Linsay Willier is a Canadian

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and motivational speaker. She was the runner-up on

Canada's Next Top Model, Cycle 3 Cycle 3 of '' Canada's Next Top Model'', the Canadian adaptation of Tyra Banks' ''America's Next Top Model'', aired on CTV from May to July 2009. Jay Manuel returned for his second season as the show's host. The panel was composed of Jeanne Be ...

Biography

Early life

Willier was born in

High Prairie, Alberta High Prairie is a town in northern Alberta, Canada within Big Lakes County. It is located at the junction of Highway 2 and Highway 749, approximately northeast of Valleyview and west of Slave Lake. History The name describes the nature ...

. A member of the

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, she was raised on her reserve. Her father encouraged her and her siblings to play sports. She later stated the skills she learned playing hockey helped her in her modeling career. She moved to

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to pursue her education. During her final year of school at Grant MacEwan University, she was chosen as a finalist for Canada's Next Top Model. Not wanting to drop out of school, she completed the final semester of her Child and Youth Care program in two weeks. Willier won the first runner up prize on Canada's Next Top Model and made it home in time to attend her graduation.

Career

Modeling

Linsay was discovered at

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by a Western Canada Fashion Week Designer. Before

Canada's Next Top Model ''Canada's Next Top Model'' (sometimes abbreviated as ''CNTM'') is a Canadian reality television series in which female contestants compete for the title "Canada's Next Top Model" and a chance to start their career in the modeling industry. The ...

, Willier had walked in Western Canada Fashion Week, modeled with

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, and was regularly featured in the

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. Willier auditioned for the third cycle of ''Canada's Next Top Model'', she was selected as one of 11 finalists from over 6,000 applicants. Willier came in second against Meaghan Waller. After

, Linsay walked in Western Canada Fashion Week and Toronto Fashion Week. She competed in

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in 2011 where she won the People's Choice Award. In 2012, she was featured as a special guest at National Aboriginal Fashion Week in Regina. She has also appeared in several fashion campaigns such as Sho Sho Esquiro's 2012 Collection and

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"Millenia" Collective which was featured in

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Youth workshops

In 2009 she co-founded Dreams in Motion with James Jones, an organization that runs interactive self-esteem and confidence building workshops for Canadian youth. Dreams in Motion was featured in New Tribe Magazine, Feb. 2010.

References

External links

Portfolio on Canada's Next Top Model Cycle 3
{{DEFAULTSORT:Willier Canadian female models Cree people Top Model finalists Living people Canada's Next Top Model participants People from Big Lakes County Year of birth missing (living people) People from Edmonton MacEwan University alumni