Canada's standards for beauty queens, she says, are higher than many other countries. Canadians are not going to accept just outward beauty as the standard. We're looking for good role models. The speeches I'm asked to make far outweigh the modeling and fashion shows. As an ambassador for God, she wants to tell young women that outward beauty is not worth a lot.
Outward beauty can disappear in a second.
But even when you feel ugly, you're always beautiful to God, because He doesn't even see your outward beauty. Inward beauty is what God builds into you when you open the door to Him, she says. God will give you the gifts of inner joy, peace, wisdom and contentment when you let Him control your life. This is something Thiessen has experienced herself. She grew up with three brothers in a Christian home, and committed her life to God as a child.