Just brief me: Dec 21

Xtra contributor Richard Burnett tells me he brought his (older) parents to the Miss Cléo 2009 event this past weekend, adding “Fab Montreal burlesque dancer Velma Candyass tells me the winners were: 1st Anya, 2nd Ivy, 3rd Missy.”

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