Marie-Claude Bourbonnais (; born October 15, 1979, in

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) is a Canadian glamour and

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model.

Career

Bourbonnais had worked as a costumer and

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before she began her professional modeling career when she posed for the 2008 calendar ''Dream Team'', sponsored by RadioX and

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. In July 2008, she posed in an advertising campaign for

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, a Canadian franchise fast-food restaurant. Bourbonnais continued to model, including for ''American Curves'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' PlayStation Official Magazine'', ''Summum'' and ''

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'', as well as for charity purposes. In 2010, she started her own company. Bourbonnais has also been

modeling and creating costumes since 2009, including participating in a 2011 calendar ''Cosplay for a Cause'' raising funds for the Japanese earthquake and tsunami relief. Bourbonnais was a speaker at

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2012, and a special guest at several North and South American conventions including Cape & Kimono 2010 and 2011,

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2012,

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2014, Comiccon de Québec 2014,

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2014, and Comiccon de Québec 2015. She was featured on radio and TV shows, and Soda Pop Miniatures and Paolo Parente featured her as a character in their games. She also played the character Hornet in the web series ''Heroes of the North'' that has an action figure made in her image.

References

External links

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