Stacey McKenzie


Stacey McKenzie is a Jamaican-born Canadian fashion model, runway coach and model coach. McKenzie has been a judge on the Canadian reality television show Canada's Next Top Model, America's Next Top Model and most recently Canada's Drag Race.

Career

Unprepared for the challenges of a modelling career, McKenzie returned to Canada and finished high school. Soon after she moved to Paris, France to pursue modelling further. During her first season, she modelled for top designers including Jean Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler and Christian Lacroix.
In February 2012, McKenzie was a panellist on Canada Reads, defending Dave Bidini's book On a Cold Road. On the first day, McKenzie controversially cast a tie-breaking vote to eliminate Prisoner of Tehran.
McKenzie was a main judge on the first season of reality television show Canada's Next Top Model in 2006.
In September 2019, McKenzie was announced as one of three permanent judges on Canada's Drag Race, the Canadian version of RuPaul's Drag Race.

Filmography

McKenzie made her acting debut in the 1996 film Portraits Chinois, but gained more attention in the 1997 film, The Fifth Element, as a VIP Stewardess.

Television