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Bio
Birthday: 2/16/82
Hometown Montreal, QE,
Canada
Height 5'8
Eye color: Grey
Weight: 130 lbs
Hair: Brunette
Racing Bio
Maryeve grew up in Canada,
her dad was a really talented motorcycle racer.
Since she was young, she always wanted to
race.
Maryeve started riding
motocross at the age of 4 years old and, later she
was riding a snowmobile. She had her first sports
bike at the age of 16 years old, always riding with
the boys she was doing wheelies and burn outs -
always had something for speed and adrenaline and
not scared of anything.
She started go-kart for
fun and fell in love with the sports being use to
being on a motorcycle she said "I feel very secure,
I can go really fast, the risks are less compared
with what I did on a motorcycle" and then she
enrolled for open wheel classes and started
racing.
Maryeve started racing with Espn Russell series
and, now the pro star Mazda and did her first race
in Montreal grand prix where the series was
supporting the formula one race.
One day, by coincidence, I saw an ad for the
Hawaiian Tropics contest in the newspaper. I
entered just for the fun of it, but ended up
winning it, with over 100 girls participating. From
there, I went to the national contest in Las Vegas,
and to the international division, beating over
35,000 girls from around the world. I won $100,000
in prizes and a modeling contract. I did a
promotional tour around the world and was invited
to the USO tour, Operation Starlift in Kosovo,
Bosnia and Macedonia.
Because of my growing career and increasing
offers for modeling, movies, video, print and
magazine work, I decided to move to Los Angeles. I
worked with Sylvester Stallone, Eddie Murphy, Burt
Reynolds, Estella Warren and Ali Landry. You may
have seen me on the Price is Right as a "Barker
Beauty," E! Television, fashion shows for Elizabeth
Rogiani and Frederick's of Hollywood and many
others. I am currently working with Zina Provendie,
the successful head acting coach of MGM.
Maryeve grew up in Canada, her dad was a really
talented motorcycle racer. Since she was young, she
always wanted to race.
Maryeve started riding motocross at the age of 4
years old and, later she was riding a snowmobile.
She had her first sports bike at the age of 16
years old, always riding with the boys she was
doing wheelies and burn outs - always had something
for speed and adrenaline and not scared of
anything.
Maryeve started racing with Espn Russell series
and, now the pro star Mazda and did her first race
in Montreal grand prix where the series was
supporting the formula one race.
Maryeve's teacher said
"she's extremely smooth and fast, makes progress so
fast, learns so quick and is really aggressive." So
Maryeve started racing with ESPN Russell Series
and, now the pro star Mazda and race in Montreal at
the grand prix where the series was supporting the
formula one race.
Modeling Bio
Maryeve was born in a suburb
of the City of Sorel in Quebec, Canada. At the age
of 5, she already had a passion for music, the
public, and the camera. Early in her career, she
won several national lip-sync contests. She then
realized her love for performing in front of the
audience, and appeared on several TV shows in
Quebec. As a teenager, MaryeveI played basketball
and studied jazz and modern dance. Growing up in a
family of motorcycling fans, sheI began riding at a
very young age.
Maryeve enjoyed taking
acting classes, and earned awards along the way.
After graduating from college, she entered a
modeling contest with the FORD modeling agency in
Montreal and won. This got her started doing
contract modeling work.
One day, by coincidence,
Mayeve saw an ad for the Hawaiian Tropics contest
in the newspaper. She entered just for the fun of
it, but ended up winning it, over 100 other girls
participating. From there, she went to the national
contest in Las Vegas, and to the international
division, beating over 35,000 girls from around the
world. She won $100,000 in prizes and a modeling
contract. Maryeve did a promotional tour around the
world and was invited to the USO tour, Operation
Starlift in Kosovo, Bosnia and
Macedonia.
Because of Maryeve's
growing career and increasing offers for modeling,
movies, video, print and magazine work, she decided
to move to Los Angeles. There she worked with
Sylvester Stalone, Eddie Murphy, Burt Reynolds,
Estella Warren and Ali Landry. You may have seen
Maryeve on the Price is Right as a "Barker Beauty,"
E! Television, fashion shows for Elizabeth Rogiani
and Frederick's of Hollywood and many others. She
is currently working with Zina Provendie, the
successful head acting coach of MGM.
Always having goal in her
mind is what keeps Maryeve motivated. She loves
sports like volleyball, tennis and motor sports
like motorcycles, jet skis, go-karts, and
motocross. She thrives on the speed and adrenaline
those sports produce.
Snippets
Canadian driver/model was grided 39th of 43 cars
for her Nationwide debut and finished 30th.
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Maryeve Dufault started last (39th) at her
second ARCA Racing Series start at Talladega and by
lap 40 she was 9th. At the end of 94 laps, she
finished 12th.
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(TALLADEGA, Ala. - April 16, 2011) - Maryeve
Dufault initially qualified third for just her
second ARCA Racing Series start, but will start
39th after her No. 12 VR-12 Dodge was found to have
failed the post-qualifying inspection.
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She only raced in Formula BMW USA for the two
rounds in support of the Canadian Grand Prix
(Formula One) and the two Rounds in support of the
United States Grand Prix (Formula One). She is a
former Miss Hawaiian Tropic International and
top-model.
2011
NASCAR Nationwide Race Stats
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Date
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Track
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Start
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Finish
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Laps
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Status
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Aug 20
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Montreal
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39
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30
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69/74
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Running
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Sep 9
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Richmond
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Oct 8
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Kansas
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Nov 5
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Texas
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Nov 12
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Phoenix
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Nov 19
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Homestead-Miami
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Canadian driver, model
set for Nationwide debut.
Quebec native Maryeve Dufault plans on becoming the
first Canadian woman to make a Nationwide Series
race when she straps on her helmet at her hometown
track in this weekend's NAPA Auto Parts 200 at
Circuit Gilles Villeneuve.
Dufault has been entered in the No. 81 Dodge
owned by Pat MacDonald, with sponsorship from the
Quebec Dodge Dealers. The car, normally driven by
Blake Koch, is inside the top 30 in owner's points,
guaranteeing Dufault a starting spot in Saturday's
race.
Dufault has one top-10 finish in 12 ARCA Series
events so far in 2011. The native of Sorel started
motorcross racing as a teenager, then advanced to
go-karts and open-wheel cars before making the
transition to stock cars in 2010, running two races
in the NASCAR Canadian Tire Series, including a
26th-place finish at Montreal.
Now living in California, the 29-year-old
Dufault does modeling and stunt work when she's not
behind the wheel of a race car. Her on-screen
credits include a stint as co-host for a 2006 TV
series called Racin' For A Livin', which lasted one
episode. She was also credited with appearing on
one episode of The Price Is Right in 2001.
Source: nationwide.nascar.com/nationwide-series/news/110817/maryeve-dufault-montreal-model-driver-stunt-woman/index.html
Maryeve's Latest
Modeling News
Lately Maryeve has been busy
traveling around the world for different print ads,
commercials and Runaway work. Maryeve has signed
contracts for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and
for the Famous soap opera, The Bold and the
Beautiful. Maryeve has the lead girl for the
opening commercial as well as being the head spokes
model for the next print campaign for the famous
hair care product NIOXIN. Maryeve has just finish
the new big commercial for Mandalay Bay's Morea
Pool Cast as the lead over 400 girls. In addition
to fashion you may have seen Maryeve on the big
screen or on TV in the famous show, Monk, or maybe
beside Kim Basinger Son in The movie CELLULAR, or
the new HBO series produced by actor Mark Walhberg,
The Entourage, playing Kevin Dillon's girlfriend or
playing Sara Foster's best friend in the movie, The
Big Bounce.
Canada (she is a former Miss Hawaiian Tropic
International and top-model) She's even on a
trading card.
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