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Jay Manuel (born August 14, 1972) is a Canadian make-up artist and fashion photographer, most recognizable as the creative director of photo shoots on the popular reality television show America's Next Top Model and the host of the last cycle of Canada's Next Top Model.
Manuel was born in Scarborough, Ontario, to a mother of Italian and Czech descent and a South African father of Indian descent. He was raised in Toronto where he attended the Dr Norman Bethune Collegiate Institute and York University. He and friend J. Alexander, also an America's Next Top Model personality, often appear on E!: Entertainment Television's Fashion Wrap with Debbie Matenopoulos. Manuel also hosts his own show Style Her Famous on the Style Network and he recently introduced his own make-up line, Manuel Override, on QVC. Manuel is openly bi-sexual.