Miss Raquel is often referred to as the “Queen of the dancefloor” and “Power Pinstripe Barbie” but “Don’t be fooled – behind this fun blond bombshell stands a shrewd and well-respected business woman. With Raquel as our champion, the Canadian electronic music scene has a fighting chance not only at home but internationally” wrote Jennifer Finjan of alternavox.

Miss Raquel is owner, editor and writer for Scenester Magazine and host of Scenester Channel. She’s was the VJ on “electronica” on bpm:tv which aired across Canada.

She writes her blog, `Poppycock` on gayguidetoronto.com. She also wrote column “Month in Review a.k.a. The Drop” for bpm:tv’s monthly newsletter, “The Beat”.

"She’s been crowned Toronto’s Paris Hilton of club culture, but unlike the hotel heiress, our blond scene-stirrer…actually works", wrote Lawrence Chau of Toronto’s Metro News. She was Paris Hilton’s Official Host for the release of her self titled debut CD, "Paris Hilton" (Warner Brothers) at Toronto’s Voglie with DJ/producer DJTK.

Miss Raquel has hosted many popular Toronto events such as, Pride Toronto’s Labatt’s South Stage (Dirty Disco, 2011) and Central Stage (2009 and 2010). And she hosts various popular Toronto and Canadian events venues such as, The Guvernment, CiRCA, Footwork Bar & Afterhours and more. And she’s is the event producer/creator of the "JaXx HouZe – Enchanted Tribal Platoon" series.

Miss Raquel contributed a monthly top 10 music chart to Beatport, and has been featured in alternavox, Global Groove Network, Fab Magazine, Metro News (Toronto), houseaddict.com, an Industry NLI Feature Girl on nightlifeinfo.com, documentary films, ``House of God, “After-hours”, blogtv.ca and WEB2.0TV.

She’s interviewed; JES, Paul Oakenfold, Chris Vench, MC Flipside, Shaun Proulx, Jimpster, Yoji, Chus and Ceballos, Funkerman, The Crystal Method, Satoshi Tomiie, Shapeshifters, James Zabiela, Ian Carey, Redroche, Nick Fiorucci, Deko-ze, Gavin Bradley, Dwayne Minard, Matt C, Peter Presta, Don Burns a.k.a. Dr. Trance, DJTK, Nathan Barato, Paul Manchin, The Junkies, DJ Addy, and more...

URLS:

• Scenester Magazine - www.scenestermagazine.com
• Scenester Channel - www.youtube.com/scenestermag
• Poppycock! Blog on GayGuideToronto - http://gayguidetoronto.com/poppycock/
• Beatport Monthly Top 10 Charts - http://www.beatport.com/search?query=Miss%20Raquel&facets[]=fieldType:chart
• Facebook Miss Raquel Fan Page - http://www.facebook.com/MissRaquelRichards?sk=wall
• Twitter - www.twitter.com/MissRaquelR

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PHOTO: Kris Josef, Jefre Nicholls, Dan Abramovici, and Lauren Tully.

MAKE-UP: Olga Kirnos (on some shots)

CREATIVE DIRECTION: Patrick Antosh (on some shots), Jeff Rustia (on some shots)

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