35 Facts About Eunice Olsen

Eunice Elizabeth Olsen was born on 24 October 1977 and is a Singaporean actress, politician and beauty pageant titleholder.

Eunice Olsen Nominated Member of Parliament and the winner of the Miss Universe Singapore 2000 pageant.

Eunice Olsen is the only child of Alice Yap and Francis Olsen.

Eunice Olsen is a Eurasian Singaporean; her mother is Chinese and her father is of Swedish descent.

Eunice Olsen's parents enrolled her in Yamaha music school when she was three years old.

Eunice Olsen attended Woodlands Primary School, Singapore, St Margaret's Secondary School, and the Anglo-Chinese Junior College.

Eunice Olsen has worked with the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre and with Beyond Social Services' BABES program for pregnant teenagers.

Eunice Olsen promotes awareness of cervical cancer and for the Singapore Red Cross.

Eunice Olsen has been a goodwill ambassador for World Vision, Habitat for Humanity, and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Singapore.

Eunice Olsen created the annual All Smiles Day in 2013 as a day of respite for caregivers of the Rare Disorder Society.

Eunice Olsen has worked in rural Cambodia building sanitation facilities for evacuated communities.

Eunice Olsen developed a feminine hygiene program, Project Precious, to educate women in rural communities.

Eunice Olsen has served as a goodwill ambassador for the Embassy of Sweden in Singapore.

In 2002, Eunice Olsen was selected to be the co-host of Singapore's version of the TV game show Wheel of Fortune.

Eunice Olsen went on to co-host three seasons of FRONT, an Arts Central production that examined Singapore's arts scene.

Eunice Olsen hosted Rouge in 2008, a talk show concerning Singaporean women, featuring a mix of celebrity interviews and real-life stories.

Eunice Olsen made her English acting debut on Channel 5's first long-form English drama, Red Thread, and co-hosted a men's magazine lifestyle show on AXN, The Duke.

Eunice Olsen hosted Channel NewsAsia's "Becoming Singapore", the flagship documentary for the Singapore Bicentennial in 2019.

In 2020, Eunice Olsen hosted a web documentary series, Mundane Glory, which celebrated the 70th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China for Mango TV.

Eunice Olsen has represented, in various capacities, commercial brands such as Omega, Motorola Electronics, Goldheart Jewelry, Redken, Nescafe Gold, Shell Petroleum Fuel Save Ambassador, BlackBerry Messenger, Physiogel, L'Oreal Lancome Genefique, The Body Shop.

In November 2004, Eunice Olsen was appointed a Nominated Member of Parliament in Singapore.

Eunice Olsen championed inclusivity for people with disabilities and called for the captioning of the Channel 5 English news program.

Eunice Olsen served two terms and remained an NMP until 2009.

Eunice Olsen did not apply for a third term in parliament.

Eunice Olsen is an advisor to Space for Humanity, a non-profit organisation headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Eunice Olsen is currently a member of the National Museum of Singapore's advisory board and a management committee member of Club HEAL.

Eunice Olsen has been engaged to speak globally on a wide range of topics from women's empowerment to leadership, resilience, and various social issues.

Eunice Olsen is a keynote speaker and has spoken at international events such as the Cartier Women's Awards, the United Nations, and LH Forum in France, as well as in educational institutions around the world such as Harvard and universities in India, and in various parts of Southeast Asia including Vietnam, the Philippines, and Singapore.

Eunice Olsen had moderated various forums and events with high-profile individuals such as Helle Thorning-Schmidt, the former Prime Minister of Denmark, and panelists from the Swedish Embassy's Disability Forum.

On 31 October 2020, Eunice Olsen co-hosted the first digital edition of The Purple Parade, which was streamed live on Facebook.

In university, Eunice Olsen was part of a band and was president of the Electronic Music Lab at the Centre for the Arts.

Eunice Olsen was joined by music producer and sound designer Rennie Gomes of Yellowbox.

Eunice Olsen discovered through a TV program called My Roots that her great-great-grandfather Oskar Pontus Olsson was born in Rora, Orust, Sweden in 1862.

Eunice Olsen became a sailor on ships that traveled back and forth to England.

Eunice Olsen eventually settled in Malaya around 1885 and lived in Malaya for 54 years.