Biography
Who is Stacey McKenzie?
Early life and education
Stacey McKenzie was born in Kingston, Canada. She attended the Stephen Leacock Collegiate Institute for her secondary schooling. After initially feeling unprepared for the demands of the fashion industry, she returned home to complete her education before moving overseas to pursue professional modelling.
Modelling career in Europe
Stacey moved to Paris, France, to establish her career as a fashion model. During her debut season, she secured work with prominent designers. Her runway portfolio includes walking for industry leaders such as Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler, and Christian Lacroix.
Television and judging roles
Stacey McKenzie served as a main judge on the first season of Canada's Next Top Model in 2006. She later appeared on the reality show America's Next Top Model. In 2019, she joined the permanent judging panel for Canada's Drag Race, which is the Canadian adaptation of RuPaul's Drag Race.
In 2021, Stacey won a Canadian Screen Award for her work on that series. She shared this honor with co-judges Brooke Lynn Hytes and Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman. The group received the award for Best Host or Presenter in a Factual or Reality Competition Series.
Acting and other media work
Outside of modelling and reality television, Stacey has worked as an actor. She made her screen debut in the 1996 film Shadow Play, known internationally as Portraits chinois. She later appeared in the 1997 science fiction movie The Fifth Element, where she portrayed a VIP Stewardess.
In 2012, she participated as a panelist on the program Canada Reads. During the broadcast, she defended the book On a Cold Road by Dave Bidini. She also cast a deciding vote during that season to remove the book Prisoner of Tehran from the competition.
Birthday and age
Stacey McKenzie was born on January 1, 1973, which makes Stacey 53 years old today. That birthday falls under the Capricorn sign. Stacey shares the date with 79 other famous people.
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