Carolyn Hayward

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Carolyn Frances Hayward (born 1937 in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada) was a bullfighter, who became an artist. Featured on Front Page Challenge, What's My Line and I've Got a Secret became a celebrity for both Canada and the United States for her success and career as a bullfighter.

Hayward was educated at Bishop Spencer College, St. John's; Institute Cultural Peruana Norteamericano and Nacional de Bellas Artes, Lima, Peru. She became interested in bullfighting when she visited Spain and in 1957 fought her first non-professional fight at Plaza de Toros in Toledo, Spain. Hayward's first bullfighting contract was arranged by Miguel Angel Garcia in 1960 at La Concepción, Guanajuato, Mexico.^[1]

In 1963 Hayward was the subject of a CBC documentary that featured one of her bullfights held near Mexico City. She retired from bullfighting in 1970 and began her study of art. Her work has been featured in ten collective and individual exhibitions.

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↑ Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, Volume Two, (p 862) ISBN 0-9693422-0-9

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