Chantal Stafford Abbott

Chantal Stafford Abbott is a Canadian fashion model and community facilitator born on April 4, 1992, in Montreal, Quebec. Raised in Ivry-sur-le-Lac in the Laurentian Mountains, she began modeling at the age of fifteen after attending an open call at Specs Models in Montreal. Her career quickly expanded internationally, with work in fashion centers such as New York, Paris, and London.

Stafford Abbott has walked the runway for designers including Marc Jacobs, Jean Paul Gaultier, Oscar de la Renta, and Jonathan Saunders, and has appeared in both editorial and commercial campaigns. After more than ten years in the fashion industry, she shifted her focus in 2017 by returning to Montreal to study Human Relations at Concordia University.

That year, she also launched The Deep Space, a community project dedicated to fostering human connection, self-acceptance, and open dialogue through group discussions. Stafford Abbott balances her ongoing modeling work with international agencies while engaging in facilitation efforts and sharing insights on motherhood, mental health, and life beyond the fashion world alongside her husband, Giancarlo, and their two children.