Aliya Jasmine Sovani

Aliya-Jasmine "AJ" Sovani is a television personality and producer.[1] She anchors MTV News and hosts the talk show 1 Girl 5 Gays (a.k.a. "1g5g") on Logo (TV channel)[2] and MTV (Canada).

Before working at MTV, AJ was a producer at MuchMusic, and has worked in front & behind the camera at BPM:TV,[3] Star!, and FashionTelevision as well as a freelance writer and professional speaker. She also worked as the Whistler Reporter for CTV's Olympic Morning show during the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada.[4]

Aliya-Jasmine received international recognition including CNN, The View,[5] Jay Leno, The Huffington Post,[6] and Good Morning America for a breast cancer awareness video she wrote/created/and starred in that went viral called "Save the Boobs".[7]

In addition to working on a Gemini Award-winning show,[8] and interviewing everyone from Tom Cruise to Mötley Crüe, her favorite experience thus far was traveling to Africa for a documentary on girls' rights in Sudan called "Girls of Latitude".[9] In 2010 she was selected as one of HELLO! Magazine's 50 most beautiful Canadians,[10] and the National Post newspaper's Worthy-30 to watch lists.[11]

References

  1. ^ "Aliya-Jasmine Sovani / Host and Segment Producer". MTV.ca. 22 July 2009. http://www.mtv.ca/hosts/aliya-jasmine/bio.jhtml. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  2. ^ 1 Girl 5 Gays at Logo
  3. ^ Video clip of Sovani, YouTube
  4. ^ "ETALK's Team Delivers Gold Medal Coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games". CTV. 11 February 2010. http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/corp/CTVShows/20100211/bridge_20100211/20100211?hub=announce. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  5. ^ "SAVE THE BOOB...Aliya-Jasmine Sovani". http://theview.abc.go.com/forum/save-boobaliya-jasmine-sovani. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  6. ^ "15steps Commented on: "Save The Boobs": Is This Breast Cancer Awareness Ad Too Sexy? (VIDEO)". The Huffington Post. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/15steps/save-the-boobs-is-this-br_n_298349_31589756.html. Retrieved 4 January 2011. "“Nope, Aliyah Jasmine (the young lady) was creative director and co- chair of the foundation that this ad is for. Check the behind the scenes video.”" 
  7. ^ MTV Canada host aims to 'save the boobs', CTV, 26 September 2009.
  8. ^ "MTV LIVE Wins 2008 Gemini for Best Talk Series". M. 23 Oct 2008. http://www.mtv.ca/news/article.jhtml?id=11604. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  9. ^ Girls of Latitude at MTV.ca
  10. ^ "Hello Canada's 50 most beautiful". CTV.ca. http://www.ctv.ca/gallery/html/ent-50-most-beautiful-20100514/index_.html. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 
  11. ^ Siddiqi, Maryam (22 February 2010). "Shinan Govani's Worthy 30: The Women". National Post. http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/toronto/archive/2010/02/22/shinan-govani-s-worthy-30-the-women.aspx. Retrieved 4 January 2011. 

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