With a background in business and a passion for performance, Burlington’s Christa Littlechild is embracing a new challenge as she represents Canada on an international stage
Burlington may be becoming the Canadian city to beat when it comes to producing entrants to the Mrs. International Pageant as local resident Christa Littlechild prepares to compete in one of the world’s largest pageants for married women.
Littlechild, who will be representing the country as Mrs. Canada at the Mrs. International Pageant that will be running from Monday, July 14 to Saturday, July 19, was inspired to take part by Mrs. International 2024 winner Meagan Elieff.
“I’ve always had an interest in performance and an admirer of pageants from afar,” Littlechild said. “When I saw one of my friends participating, seeing everything she was doing and the experiences that came with it, it looked like such an amazing time and then seeing all of the positive changes it had on her and her life, plus being at a point in my life where I really wanted to step outside the comfort zone, it was an easy yes.”
Meagan is married to Corrie Elieff, the CEO of the local unique sales training academy YESA, where Littlechild works as the Chief of Staff.
The Mrs. International Pageant includes a week of networking, interviews, preparation, mentorship, performances and more. Provided by Christa Littlechild
The Mrs. International Pageant is an event dedicated to sharing the accomplishments of married women, creating a networked community among competing contestants and promoting empowerment of women.
“This pageant’s core values centre around marriage and family and I personally think it’s important,” Littlechild said. “A lot of other pageants are geared towards women who aren’t married and younger women, and it’s nice that there’s an option for women of a slightly different age to participate.”
2025’s Mrs. Canada has created a platform focused on the mentorship, training and guidance of young people and is a continuation of her work with YESA, where she provides real-world opportunities for young people to expand their skill sets.
Littlechild spoke on how she was looking forward to the competition not only to hopefully win the Mrs. International Pageant, but as a way to express her artistic side.
“I grew up in the arts and now I work in business,” she said. “I sort of lost the opportunity to engage in performing arts, so this was a chance to start doing the performance activities I love without giving up what I’m doing on the business side of things.”
Littlechild hopes to use what she’s learned from Meagan during the competition later this year and to take the opportunity to try something new.
“The thing I love about Meagan is that she’s so good with people and networking,” she said. “She’s bubbly and outgoing and vibrant, she’s so good at creating connections with people. I have my circle of friends and it’s a big circle, but I rarely get outside of it a lot, so this will be a good opportunity to expand my horizons.”
While Littlechild may not have originally seen herself as the kind of person to compete in pageants, she’s found that she’s most excited to take part in the mentorship opportunities she will have in the week leading up to the final round and the interview portion of the competition, where she will get to speak with a number of different judges who will ask questions that she will only have 30 seconds to answer.
“If you’d asked me years ago if I thought I would be involved in pageantry, my answer would have been no,” she said. “I’m so glad it’s not anymore. This community is amazing, everyone is so upbeat and excited, it’s so refreshing. It’s an amazing opportunity to bring attention to a cause you are passionate about, as well as really get in tune with your feminine side. It’s a step out of my comfort zone, an amazing chance to meet fantastic people and it’s a huge confidence booster.”
Littlechild also spoke on how her husband and parents have been supportive of her both in business and for competing in the upcoming Mrs. International competition.