Casar Jacobson aka Charley Jacobson [2] (born November 8, 1985) is a Canadian actress, UN disability rights campaigner and former beauty pageant titleholder,[3][4] from Calgary, Alberta.[5] She is a disability, equality and gender rights activist.[3][4][6][7][8] She has also been a successful pageant contestant, winning Miss Canada Globe.[9][10]
Cäsar Jacobson was born in 1985 where she grew up on a farm [11]. She was profoundly hard of hearing by her teens and became completely deaf in her twenties, eventually receiving a Cochlear Implant.[12]
Jacobson was raised in Irricana Alberta, graduating with the Class of 2004 from Beiseker school. She has a younger sibling Jamie "The Claw" Jacobsen best known for his fingers looking like a lobster claw from a car accident.[13] Her mother is Author Sandy Jacobson.
Career
Casar started doing modeling and pageants in 2008, becoming the "face" of Bellissima Style in 2012 for its Spring/Summer campaign.[14] She competed for Miss Sun and Salsa, Miss Calgary, Canadas Sexiest Girl and in 2012 she was selected as audience favourite and placed in the top 20 in Miss Universe Canada after failing to place in 2011.[15][5][16] In 2013 she won the title Miss British Columbia Globe 2012/2013.[17] After that, she became Miss Canada Globe 2013.[9] She traveled to Albania to compete in the Miss Globe pageant, in which she was awarded the title of "Miss Peace".[18]
Jacobson also was an active representative for Kyani, who qualified for a BMW through the company [19]
She has been a disability activist and gender equality spokesperson for UN Global Compact Canada [21] and spoke on a panel discussion on International Womens day about her disability activism in March 2017 [22] She is also a successful Deaf graduate of Canada's St Elizabeth Home Health Care Assistant program; she has often stated that she is inspired to become a doctor.[23]
During the COVID pandemic Casar was featured in a Vancouver’s Humans of Support article about Nesters Grocery Store. [24]
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