Alice Panikian (Armenian: Ալիսա Փանիկյան; Bulgarian: Алис Паникян) (born May 23, 1985) is a Bulgarian-Canadian journalist, TV host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2006 and Miss Reinado Internacional del Cafe 2006.
At 6'1" (1.85 m)[1] she is not only the tallest major national titleholder in Canadian history, but also had earned significant media attention as a strong candidate likely to succeed to then-reigning Miss Universe, Natalie Glebova, also from Canada.
As no country has ever won the title back-to-back (later achieved by Dayana Mendoza and Stefanía Fernández in 2009, both of them from Venezuela), Panikian had a significant historical hurdle to cross despite some pundits arguing that she was perhaps an even stronger candidate than her predecessor.
Panikian did not become Miss Universe 2006 (that honour went to Zuleyka Rivera of Puerto Rico), but she did finish in sixth place.
She studied broadcast journalism, resides in Toronto, Ontario, and aspires to be a journalist or a TV show host.