Juliana Chen

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She is the first woman, and the first person of Chinese heritage, ever to be awarded the Stage Magician Of the Year by the Academy of Magical Arts. Juliana Chen was born and raised in the Hunan Province of the People's Republic of China. Her parents were proud when, at 10 years of age, she was selected for specialized training at the Hunan Academy for the Performing Arts. At first she was trained in ballet, then later she moved on to acrobatics and juggling. As a teenager, she toured internationally with the famous Guangzhou Acrobatic Troupe. After a couple of accidents which injured the same leg, she was advised by doctors to give up foot juggling. While she was recovering, she saw the famous Japanese magician Shimada on television. She was fascinated by the way he had integrated magic into his Asian culture. He was both unique and outstanding in his performance. The Guangzhou's troupe manager encouraged Juliana to develop as a magician. She also took a closer interest in the skill of the troupe's magician. Secretly, she began practising her skill with cards and ping-pong balls - the easiest props for her to find at the time. The ambidexterous Juliana had the ability, ambition and determination to succeed. Some four years later in 1986, she was recognized as the best magician in China when she won the All-China Best Magician competition. Her desire to take her magic to the international level led her to apply for permission to study English in Canada. In 1988, she left China for Vancouver, Canada. There was not much work for magicians, so she got a job in a furniture store while she studied English. Later she started her own graphics business. In 1990, Juliana met a friend who introduced her to the local magic stores and The Vancouver Magic Circle - the largest magic society in Canada. Two years later, after winning a major international award in Salt Lake City, Juliana sold her graphics business to concentrate on her career as a magician. Over the next four years she won numerous magic competitions in Europe. Then, in 1997, Juliana won the world title for Manipulation (sleight-of-hand) at The World Congress of Magicians in Dresden, Germany. Juliana became the first woman, and the first magician of Chinese heritage, to win a world title for a solo act in the 50-year history of The World Congress of Magicians. She was now The World's First Lady of Magic. On her return to North America, she was featured on the cover of MAGIC magazine and included in The World's Greatest Magic IV, an NBC-TV special which is still seen in different countries around the world. A year later, Canada's leading TV current affairs program, The Fifth Estate, featured Juliana in a 12-minute profile. They called her

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