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Amin Dhillon
Amin Dhillon is a Canadian on-air host, producer, podcaster, and emcee. She is a former Miss India Worldwide Canada. Early life Amin Dhillon was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada to an immigrant family from Punjab, India. At the age of 3, Dhillon lost her father to cancer and since then has hosted various fundraising events in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. She graduated from the University of Manitoba, with a degree in commerce. Career Prior to her media career, Dhillon was a former beauty queen becoming the first woman from Winnipeg to win the title of Miss India Worldwide Canada. She represented Canada at the Miss India Worldwide pageant, placing TOP 10 overall. As of 2011, she is the entertainment and news reporter of the Asian Television Network (ATN). Dhillon spent a decade covering national news and events for Canada's Indo-Canadian community. She is also one of Canada's leading emcees for various cultural and community events Some of the high-profile ev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Canadians
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their being ''Canadian''. Canada is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious, and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Old World immigrants and their descendants. Following the initial period of French and then the much larger British colonization, different waves (or peaks) of immigration and settlement of non-indigenous peoples took place over the course of nearly two centuries and continue today. Elements of Indigenous, French, British, and more recent immigrant customs, languages, and religions have combined to form the culture of Canada, and thus a Canadian identity. Canada has also been strongly influenced by its linguistic, geographic, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chloe Flower
Chloe Won (born August 6, 1981), who is known professionally as Chloe Flower, is an American composer, writer, producer and classical pianist. She studied at Manhattan School of Music Pre-College and later at Royal Academy of Music in London. Career In early 2011, Flower was discovered by producer Kenny “ Babyface” Edmonds before signing to the Island Def Jam Records department, Sodapop. Her album, categorized as Contemporary Classical, was not released until 2021 on Sony Masterworks and features spoken word by author and public speaker Deepak Chopra. In 2011, Flower opened the North American tour for Italian operatic pop trio, Il Volo. In 2012, Flower was featured on Nas’ eleventh studio album, Life Is Good where she performed on, A Queen’s Story, produced by Salaam Remi. In November 2013, Flower was featured on Celine Dion’s eleventh English-language studio album, “Loved Me Back to Life” on “Lullaby.” In the same month, Flower was featured on the lead sing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Patrick Brown (Canadian Politician)
Patrick Walter Brown (born May 26, 1978) is a Canadian politician who has served as the 51st and current mayor of Brampton since 2018. Entering politics when he won a seat on the Barrie City Council in 2000, Brown later joined the Conservative Party and became a member of Parliament (MP) in 2006. He represented Barrie in the House of Commons until 2015, when he was elected as leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservative (PC) Party and resigned his seat in Parliament. Brown was subsequently elected to represent Simcoe North in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario and became the leader of the Opposition. He served as leader until 2018, when he was expelled from the caucus. He later returned to municipal politics and was elected mayor of Brampton. In 2022, Brown contested for the federal Conservative leadership election, but was disqualified following claims his campaign violated the '' Canada Elections Act''. He was subsequently re-elected as mayor of Brampton. Early life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tiger Ali Singh
Gurjit Singh Hans (born March 9, 1971) is a Canadian professional wrestler. He is best known for his appearances in the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) from 1997 to 2002 under the ring name Tiger Ali Singh. He is the son of professional wrestler Tiger Jeet Singh. Professional wrestling career Early career (1992–1997) Hans trained to be a professional wrestler by Antonio Inoki in the New Japan Pro-Wrestling Dojo and under Ron Hutchison and Sweet Daddy Siki at Sully's Gym in Toronto. He debuted as a professional wrestler in November 1992 under the ring name "Tiger Jeet Singh, Jr.", teaming with his father against Sabu and Kareem Sudan in a tag team match for Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling. World Wrestling Federation (1997–2002) Singh signed with the World Wrestling Federation in January 1997, with the signing announced at a press conference at SkyDome in Toronto. Singh's most notable accomplishment in the company occurred in 1997, when he won the second WWF Kuwait ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roxy Earle
Roxy Earle (born August 3, 1983) is a Canadian reality television personality, entrepreneur, and business executive. Earle is the founder of the Luxurious Roxy lifestyle brand and is most well known for being a star of the reality television series, The Real Housewives of Toronto. Early life and education Earle was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario. She first attended Etobicoke School of the Arts in Toronto, majoring in theatre at the school. Earle then attended Wilfrid Laurier University, graduating from the school with a degree in business and communications. Career After graduating from university, Earle worked as an account executive at ad agency, Ogilvy & Mather for five years. Following this, while still at Ogilvy & Mather, Earle worked in London as the Global Account Director for the agency’s American Express account, where she managed the Europe, Middle East and Africa region for American Express. After returning to Toronto, Earle became the manager of advertising a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samra Zafar
Samra Zafar is a human rights advocate, speaker and writer, whose story of being a teen bride and survivor of domestic abuse became a bestselling memoir, "A Good Wife: Escaping the Life I Never Chose". Family and early life Zafar was born in Pakistan and grew up in Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates,(UAE). Her father, while supportive of Zafar wanting to get an education, was abusive to his wife. At the age of sixteen, Zafar was engaged to be married to a friend of the family's brother, who lived in Canada and who was eleven years her senior. She was not happy with the idea until she was assured by her future husband and his family that she would be able to continue her education and go to university in Canada. The arranged marriage was held when Zafar was seventeen. After the marriage, her husband began the paperwork to bring her to Canada, and a year later Zafar joined her husband in Ontario. A month after her arrival in Canada, she realized she was pregnant with her f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siera Bearchell
Siera Bearchell (born February 15, 1993) is a Canadian beauty pageant titleholder, model, entrepreneur, and body positivity activist who was crowned Miss Universe Canada 2016. She represented Canada in the Miss Universe 2016 competition in Manila, where she placed in the top nine. While competing in Miss Universe, Bearchell received media attention for her curvier figure, which was seen as a detraction from the typical body standards associated with beauty pageants, and for her response to immense body shaming from Internet trolls. Prior to becoming Miss Universe Canada 2016, Bearchell was the first runner-up in Miss Universe Canada 2013. Apart from being a beauty queen, Siera has also built her brand as a Youtuber, which has garnered 170 thousand subscribers. Early life and education Bearchell was born and raised in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. As a teenager, she was a dancer. She studied law at the University of Saskatchewan College of Law, graduating with a Juris Doctor spec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rupan Bal
Rupanjit Singh Bal (born January 26, 1990) is an Indian-Canadian YouTuber, actor, director and comedian. Bal became famous for his comedic roles in videos produced by fellow Indo-Canadian comic and YouTuber Jus Reign, and parleyed that role into further acting work. He made his film debut as the main actor in the Punjabi film '' Haani''. He has directed many music videos for Karan Aujla. Early life Rupanjit Singh Bal was born on January 26, 1990, in Amritsar, Punjab, India, into a Punjabi Jatt Sikh family of the Bal clan. He and his family moved to Canada from India when he was starting grade 10. He was raised in Brampton, Ontario. He received his earlier education from the Spring Dale School Amritsar and Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton and graduated from the University of Guelph, where he finished his degree in Criminology. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Matchmaking
''Indian Matchmaking'' is a 2020 Indian reality television series produced by Smriti Mundhra that premiered on Netflix on July 16, 2020. In August 2021, Netflix renewed the series for a second season. In March 2022, Netflix renewed the series for a third season. Cast Main cast *Sima Taparia, a marriage consultant from Mumbai who uses preferences from the people, their parents, and her years of matchmaking experience. She previously appeared on Mundhra's ''A Suitable Girl''. *Aparna Shewakramani, a 34-year old attorney and general counsel from Houston. *Pradhyuman Maloo (sometimes referred as Pradhyumn), a 30-year old jeweler born and raised in Mumbai. *Nadia Christina Jagessar, a 33-year old event planner from New Jersey who runs her own company, Euphoria Events, and works as a marketer for Givaudan. *Vyasar Ganesan, a 30-year old teacher, college counsellor, and writer from Austin. *Akshay Jakhete, a 25-year old businessman, who is a self-described introvert from Mumbai. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uppekha Jain
Uppekha Jain is a Canadian actress, model, TV anchor, writer, dancer and spoken word artist. She is the first Canadian to essay a permanent role on prime time Indian television, in Star Plus' top rated soap opera '' Saath Nibhaana Saathiya''. She played the conniving, NRI daughter-in-law, Monika Modi, bent on creating havoc in the Modi household from early 2016 to mid-2017. Uppekha is also internationally known for her viral video #Rap Against Rape (a spoken word rap she wrote & performed), that created worldwide waves shaming rape culture in India. Uppekha was crowned Miss India Worldwide Canada in 2008 and went on to bag the 1st princess Miss India Worldwide title in 2010. Career and early life Uppekha Jain was born in a Jain family in Jammu. She grew up in the Greater Toronto Area and though studious, she was always encouraged to explore the arts. Jain is an accomplished kathak and bharatnatyam dancer, having performed across the world as a Company A dancer with Toronto's f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pallavi Sharda
Pallavi Sharda (born 5 March 1990) is an Australian actress of Indian descent, and a classical Indian Bharathanatyam dancer. Her film credits include Oscar nominated film '' Lion'' (2016), Bollywood films '' Begum Jaan'' (2017) and ''Hawaizaada'' (2015), and comedy Australian film '' Save Your Legs!'' (2012) and Les Norton, Australian teleseries. She has worked in Hindi films like '' My Name Is Khan'', ''Dus Tola'', '' Besharam'', ''Hawaizaada'', and '' Begum Jaan''. In 2021, Sharda starred in '' Tom & Jerry.'' Her latest release is the 2022 rom-com '' Wedding Season'' with Suraj Sharma. Early life Sharda was born in an Indian family in Perth, Western Australia to Hema Sharda, and Nalin Kant Sharda. Both her parents are IIT alumni and have PhDs in science and engineering. They migrated to Australia in the 1980s before she was born. Sharda came to Melbourne as a toddler where she grew up in the outer north-western suburbs. She went to school at Lowther Hall in Essendon wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
