Stephanie Harvey

**Stephanie Harvey** was a contestant on Season 3.

## Background

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

Stephanie is better known as “missharvey” in the gaming community, where she has built her career as one of the best female gamers to ever use a keyboard and mouse. The female world-champion in the video game Counter-Strike five times over, she is now part of an LA-based video game team that trains and competes worldwide. Her talent has even landed her on the Forbes “30 under 30” list!

Don’t assume this quick-reflexed lady is just a game player; she holds a BA in Architecture from Laval University and a Post Graduate Diploma (DESS) in Video Game Design from the University of Montreal.

The gaming world is tough on women, but Stephanie knows how to tune out the chatter and keep her eye on the prize. She will bring this focused competitiveness to the Canada’s Smartest Person studio as well – watch out!

## Episode 301

As Stephanie entered the stage with her competitors, a clip of her and the other five contestants, Susan Forgues, Jonathan Gagnon, Vincent Law, Rup Magon, and Steve Norn, introducing themselves was shown. In this clip, Stephanie stated that she wants to show that gamers can be intelligent. In the first challenge, the Speed Round, Stephanie received an overall percentage score of 59%. As a result, Stephanie finished in 4th place and was awarded 1 overall point.

With the first challenge and the resulting double elimination out of the way, a more elaborate clip presenting Susan, Jonathan, Steve, and Stephanie in that order was shown. In this clip, Stephanie stated that, in spite of her past achievements, she really wanted to compete on the show because she is very competitive and hates losing. In the second challenge, Mix Master, Stephanie earned 4 points. As a result, Stephanie finished in 1st place and was awarded 5 overall points.

In the third challenge, Spin-a-Speech, Stephanie was the first contestant up and had to pop the question as her speech. She said, "**Honey**! Excuse me, I didn't want to **scream**. I absolutely didn't want to scream. Let me get on my knees here. Honey, I know you're extremely **gifted** and, on this **vacation** today, I really need to ask you a couple of questions. We're here in this **luxurious** hotel in **Saskatchewan**- I want to say **condo**, not hotel. You know, you should sit down too, like, take your **sour** drink, sit down, you know, release your armpits a little bit, calm down. This won't be a magic trick, I'm not a **wizard**, but baby please, as your **uncle** asked your aunt, would you marry me, please? I love you." Stephanie received a score of 10 words. Guest judge Scott Thompson commented that he thought Stephanie did a really good job. Scott ranked Stephanie in 3rd place for her overall performance and Stephanie was awarded 2 overall points as a result.

In the fourth challenge, Gear Head, Stephanie correctly assembled her blue gears 17 seconds into the challenge, correctly assembled her red gears 49 seconds into the challenge, and correctly assembled her green gears and triggered her whistle 1 minute and 37 seconds into the challenge. As a result, Stephanie finished in 1st place and was awarded 10 overall points. After the first four challenges, Stephanie had received a total of 18 overall points. As a result, she finished in 1st place and was congratulated by Jessi, along with Jonathan, for qualifying for the Gauntlet.

In the fifth and final challenge, the Gauntlet, Jonathan maintained a healthy lead over Stephanie over the first three sections. However, Jonathan had a lot of trouble getting past the second gate at the musical section, which allowed for Stephanie to catch up to and overtake him. Though Jonathan did eventually get past said second gate, Stephanie was already about to complete the linguistic section. Ultimately, Jonathan stopped at the musical section as Stephanie hit the buzzer, which signalled her victory and her spot in the season finale. After the challenge ended and Stephanie was declared the first finalist of the season, Jonathan and Stephanie celebrated onstage with Jessi.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/participants/stephanie-harvey