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Toronto singer Valeria Salt's first live singing performance was at the age of 1.5 in front of her mom and grandma and involved a wooden toy building block used as a microphone and numerous French berets as props.
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As a child, she insisted on being called "Valeria", her legal name, instead of the short form "Lera" and got upset whenever someone used the wrong version. Using "Lera Salt" as her initial stage name for 7 years before adopting "Valeria Salt" has a deeply psychological reason.
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In grade 7 she performed for the French President's wife, Mme Chirac, at her school in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, and received her first ever standing ovation.
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Vanessa Paradis, a French singer who rose to fame with a song "Joe le Taxi" written for her by her father, has been a great inspiration for Valeria's musical journey in the early years. Valeria dreamed of singing her own father's songs only to discover later that he wasn't interested.
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Valeria is a polymath who dedicates a lot of her time to gaining knowledge in various fields. Her top three areas are scientific and practical esoterics (astrology/numerology/tarot/ spiritual healing etc), arts (music and fashion especially), and digital marketing.
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Valeria finished a reputable classical music school in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in the late 90’s. There she specialized in first soprano vocals, choral conducting, and piano. She attended that school 5 times a week in addition to her (advanced French) public school, until her family immigrated to Toronto, Canada.
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The Toronto singer is a judge in the arts & entertainment industry and has worked with several fashion, music and film organizations, festivals and local indie projects on selecting talent. Thousands of candidates have been assessed by her over the years, from international beauty pageant queens to global music superstars.
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Valeria is a world traveller and has visited over 40 countries. She says that one she reaches 50 countries, she will have enough study cases for a book she is writing in the field of astrology.
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Valeria is an HSP/empath (highly sensitive person) with ESP (extra sensory perception).
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Valeria finished a reputable classical music school in Saint-Petersburg, Russia, in the late 90’s. There she specialized in first soprano vocals, choral conducting, and piano. She attended that school 5 times a week in addition to her (advanced French) public school, until her family immigrated to Toronto, Canada.
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Her favourite colour is teal. So much so that she has teal curtains and teal wall unit doors in the living room.
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Sleep is her best medicine. One of her intuitive specialities is deciphering people’s dreams.
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She holds a degree in Political Science. Although she has not pursued a career in politics, she uses her knowledge for her astrology predictions.
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Her favourite drink is plain tomato juice. She believes that consuming alcohol is unnecessary for a healthy and happy lifestyle so it is rare that you would see her drinking some.
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The Toronto singer has grown to be courageous when it comes to being outspoken and opinionated, especially on matters related to women's and children's rights, abuse, education, false gurus, politics and injustice. She is not concerned with criticism because in her words, "I'm not a $100 bill for everyone to like me!".
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She loves wearing leggings on stage and off stage for comfort and owns over 50 of them. Leggings are also lightweight and convenient to transport in luggage. Want to sponsor this Toronto singer with some cool leggings or other rockstar or glam appropriate items? Send us an email to
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She was an extra in Disney's movie “The Ice Princess”. One of the camera crew guys spotted her and brought her beloved tomato soup for lunch instead of a sandwich served to other extras. She still remembers the sweet gesture to this day. And the tomato soup.
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She is a certified in NLP and hypnotherapy. No, she does not do stage hypnosis shows where the hypnotist makes people smell farts. Her focus is on trauma healing and self-mastery.
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Her first success on national Canadian television did not involve the Toronto singer’s music but rather her beauty brand product, Minki Lashes that was featured on Canada’s top talk show for women, the Marilyn Dennis Show.
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Cultural heritage, ancestral lineage and archeology are some of Valeria’s long-standing areas of interest and study. One of her big dreams is to open a museum.
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Easy on the jealousy, ladies, but Salt can still fit into her clothes from high-school. How? She eats mostly gluten-free and lactose-free foods. This allows her to not only live environmentally friendlier but also migraine-free, which significantly improved her life. Studies show that 70% of migraines in women can be eliminated with a gluten-free diet.
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Valeria Salt co-organized a community rock festival that featured 15 indie rock acts from Canada, the US and Russia.
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The Toronto singer wrote 40 songs during her extensive behind-the-scenes “prep period” as a way to build a solid foundation of self-confidence in her talent. This is how she beefed up her skills and confirmed to herself that she is built and ready for the show business. Over time, as her original music gets released, the audience will gain more insights into her process and life experiences.
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She adores cats and has met quite a few street cats during her travels. One of the positive things that came out of the “pandemic” lockdowns and travel restrictions was her finally being able to take in a foster cat to care for. Lukas is a diabetic 10 year-old senior cat in remission who loves head rubs and tennis balls.
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Easy on the jealousy, ladies, but Salt can still fit into her clothes from high-school. How? She eats mostly gluten-free and lactose-free foods. This allows her to not only live environmentally friendlier but also migraine-free, which significantly improved her life. Studies show that 70% of migraines in women can be eliminated with a gluten-free diet.
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The Toronto singer wrote 40 songs during her extensive behind-the-scenes “prep period” as a way to build a solid foundation of self-confidence in her talent. This is how she beefed up her skills and confirmed to herself that she is built and ready for the show business. Over time, as her original music gets released, the audience will gain more insights into her process and life experiences.
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“Work before play until age 37, then reap the rewards of your hard work in a big way.”
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Valeria Salt once read the entire EU Constitution front to back, for fun.
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While back in university, she studied in Lyon, France, for a semester as an exchange student. She loved her experience and the independence away from parents that she craved. A mini park with metal chair sculptures that was a gift to Lyon from the city of Montreal in Canada is one spot in Lyon that will forever stay in her heart.
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Numerous web articles she wrote or co-wrote had been read by millions of people worldwide, and you didn’t even know.
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She loves the sea. Being near the water is healing for her hence her love for cruising.
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“In developed countries, there are nowadays ways to make money online without anyone ever seeing your face, race, gender, sexual orientation, and disabilities. What you need is Intellect and willingness to learn and sort through the multitude of (often free) resources. Everything else that prevents you from following your dreams is an excuse.”
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"While mental health is at the centre of all life’s issues, it is our soul’s health that we should direct the most focus on in order to attain an authentically happy life. Aligning both soul and mental levels is key to self-mastery."
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The Toronto singer is on a revolutionary mission to make astrology part of high-school curriculum.
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One of the best investments in her life has been getting eye lasik surgery right after university that allowed her to get rid of contact lenses and glasses. Years after the surgery, however, her vision changed dramatically as she started seeing energy.
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She wore high stiletto boots for 4 hours on stage during her first concert, something she now considers as a “took a walk on a wild side” moment in her music career. She now prefers to wear much more comfortable shoes.
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The Toronto singer has natural-born leadership abilities that she continuously dedicates time to improve. She is an arts & entertainment community leader and entrepreneur who overcame numerous challenges in life.
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She can sing in 4 languages, namely English, Russian, French, and Spanish.
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One of the best investments in her life has been getting eye lasik surgery right after university that allowed her to get rid of contact lenses and glasses. Years after the surgery, however, her vision changed dramatically as she started seeing energy.
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Having been previously affected by a life-changing health condition that put her on long-term disability for almost a year, and that she cured on her own after doctors could not help her, Salt advocates for non-toxic personal care products and natural healing methods.
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"Want to calm your nerves down? Either meditate, study astrology or... use a mini circular saw or a metal handheld saw to cut or build something... "
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One of the most unexpected discoveries about herself she recently made was the day when she stopped being afraid of wasps.
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"Learning how to read people vs how to get your Ex back is way more valuable."
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Inspired by her mom and grandma, she has been sewing since young age and has designed and sewed numerous outfits. To this day sewing is what her mom and her do at home together.
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When she worked at a fashion boutique while in university as a fashion consultant, she once wore a pair of pants that she designed and sewed, to work. After numerous people approached her to find out whether those pants were sold at the boutique, the manager politely asked her to never wear those pants again.
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She once flew to Las Vegas to see Gwen Stefani in concert, and made a pair of funky pants just for the show. She got chased by a woman at the Ceasar’s Palace hotel where Valeria and her mom were passing by, who inquired where she got her pants from. After being told that she designed and made the pants herself, the woman asked if she could make her a pair, too. Valeria told the woman “no”. And then Gwen Stefani got sick and cancelled the show.
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"“Narcissist”, “troll” and “conspiracy theorist” are some of the most overused terms used online nowadays by mostly unaware people who fail to apply critical thinking and misunderstand human psychology. Similarly, announcing on your personal Facebook page that you’re cleaning up your friends list because they are not interacting with you enough while Facebook’s algorithm is designed to limit the number of people who see your posts, only shows your ignorance."
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Up until her car accident injury in 2016 that cancelled one of the events she was putting on in Toronto, she used to often ski during winter. Until one day she tried snowboarding and the next time could already go down intermediate level hills. Learning to ski as a teenage took much, much longer as she was scared and resulted in numerous ski lifts being stopped at the bottom because she’d end up under them time and the again.
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The Toronto singer has had quite a few rough life experiences and psychological traumas while living both in Russia until teenage-hood, and in Toronto thereafter. She successfully single-handedly overcame depression more than once without the use of any state-altering substances or Pharma drugs, and can now inspire people to do the same.
