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Eva Milic (born 27 June 1978) is an Australian journalist and beauty pageant titleholder who represented Australia at
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. Milic is currently the presenter of ''
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''.


Career

Milic completed a Bachelor of Business degree in 2001 after graduating from St Michael's College on the Gold Coast. After graduating she launched herself into modelling and she was crowned
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2001 and represented Australia at
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contest. Milic graduated from
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with a Master of Journalism and Mass Communication degree in 2005 and received awards in academic excellence. It was during her university studies in January 2004 that Milic was offered a freelance position with ''
Nine Gold Coast News ''Nine Gold Coast News'' is a weeknight, local news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened on the Gold Coast, Queensland relay of Channel Nine from Brisbane. The bulletin first aired in 1996. Unlike all Nine News bulletins, the Gold Coas ...
'', replacing
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as the program's full-time weather presenter in January 2006. Alongside her weather presenting commitments, Milic was also a reporter for Nine Gold Coast News. In January 2009, Milic replaced
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as the weekend presenter of ''
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'', co-hosting with
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. Eva was also a regular fill in presenter for ''Nine News Queensland'' on weeknights filling in for presenter
Melissa Downes Melissa Downes (born 17 September 1973) is an Australian broadcast journalist. She is currently a presenter of ''Nine News Queensland.'' Career Downes began her career at the Seven Network in Brisbane as an intern during her final year of un ...
. In July 2009, she was replaced as weekend presenter by
Heather Foord Heather Foord (born 1965) is an Australian television journalist. Foord was a news presenter for the Nine Network in Brisbane for over 20 years, presenting the weekday edition of ''Nine News Queensland'' with Bruce Paige between 1995–2001, an ...
, who moved back to the newsdesk following the axing of ''Extra''. Milic moved to presenting the weather on the weekend bulletin until she resigned from the role, being replaced by Paul Burt and
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. In 2011, Eva returned to presenting ''
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'' on weekends, replacing Foord who left the network altogether. In October 2014, Milic was appointed ''Nine Morning News Queensland'' and ''Nine Afternoon News Queensland'' (later ''Nine Live Queensland'') presenter. She presented both bulletins between Mondays and Thursdays inclusive, with the former bulletin axed without notice in mid-2017.
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replaced her as weekend presenter. In January 2018, Milic scaled back her duties at Nine Network Brisbane to present only the Monday to Wednesday editions of ''Nine Live Queensland''. On 24 September 2018, She swapped roles with
Wendy Kingston Wendy Kingston is an Australian journalist and television news presenter. Kingston was previously a presenter of '' Nine Afternoon News Queensland'', as well as other national bulletins from Sydney. Career Kingston's media career began in 200 ...
to co-host ''
Nine Gold Coast News ''Nine Gold Coast News'' is a weeknight, local news bulletin of the Nine Network. It is screened on the Gold Coast, Queensland relay of Channel Nine from Brisbane. The bulletin first aired in 1996. Unlike all Nine News bulletins, the Gold Coas ...
'' with Bruce Paige while Wendy will present ''Nine Live Queensland'' from Monday to Wednesday. She has also been a fill in presenter for Wendy Kingston on ''
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''. Apart from her profession as a journalist, she has a keen interest in property and renovating houses in the Brisbane and Gold Coast areas.


References


External links


Eva Milic profileNine News website
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