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Former Muchmusic and Musiquelus host Juliette Powell passed away last week. She was 54 years old.
The news was shared in an obituary, and Powell, who spent most of his life in Montreal and Toronto, passed away on June 3rd of acute bacterial meningitis.
Born in New York in 1970, Powell was in the spotlight at a young age, spending time on the pageant circuit and modelled after moving to Montreal with his mother at the age of eight.
In 1989, at the age of 18, she made history as the first black Canadian to crown the Miss Canadian, earning the chance to represent Canada in the Miss Universe pageant. She took part in the pageant circuit “motivated by her desire to challenge the racial bias of beauty contests.”
File – Juliet Powell cries with joy after crowning Miss Canada in Toronto.
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In 1992, she joined Musiquelus as a VJ and dance music show Bougedelà! and in 1996 he moved to MuchMusic Sister Station, hosting both French Kiss and Electric Circus.
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In 1999 she began working at CP24 as a business reporter and eventually graduated from Summa Cum with a degree in sociology from Columbia University.
After founding her own media and consulting firm, Powell International Entertainment Inc., she became a prominent figure in the media world, with much of her work focusing on examining digital strategy and the ethics of new technology.
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In recent years, she has joined the Faculty of Interactive Communications Programs at New York University, teaching courses in media, technology and ethics.
One of her books on social media published in 2009, 33 million people in a room of 33 million people, has been translated into several languages. Her last book, AI's dilemma, examined the meaning and dangers of artificial intelligence.
A celebration to celebrate Powell's life will take place later this year.
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