Sherisse Laurence

[2] She was also the host of the Miss Teen Canada pageants in 1982 and 1983, and performed on Canadian television talk shows including The Alan Thicke Show and City Lights.

[3] Her song "L'Amour de ma vie", performed first on the night, was written by Frank Dostal and Alain Garcia and composed by Rolf Soja.

In 1988 she released the single "Half a Heart", which was moderately successful on the Canadian country music charts.

[4] The single was also released in a French version, "Mon cœur veut ignorer l'amour".

She did not continue a recording career, and instead had various musical theatre roles in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s,[5] and was usually credited as Sherisse Stevens after 2000.