24 Facts About Mimi Macpherson

Mimi Macpherson was born on Miriam Frances Gow, 18 May 1967 and is an Australian environmentalist, entrepreneur and celebrity.

Mimi Macpherson joined a whale-watching boat crew at age 21 and eventually began her own whale-watching business, winning multiple awards before going into property development and promotions.

Mimi Macpherson has acted as a corporate and NGO spokeswoman, and a media personality.

Mimi Macpherson's parents divorced when she was young, and both girls adopted the surname of their stepfather, Neill Macpherson.

Mimi Macpherson has a brother, Brendon, and another sister, Elizabeth.

The family lived around Lindfield and Killara, where Mimi Macpherson attended high school.

Mimi Macpherson joined the crew of her father's whale watching boat at age 21 before going into business for herself.

Macpherson owned her own whale-watching company, Mimi Macpherson Whale Watch Expeditions, in Hervey Bay, Queensland.

Mimi Macpherson won the 1996 Queensland Tourism Award, as well as two Fraser Coast tourism awards.

Mimi Macpherson was named the National Businesswoman of the Year by the Women's Network of Australia in 1997 and was featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan magazine as "one of the 30 most successful Australian businesswomen under the age of 30".

In 2006 Mimi Macpherson went back to the whale-watching business, working as host in a luxury catamaran for Whale Watching Gold Coast.

In December 2008 Mimi Macpherson declared herself bankrupt, due to several accumulated debts and loans where she gave her personal guarantee.

Mimi Macpherson appeared in a 1999 advertising campaign for Foster's Lager.

Mimi Macpherson appeared on the cover of the first Australian edition of FHM magazine.

In February 2009 Mimi Macpherson became a radio presenter on a Sunshine Coast, Queensland radio station called Zinc96.

Mimi Macpherson has reported on "environmental issues" for the Discovery Channel.

Mimi Macpherson will be serving as a DJ during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012.

Mimi Macpherson has previously been the spokesperson for environmental organizations Coastcare, Planet Ark, Clean Up Australia and Sydney Water.

Mimi Macpherson has raised more than $100,000 for the Pacific Whale Foundation.

Mimi Macpherson currently works with the World Wildlife Fund and the Born Wild program.

In 2000, Mimi Macpherson served as a lobbyist for animal welfare group Humane Society International at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission.

Mimi Macpherson supported a campaign to disrupt whaling by Japanese ships.

Mimi Macpherson wrote the foreword for Jack Pollard's guide to whale watching in Australia.

On 19 March 2007, Mimi Macpherson was convicted of driving under the influence with a blood alcohol level nearly three times over the legal driving limit, her third conviction since 1995.