Helfer to Host Canada's Next Top Model

Alberta-born Tricia Helfer (Cylon Model Number 6 in the Battlestar Galactica remake) will produce and host a new reality series for Citytv titled Canada's Next Top Model which films this year. From a 2005 CanWest News Service article:

"What excites me the most is spending time with the girls and trying to impress upon them the fact that this is a business. It's not all glamour, parties and first class service -- it's work, it's hard work," says Helfer, who grew up on a grain farm in Donalda, Alta.

"To be a top model you have to be tough. You have to be independently strong, you have to be able to take care of yourself."

Helfer burst onto the fashion scene in 1992 at the age of 18 when she won the Ford Super Model of the World Contest and left Alberta to travel the world as an international model.

Appearing in major campaigns for Chanel, Giorgio Armani, Saks Fifth Avenue and Victoria's Secret, Helfer has appeared on the catwalk for designers such as Versace, Oscar de la Renta, Salvatore Ferragamo, Christian Dior, and Givenchy. She has also graced the covers of numerous fashion magazines including Elle and Cosmopolitan.

While her modelling career was still hot, Helfer made the switch to acting with appearances on CSI: Miami and The Collector, and in 2006 she will star opposite Dennis Hopper and Billy Zane in Memore.

Now based in Los Angeles, Helfer and her husband will begin building a new home in Alberta next year.

Full article at this link. Helfer was discovered by Mode Models Founder and President Kelly Streit while standing in line at a movie theatre.

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