Trailblazer & Lifetime Achievement Award

STACEY MCKENZIE

International Supermodel, Actress, Runway Coach & Television Personality

The BFBG Awards will be honouring Stacey McKenzie with the prestigious Trailblazer and Lifetime Achievement Award at the BFBG Awards 2022.

The coveted award honours industry giants who have not only significantly break the glass ceiling and paving a way for others behind, but who have also been transformative Leaders that has consistently inspire the community.

The Trailblazer and Lifetime Achievement Award is to honour an amazing quintessential and phenomenal queen of the runway. The incredible, indescribable and simply amazing, Stacey McKenzie. This award is well-deserved and to be coveted by transformative Leaders in the industry. Stacey has blazed the fashion trail, cat-walked the runways, shattered the proverbial “glass ceiling,” and has proven to be more than just a fashion phenomenon. She is an involved community leader who has consistently inspired us with her unmatched standard of excellence.

This jewel hails from sunny Jamaica, the “Land of wood and water” where she comes from humble beginnings. Stacey had to overcome many obstacles, but nothing stood in her way of becoming the best and most admirable version of herself. She dominated the runways as a Jamaican-Canadian woman, and proved to all of us that “impossible is nothing!”

With no formal modelling experience, Stacey describes herself as a self-trained phenomena who turned her fashion for passion into an enviable career. She is not only a gorgeous model, but also a speaker, TV personality and actress. She has worked with some of the world’s greatest fashion icons and elites, and has graced the covers and pages of numerous magazine editorials including Vogue, in over five different publications and languages. Stacey has also been featured in Harper Bazaar, Interview, Vervegirl, Flare, Vibe, Calvin Klein, Jean Paul Gaultier and MAC Cosmetics.

In addition to modelling, Ms. McKenzie hosted Stylissimo on MTV Europe. The show was broadcasted across Europe, Africa, and Asia. Stacey corresponded for Fashion File, and landed her 1st major role as a quirky stewardess alongside Bruce Willis in the Fifth Element. She was also one of the judges and model masters for two consecutive seasons of Canada’s Next Top Model. Stacey has been seen on hit reality shows, America’s Next Top Model, MTVs “Made”, CBC Canada Reads and was also a host for CBC Live at the Genesis Red Carpet 2012.

Fashion is a powerful tool of influence, and this phenomenal woman has proven this with her outstanding philanthropist initiative, “Walk This Way.” An initiative whose vision extends beyond herself to include and inspire young people by offering hands-on workshops, teaching them the art of modelling and by using her talent and creativity to help them to develop their self-confidence, empowering them to embrace their unique self, accept their flaws, and more importantly, the true beauty and strength that is in all of them. Giving back to the community has always been Stacey’s vision. By continuing to invest in the lives of youth, this amazing fashion icon is building beyond her generation. She is undoubtedly carving out a path that is unique and transformational. Stacey McKenzie will definitely leave a legacy behind that will last a lifetime.