Vanessa Le Page
Vanessa Le Page (born February 24, 1970) is a Canadian cake artist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she is the daughter of Canadian artist T. Denis Le Page (1934–2010), and Alidë Camilleri-Kohlhaas (formerly Lorraine Le Page), journalist, author, and translator. At the age of three, her family moved to Niagara Falls, where she grew up as an only child, just a stone's throw from the Falls, and from all of Clifton Hill's wax museums, and amusement park rides at Maple Leaf Village (now the site of the casino). Music and the arts were an integral part of her upbringing, regularly attending the plays, concerts and dance performances her mother critiqued for a living (in addition to reporting on hard news, which resulted in a few late night fire scenes, which Vanessa also attended). Not being very physically inclined, arts and crafts were a constant distraction. From 1979 to 1985 she attended the Ray Wickens' School of Drama in St. Catharines. After her parents' separation in 1985, Vanessa helped her father establish the T. Denis Le Page School of Fine Arts (SOFA) in his home, where he taught small, private art classes. In the fall of 1988 she moved back to Toronto