also an amazing role model for the kids. They really take to him.
JACKSONVILLE 17/04/2019
Eight years later, Rabbit feels comfortable with his hockey lot. Being back in North America, it also gives him more time to spend with his famous girlfriend, Ashley Callingbull, who has attended many Icemen games.
Dress To Kill 02/12/2016
Ashley Callingbull is no textbook beauty queen. She may wear her crown better than most, but her greatest accomplishments extend far beyond the pageant stage. In her short time as Mrs.
NY Times 16/09/2015
Recently crowned Mrs. Universe Ashley Burnham survived a childhood of poverty and abuse, and is determined to use her newfound fame as a platform for change.
National Post 02/09/2015
When Ashley Callingbull Burnham entered Miss Universe Canada — her first pageant — she was met with jeers like “What will her talent be? Drinking Lysol?” The sexual abuse survivor won second runner-up and silenced her critics.
CTV Canada AM 31/08/2015
The Alberta First Nations woman who won this year’s Mrs. Universe pageant wants to use her title as a platform to speak about the kinds of physical and sexual abuse she experienced as a child.
GLOBAL NEWS 22/06/2020
An Alberta-born Cree model is now the face of a major Nike campaign that celebrates Indigenous culture.
THE LOOP 11/09/2019
This may have been one of the most controversial seasons of The Amazing Race Canada—Time penalties! Cab stealing! Smack-talking all around!—but in the end it was James Makokis and Anthony Johnson’s positive spirit and sheer determination that helped catapult them to a first-place finish on the mat Tuesday night.
YUKON NEWS 01/08/2019
In Whitehorse for the camp are current and former professional players Arron Asham, Brandon Montour and Wacey Rabbit, as well as Ashley Callingbull, a model, actress and First Nations activist.
GLOBAL NEWS 21/06/2019
The 13 influencers set to feature in the video included Olympic sprinter Andre De Grasse, Olympic swimmer Penny Oleksiak, First Nations activist and model Ashley Callingbull and YouTubers Lilly Singh and Mitch Hughes, among others.
ASHCROFTCACHECREEK JOURNAL 04/06/2019
“I was finding kids really latch on to stories like this, especially in a small town,” she said. “So something I wanted to create was to call on people who have made it to the big show who are from small towns.”
CULT MTL 29/05/2019
Cheekbone Beauty aims high, bestowing honour — more than mere product names — on women like Cindy Blackstock, Ashley Callingbull, Buffy Sainte Marie and Olympic athlete Waneek Horn-Miller to create awareness and break down the walls between Indigenous communities and the rest of the world.
CBC NEWS 10/04/2019
Sage Paul, who is an urban Denesuliné tskwe, a member of English River First Nation and a designer by trade, founded Indigenous Fashion Week Toronto (IFWTO) last year. She’s a huge advocate for her fellow Indigenous designers
Chatelaine 7/12/2015
The newly-crowned Mrs. Universe, Ashley Callingbull-Burnham, talks candidly about politics, First Nations poverty and what it’s really like on the pageant circuit. She’s the first Canadian and the first indigenous woman to win the title of Mrs. Universe.
Flare Magazine 16/09/2015
She’s the first Canadian and the first indigenous woman to win the title of Mrs. Universe. But that’s not the only thing that sets actor and model Ashley Callingbull-Burnham, 25, apart from your average beauty queen.
CBC News 03/09/2015
The first Canadian and First Nations woman to win Mrs. Universe is using her new fame to urge aboriginal people in Canada to vote to oust the Conservatives in the federal election. Callingbull-Burnham, who is from Alberta’s Enoch Cree Nation, west of Edmonton, won the Mrs. Universe contest Aug. 29.
Huffpost Alberta 02/09/2015
In a historic event on Saturday evening, Ashley Burnham became both the first Canadian to win the Mrs. Universe title, as well as the first First Nations contestant — ever. Burnham, who is better known by her maiden name, Ashley Callingbull, is from the Enoch Cree First Nation.
WINNIPEG FREE PRESS 05/10/2019
The founder of Regina-based Hillberg & Berk has found success in the global jewelry industry, thanks to constant encouragement from the women she surrounds herself with.
VANCOUVER SUN 30/08/2019
“I was so lucky. I grew up with an incredibly strong grandmother, mother and sister,” Virtue says. “All three, independent, fierce, clever women who were hard workers, had goals and visions for themselves, and were really ambitious.”
GLOBAL NEWS 01/07/2019
Ashley Callingbull, a First Nations activist and model, and Quebec media personality Herby Moreau introduced the noon show guests.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL 20/06/2019
For the first time, Elections Canada also released the names of the social-media influencers. They are First Nations activist and actor Ashley Callingbull
THE STAR 31/05/2019
Indigenous women are statistically more likely to experience violence than most everyone else: our women are 12 times more likely to be subjected to violence than non-Indigenous women.
Chatelaine 27/12/2015
For using her crown as a megaphone: Callingbull didn’t just shred the pageant queen stereotype upon winning Mrs. Universe in Belarus this fall — she became a real force for change on First Nations issues in Canada. The 26-year-old urged First Nations people to vote out Stephen Harper; this election, indigenous Canadians voted in record numbers. Best of all, she’s focused on empowering other indigenous kids with her story of resilience.
The Globe and Mail 1/10/2015
For the longest time, Ashley Callingbull questioned her worth. As an Enoch Cree Nation child growing up west of Edmonton, she was physically and sexually abused. She went hungry, gathering bottles with her mother to scrounge money for food. Classmates threw rocks at her, called her “dirty Indian” and stole her only shoes – a $2 pair from Value Village.
UP Worthy 11/09/2015
Ashley Burnham, a native of the great country of Canada, recently won the Mrs. Universe Pageant. Mrs. Universe is a beauty pageant for married women. But now it’s more than that. It’s a beauty pageant for beautiful women who aren’t afraid to speak their minds and make me want to do a cartwheel of joy.
Chatelain 01/09/2015
Less than 48 hours after being crowned, Ashley Callingbull called out Stephen Harper, spoke candidly about assault and challenged our assumptions about beauty queens. Alberta’s Ashley Callingbull plans to challenge all the stereotypes you have about beauty queens — and she’s not wasting any time.
Real Style 11/2016
Last year, Alberta beauty queen Ashley Callingbull took home the Mrs. Universe crown, as the debut Canadian winner. Not only was the 27-year-old actress the first Canuck to be crowned in the pageant, she was also the first ever indigenous woman to win the title. Callingbull, who was born on the Enoch Cree Nation reservation, has become an impressive role model in the First Nations community.
The Sun: Toronto, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Winnipeg and Lifewise Canoe 18/11/2016
Ashley Callingbull, ambassador of the Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School and Mrs. Universe 2015 just started the program herself and said it’s the school’s mission to keep indigenous culture alive that really drew her to it – and in case you were wondering, she’s a novice at beading.
Global News 11/01/2016
This month’s Woman of Vision is the first Canadian and first Indigenous woman to win the Mrs. Universe title. Ashley Callingbull-Burnham is from the Enoch Cree First Nation. The 26-year-old went from obscurity to being a powerful voice for First Nations’ issues. Lesley MacDonald has her story.
CBC News 18/11/2015
Ashley Callingbull-Burnham of Alberta’s Enoch Cree Nation was the first aboriginal woman and the first Canadian to win the Mrs. Universe pageant. She speaks at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival on Wednesday night.
CBC Radio 11/10/2015
Ashley Callingbull was recently crowned Mrs. Universe 2015, and wasted no time sharing her thoughts on the current Conservative government and its relationship with Indigenous Peoples: ‘We’re human beings and we’re not being treated as such. I think it’s time we had a new government.’
Winnipeg Free Press 3/10/2015
“People think I’m too political on my first day as Mrs. Universe,” tweeted Ashley Callingbull-Burham after her win at the end of August. “Did you think I was going to sit there and look pretty.” And with that, a role model was born. Because no, this 25-year-old dynamo from Alberta’s Enoch Cree Nation didn’t sit there and look pretty.
CBC News 2/10/2015
Vote. That’s the message Mrs. Universe had for indigenous students at the University of Manitoba Friday. The beauty pageant winner whose name is Ashley Callingbull was the keynote speaker at a panel discussion about how indigenous vote can affect the federal election.
Tangata Whenua News 22/09/2015
Last month Ashley Burnham Callingbull became both the first Canadian to win the Mrs. Universe title, as well as the first First Nations contestant — ever. Since that moment, she hasn’t stopped giving voice to the plight of indigenous women in Canada.
Kamloops BC Now 16/09/2015
Mrs. Universe Ashley Callingbull will speak with her mother, Lisa Ground, on Wednesday during a special event at Thompson Rivers University. Fashion Speaks will offer a full day of events including dance performances, aboriginal musicians, and a designer fashion show.
Toronto Star, The Kit 03/20/2017
How Ashley Callingbull combines the unlikely titles of pageant queen and activist. Ashley Callingbull, the Canadian Enoch Cree former Mrs. Universe, is no stranger to using her position to bring attention to causes close to her heart. When she was crowned Mrs. Universe in 2015, she immediately called out Stephen Harper for his inaction on cases of missing and murdered indigenous women.
Real Style 11/2016
Recently, Real Style caught up with Callingbull at the Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School at Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto. The pageant winner currently acts as an ambassador for Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School, which teaches the traditional art of mukluk making. Here’s what Callingbull had to share about her skincare, pageant makeup and hair care tips and techniques.
CP24 11/2016
Making Manitobah Mukluks on CP24
CBC Edmonton 30/12/2015
Twenty-five-year-old Ashley Callingbull from Alberta’s Enoch Cree Nation became the first First Nations woman (and first Canadian) to be crowned champion in the Mrs. Universe pageant. Since her win, Callingbull has used her fame to act as an advocate for First Nations people in Canada.
First Nations Drum 9/10/2015
In August, Ashley Callingbull-Burnham was crowned Mrs. Universe 2015, defeating contestants from around the world. Since then she’s been on national television and has graced magazines and news publications, all while voicing her opinions on murdered and missing Aboriginal women and the latest federal elections, urging people to vote. Now she’s been named the Canadian Dignity Role Model by the International youth empowerment organization Global Dignity Canada.
Huffington Post 3/10/2015
The first aboriginal woman to be named Mrs. Universe is telling First Nations students at the University of Manitoba that it’s important for everyone to vote in the Oct. 19 federal election. “Our future lies in the hands of the next government and also our children’s future, our grandchildren; we don’t want them to suffer,” Ashley Burnham said Friday.
The Daily Telegraph 26/09/2015
But the bikini-clad contestants of the pageantry world are slowly challenging the edict that showcasing a seamlessly applied fake tan and sequinned evening gown is the sum total of their contribution. The recently crowned Mrs Universe — a rival to the more conventional Miss Universe pageant — was quick to use her platform to make a political call to arms to her fellow Canadians.
Buzzfeed 29/08/2015
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.
Edmonton Journal 12/11/2016
A former Enoch Cree Nation woman and Mrs. Universe winner is putting her best foot forward for a group teaching people how to make mukluks and moccasins.
Ashley Callingbull-Burnham is volunteering as an ambassador for the Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School, which started offering weekly classes this fall at Toronto’s Bata Shoe Museum.
Edmonton Journal 29/12/2015
Mrs. Canada Ashley Burnham (C) celebrates after being crowned Mrs. Universe during the Mrs. Universe 2015 pageant final in Minsk on August 29, 2015.
The Native News 21/10/2015
Mrs. Universe Ashley Callingbull will receive the Canada’s “Role Model Award” from the United Nations for Global Dignity Day in Ottawa, Ontario today. She also is celebrating her birthday.
The Vancouver Sun 4/10/2015
Ashley Callingbull, left, poses for a selfie with David Suzuki while joining other actors, activists, and musicians in launching the Leap Manifesto.
CTV News 3/10/2015
A Canadian First Nations woman who won this year’s Mrs. Universe pageant is urging indigenous people to vote in the October federal election because their issues aren’t currently a “priority.” Ashley Callingbull-Burnham, 25, of the Enoch Cree Nation near Edmonton, was the keynote speaker at a panel discussion for indigenous students at the University of Manitoba on Friday.
Glacier Reporter 23/09/2015
Although being onstage with some of Canada’s top fashion designers was “intimidating” for local seamstress Belinda Bullshoe, she and her sister, Barbara Day Chief, and niece Tamara Gopher made it to Kamloops, BC, for the Sept. 16 “Fashion Speaks” event in honor of missing and murdered aboriginal women. Not only were Bullshoe’s designs presented first onstage, she was also offered first choice of models. Besides choosing her niece, Belinda also secured the services of Mrs. Universe Ashley Callingbull in modeling her creations.
Wear Your Voice 18/09/2015
Ashley Callingbull is a 25-year-old womyn from the Enoch Cree Nation in Alberta, Canada, who recently became the first native woman and the first Canadian to ever win the Mrs. Universe pageant. The Mrs. Universe pageant honors married women (and is in no way affiliated with the Donald Trump conglomerate), and while it still may feel quite archaic and anti-Feminist to most of our readers, what’s important to note is that Ashley has been utilizing this privileged position to leverage her voice for the needs of her Native Peoples, and against the mainstream in a very activistic and Feminist way.
Toronto Star 30/08/2015
An aboriginal woman from Alberta has won an international pageant for married women. Ashley Burnham, 25, was crowned Mrs. Universe 2015 in Minsk, Belarus, on Saturday. “I’m so proud to say I am now the new Mrs. Universe 2015!” Burnham wrote on Instagram, following her historic win. “I am the first First Nations woman to win this title! I am also the first Canadian Delegate to win as well!”
HELLO 31/08/2015
Ashley Burnham has made history — two times over. This past weekend (Aug. 29), the stunning brunette became the first Canadian and First Nations contestant to ever claim the Mrs. Universe crown, similar to the popular Miss Universe pageant but catered to married contestants.