FASHION Magazine

One of the biggest events at Toronto’s World MasterCard Fashion Week wasn’t just about the fashion: The Heart and Stroke Foundation’s The Heart Truth show was part celebrity showcase, part awareness campaign and one huge party on the runway. The annual charity event brought together on-air personalities, Olympic athletes and other notable names, each wearing a custom-made red dress by Canadian designers such as David Dixon, Stephan Caras and Ashtiani. Jamie Salé showed off a growing baby bump in a lacy Farley Chatto number, while Jennifer Valentyne revealed even more with a custom pair of bloomers under her frilly Momo frock. However, the real stars of the show just may have been the three “models of health”—real women nominated to participate in the show.

Eight years ago, Jamie Salé and David Pelletier took Olympic gold for their long program in pairs figure skating—and here’s betting no one’s forgotten the scandal surrounding their medal. Now, though, they’re in Vancouver for the 2010 Games, and in between commentating on her sport for CTV, Salé sat down with me to discuss her new role as spokesperson for famed au naturel line, Burt’s Bees (burtsbees.ca).