After an extensive competition, Toys R Us Canada announced that 11 year old M茅ganne Dagenais from Montreal is their new Chief Play Officer (CPO) - AKA their number one toy tester.

M茅ganne was told the news at a surprise party organised by the company this morning, at 9am Quebec-time.

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M茅ganne, 11, who lives in LaSalle, Quebec, beat 200 other children to the dream job, after succesfully applying and submitting a video detailing her love of toys.

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The former CPO, Emile Burbidge, has held the position since 2014. He retired from what Toys R Us call B次元官网网址榯he worldB次元官网网址檚 coolest jobB次元官网网址� just after Christmas.

M茅ganneB次元官网网址檚 duties will include testing the hottest new toys and advising the media and consumers about which toys she likes.

M茅ganneB次元官网网址檚 first assignment will be to travel to the annual New York City Toy Fair where she will learn about new toys and meet toy suppliers for the company.

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