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Canadian Tire money, Vachon cakes, the
Jolly Jumper, and Botox were all invented by Canadian
women. |
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2. |
The most famous Canuck Chick of all was
born on Canada Day—and in Centennial Year, no less.
Pamela Anderson made her grand debut on July 1, 1967,
wearing her birthday suit—a fashion look she would
return to time and time again. Another famous Canuck
Chick shares that very same birthday: former Reform
Party and Canadian Alliance member Deborah Grey. |
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Canadian-born Elizabeth Arden introduced
a waterproof white velvet gas mask for evening wear
during the 1940s—arguably the oddest fashion accessory
of the decade. |
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Celine Dion’s song "My Heart Will
Go On" is a highly popular choice for funerals
(except, one would think, in situations where the
deceased has succumbed to a heart attack). A British
funeral chain survey of music played at funerals in 1998
found that Dion’s song was the number one pick for
music to grieve by. |
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Canuck chick Mary Pickford got paid
$350,000 for starring in a movie about Anne of Green
Gables’ literary rival, Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm. It’s
no wonder they started calling Pickford "America’s
sweetheart." |
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A British tabloid once described Kim
Campbell as "a sexy, dewy-eyed Madonna" and an
American journalist once drooled over Anne Murray,
describing her as "God’s gift to the male
race." (Not all Canuck Chicks manage to attract
such rave reviews, however: "old country"
guitarist Steve Earle once described Shania Twain as the
world’s highest paid lap dancer.") |
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Celebrity impersonators love Shania
Twain. No other Canadian performer—male or female—has
attracted as many impersonators.
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