Madeleine Czigler was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Toronto, Canada. She holds degrees from the university of Toronto and the Sorbonne and has pursued a career in broadcasting and print journalism for four decades.

As a field reporter for major media such as CTV, CBC, Discovery and PBS, Madeleine reported on topics ranging from political elections, Olympic sports and fashion shows.

From 1989 to 2009 she was the Paris-based producer for the internationally acclaimed CBC series, Fashion File, seen in over 150 countries around the world. Madeleine has covered hundreds of fashion shows and back stages interviewing celebrities such as Audrey Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor, Linda Evangelista and Karl Lagerfeld.

Madeleine now divides her time between Paris and Toronto, freelancing and teaching communications at the American University of Paris