Camila Gonzalez

Camila Gonzalez (born July 7, 1997) is a Canadian television personality and producer, known for hosting the Serie A Halftime Show on TLN and as an entertainment and community news reporter on Univision Canada.

Camila Gonzalez
BornJuly 7, 1997
Cali, Colombia
Alma materToronto Metropolitan University
Occupation(s)TV Host and Producer
Years active2014 - Present

Personal life

Gonzalez was born in Cali, Colombia and raised in Brampton, Ontario. She studied journalism at Toronto Metropolitan University, and has worked in radio and television broadcasting in Canada since the age of 14. Prior to joining TLN, she hosted the morning Spanish news show on 88.9FM, and started the Latin Top 25 at ONDAS FM, where she interviewed Bad Bunny. The viral video amassed over 4 million views and kick started her career as an entertainment reporter.

Television

Joining the channel in 2018, she started with Univision Canada's red carpet coverage of Premio Lo Nuestro,[1] the Latin Grammys and the Billboard Latin Music Awards. She has interviewed Latin Music's biggest stars including J Balvin, Anitta, Karol G, Rauw Alejandro, Romeo Santos and more.

She was a part of the TLN team covering the multilingual broadcast of the 2018 Winter Olympics.[2]

She has travelled across Italy with the Serie A Halftime Show to produce segments about top Serie A teams, players and the country’s calcio culture. Some of her notable interviews include S.S.C. Napoli’s Aurelio De Laurentiis, Victor Osimhen and Carlo Ancelotti;[3] AC Milan's Davide Calabria, Fikayo Tomori and Tijjani Reijnders; Inter Milan's Lautaro Martinez and Federico Chiesa and Arek Milik from Juventus. During the 2023 US Soccer Champions Tour, she also hosted an exclusive interview with Thibaut Courtois from Real Madrid.

Gonzalez won a Google News Initiative Award in Multimedia Journalism for her participation in the project “Hong Kong 360.” The multimedia project was produced by undergrad and grad students from Ryerson University’s journalism program from May to June 2018 in Hong Kong.[4]

Documentary

As her first project with TLN Studios, Gonzalez produced Heart of Goal: The Rise of Canadian Soccer. The feature-length documentary follows the Canadian Men's National Soccer Team as they qualify for the 2022 World Cup. The film highlights the immigrant stories behind the team's success, with appearances by Jonathan Osorio, Cyle Larin, Doneil Henry, Melissa Tancredi, Tosaint Ricketts and more. The film premiered at Scotiabank Theatre in downtown Toronto and on TLN nationwide in October 2022.

Pageantry

Gonzalez placed 1st runner-up at Miss Universe Canada 2018 and was crowned Miss International Canada 2018. The winner was Marta Stepien, who also preceded Gonzalez as Miss International Canada 2017.[5][6]

Gonzalez represented Canada at Miss International 2018 on November 9, 2018 in Tokyo, Japan.

References
  1. "Premio Lo Nuestro con Camila Gonzalez". Univision Canada. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  2. "¡El Equipo que traerá Pyeongchang 2018 en español a tu TV!". Agenda Social. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  3. "ADL e Ancelotti a TLN Television". Napoli Magazine. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  4. "Hong Kong 360". Ryerson University. Retrieved 28 November 2019.
  5. "Windsor woman wins Miss Universe Canada 2018". CTV News. Retrieved 26 September 2018.
  6. "Latinas podrían ganarse la corona de Miss Universe Canadá". Latinos Magazine. Retrieved 26 September 2018.


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