Stephanie Harvey

Stephanie Harvey (born 19 April 1986), also known by her in-game name missharvey, is a Canadian video game developer and retired professional gamer. She is best known as a Counter-Strike and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO) player, having won five female world championships. She formerly played for Counter Logic Gaming Red.

In November 2016, she was listed as one of BBC's 100 Women. In December 2016, she won the third season of Canada's Smartest Person. In January 2022, Harvey won the second season of Big Brother Célébrités.

Harvey currently works for Counter-Logic Gaming as the Director of Business Development.

In 2021, Harvey received The Esports Awards Lifetime Achievement Award.

Professional gaming career Harvey began her professional gaming career playing Counter-Strike 1.5 in 2003; a year later, she created the team Canadian Divas. In 2005, she joined CheckSix Divas, with whom she placed fifth in the Electronic Sports World Cup (ESCW). She then moved to SK Ladies, playing with the team for four years and winning two world championships. In 2016 CLG.CS became the first all-female team to move into a gaming house and began to compete in more men's events.

Harvey left CLG.CS Red in May 2017 but rejoined the team a year later. Harvey left CLG Red in March 2019.

Advocacy Harvey has spoken out against sexism and gender discrimination in professional gaming. She has highlighted that less than 5% of professional gamers are women, that there is a significant gender disparity in player's earnings, and that women in gaming face routine verbal abuse and sexual harassment:

Harvey is a PAIDIA guide, focused on promoting inclusive gaming communities for women and allies of all genders.

Creative Projects In 2019, Harvey partnered with Michele Morrow to produce the Game Diaries Podcast. The first season has 8 full-length episodes and 3 post-script episodes.

In 2020, Harvey launched a digital citizenship brand Élevey, focused on promoting awareness about cyberaddiction, cybersecurity and cybercitizenship.