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Aliya Jasmine Sovani | |
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| Born | 18 November 1981 |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of Ottawa BA |
| Occupation(s) | Broadcaster Journalist |
Aliya-Jasmine "AJ" Sovani (born November 18, 1981) is a Canadian television broadcaster and producer, initially known for her work on MTV Canada. [1] She is currently working as an environmental journalist, most recently for NBC's Los Angeles station KNBC. [2]
Before working at MTV, Sovani was a producer at MuchMusic, and has worked in front of and 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, British Columbia, Canada. [4]
Over the past decade, Sovani has been a reporter at the Vancouver Winter Olympics for CTV's Olympic Morning show, [5] was on the ground in Haiti for Discovery Channel after the 2010 Haiti earthquake, [6] [7] [8] was an NHL playoffs reporter for the NHL Network [9] and co-hosted the red carpet program for TSN at the 2013 ESPY Awards with Cabbie Richards. [10] She was on one seven on-air personalities that launched MTV Canada in 2006 and appeared regularly on the flagship show MTV Live . She soon expanded her role and was involved with several other programs on the network. She is best known for having produced & hosted her on sports/pop culture series on MTV called Play with AJ. [9] She also anchored MTV News , was a regularly contributor to MTV Movie Night and hosted the talk show 1 Girl 5 Gays (a.k.a. "1g5g") on MTV Canada. [9] She also helped produce the show IMPACT, a show that dealt with social and environmental issues. [11]
In 2022, she was co-host with Teddy Wilson of the documentary series The Mightiest for Discovery Channel Canada. [12]
Sovani was born on November 18, 1981, in Ottawa, Ontario. Her parents are African-Indians originally from Uganda. [13]
She received international attention from various media outlets including The View , [14] The Huffington Post , [15] and Good Morning America for a breast cancer awareness video she wrote, and directed that went viral called "Save the Boobs". [16]
In 2010, she was selected as one of HELLO! Magazine's 50 most beautiful Canadians [17] and the National Post newspaper's "Worthy-30 to watch" lists. [18]
She has her Social Media & Digital Marketing certificate from Harvard University, and her BA degree in Broadcast Communications from the University of Ottawa. [11] [19] [20] She also has a Masters in Environmental Journalism from the University of South Carolina. [11]
In 2020, Sovani married Mike Bradwell, former wide receiver for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League, at the Sasaab resort in Kenya. [21]
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.