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18 Facts About Faustina Agolley

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Faustina "Fuzzy" Agolley was born on 10 April 1984 and is an Australian television presenter best known for her role as the host of long-running Australian music program Video Hits on Channel 10.

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Faustina Agolley was the host of late-night game and gadget review program Cybershack and is a graduate from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University.

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Faustina Agolley was seven weeks old when she lost her father to a car accident.

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Faustina Agolley was educated at Sacred Heart Girls' College where she completed her Victorian Certificate of Education and held the role of school captain in 2001.

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Faustina Agolley was the face of Bonds and appeared in the campaign alongside Miranda Kerr.

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Faustina Agolley worked as a researcher for The Great Outdoors and worked on set of kids' program Hi-5.

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In 2003, Faustina Agolley auditioned for a co-host the Masked Avenger alongside Jabba on Channel [V].

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Faustina Agolley did not get the part but was asked to co-host the Big Day Out coverage which led to her first mainstream presenting role on Cybershack.

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In 2006, Faustina Agolley became the host of Cybershack on Network Ten, a late-night program dedicated to video game and technology reviews.

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In 2007 Faustina Agolley decided to leave Cybershack to commit more time to hosting Video Hits.

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Faustina Agolley was the host of Australia's music video program Video Hits for five years where she interviewed artists including the Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Adele, Jack White, Muse, Green Day, Rihanna, Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones, Sinead O'Connor and Neil Finn.

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Faustina Agolley hosted live events for Video Hits from Australia's major capital cities and the Make Poverty History Concert where U2 and Pearl Jam made a surprise performance.

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Faustina Agolley traveled the world for Video Hits giving the first Australian TV interview with Adele and Florence and The Machine in London in 2009, The Black Eyed Peas upon the release of their LP, The End in Paris in as well as Muse upon the release of The Resistance, in Lake Como.

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Faustina Agolley covered interviews in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Tokyo and Stockholm.

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Faustina Agolley has appeared on ABC TV's live political show Q+A, and on Spicks and Specks and Harrow.

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On 10 May 2012, Faustina Agolley was announced as the social media correspondent for The Voice Australia during the shows live shows stage of the competition.

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Faustina Agolley is the ambassador for the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, a foundation that aims to help close the indigenous literacy gap.

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Faustina Agolley is patron of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, has been the supporter of Girls' Night In, World Environment Day, Coastcare, Together.