{"id":145030,"date":"2025-06-10T19:28:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:28:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/former-muchmusic-vj-juliette-powell-dies-at-54\/"},"modified":"2025-06-10T19:28:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-10T19:28:41","slug":"former-muchmusic-vj-juliette-powell-dies-at-54","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2025\/06\/10\/former-muchmusic-vj-juliette-powell-dies-at-54\/","title":{"rendered":"Former MuchMusic VJ Juliette Powell dies at 54"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font dimension<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=cv3j60zbx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Former <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/muchmusic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MuchMusic<\/a> and MusiquePlus host Juliette Powell died final week. She was 54.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/d21y75miwcfqoq.cloudfront.net\/70c8fc80\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The information was shared in an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.online-tribute.com\/JuliettePowell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">obituary<\/a>, which stated Powell, who spent a lot of her life residing in Montreal and Toronto, died on June 3 from acute bacterial meningitis.<\/p>\n<p>Born in New York in 1970, Powell acquired her begin within the highlight at a younger age, spending time on the pageant circuit and as a mannequin after shifting to Montreal along with her mom on the age of eight.<\/p>\n<p>In 1989, on the age of 18, she made historical past as the primary Black Canadian to be topped Miss Canada, incomes her an opportunity to symbolize Canada on the Miss Universe pageant. She joined the pageant circuit \u201cmotivated by a desire to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.online-tribute.com\/JuliettePowell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">challenge racial biases<\/a> in beauty pageants,\u201d her obituary reads.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues under commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"caption\">\n<figure class=\"c-figure c-figure--alignnone c-figure--expandable c-figure--contained c-figure--containedPortrait\">\n<div class=\"c-figure__inner\"><figcaption class=\"c-figure__caption c-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-caption__desc\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tFILE \u2013 Juliette Powell weeps with pleasure after being topped Miss Canada in Toronto.\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<cite class=\"c-caption__cite\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\tRon Bull\/Toronto Star through Getty Images\t\t\t\t<\/cite><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>In 1992, she joined MusiquePlus as a VJ, internet hosting the dance music present <em>Bouge de l\u00e0!<\/em>, earlier than shifting over to sister station MuchMusic in 1996 and internet hosting each <em>French Kiss<\/em> and <em>Electric Circus<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__oembed\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"zGbi_pjOmJc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"MuchMusic - Electric Circus - Juliette Powell&#039;s Final Break\" width=\"696\" height=\"522\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zGbi_pjOmJc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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The final guide she co-authored, <em>The AI \u200b\u200bDilemma<\/em>, examined the implications and perils of synthetic intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>A celebration honouring Powell\u2019s life will happen later this yr.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Entertainment<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More movies<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script defer src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;appId=318812448281278&#038;version=v3.3\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Descrease article font dimension Increase article font dimension Former MuchMusic and MusiquePlus host Juliette Powell died final week. She was 54. 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