Festival Godmother and Ambassador

Vickie Joseph – Entrepreneur, designer and Philanthropic business woman committed to women’s beauty for over 20 years. Co-founder and President of V Kosmetik International (VKI), specialist in beauty and skin care products – The brand of 50 shades of ethnicity, inspired by her life, personality, character and passion to give back to women.

VKI is distributed across Canada and internationally, notably in the USA, Morocco, Senegal, Tunisia, Benin, Saudi Arabia, Dubaï and South Africa under its “V Kosmetik©”.

A fulfilling mother of three children, the designer and businesswoman is committed – according to her, “success confers the responsibility to help others”. To this end, she co-founded Groupe 3737, a major center for entrepreneurial innovation promoting the emergence of new businesses and the creation of thousands of jobs that now has 12 offices across Canada. She co-founded FemPreneurs to help women develop their business ventures with special support and programs offered to women of diversity and the ones living with difficult situations including financial limitations.

Ms. Joseph is the recipient of several distinctions, including – Top 6 Canadian designers among more than 20,000 candidates by the Black Canadian Awards, News: one of the entrepreneurs of Quebec Inc., Gala Dynasty: Tribute to Philanthropy, BMO: Community and donations award, Startup Canada: Regional and National Entrepreneur (2019) Entrepreneur of the Year 2022; Femmessor-Evol: one of the 100 entrepreneurs changing the world.

New and First women to become Vice-President of the Council – Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal and Montreal Relève. Newly for a 2nd year slipped into the list of the 110 most successful women-owned businesses across Quebec, amounting to 5-50 million in revenue and one of the most influential women in Canada.