Faustina "Fuzzy" Agolley (born 10 April 1984) is an Australian television presenter best known for her role as the host of long-running Australian music program ''Video Hits'' on Channel 10. She was also the host of late-night game and gadget review program '' Cybershack'' and is a graduate from the

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and

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. She previously co-hosted '' The Voice'' alongside Darren McMullen.

Personal life

Faustina was born on 10 April 1984 in

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, North London to Ghanaian father, Samuel and Chinese

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mother, Philomena – both nurses. They lived in a

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, in the borough of Harringey, North London. Faustina was seven weeks old when she lost her father to a car accident. Faustina and her family moved to Melbourne, Australia when Faustina was 18 months old. In April 2015, Faustina came out as a lesbian.

Education

Faustina was educated at Sacred Heart Girls' College where she completed her

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and held the role of school captain in 2001. Faustina completed two degrees across three universities – a joint degree in media & communication and geography at the

and the

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, as well as media studies with a major in television and social science at

Career

While completing her University degrees, Faustina also worked as a model in Melbourne and Sydney. Faustina was the face of Bonds and appeared in the campaign alongside

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

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In 2003, Faustina auditioned for a co-host the ''Masked Avenger'' alongside Jabba on Channel Faustina 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''.

Network Ten

''Cybershack''
In 2006, Faustina became the host of '' Cybershack'' on Network Ten, a late-night program dedicated to video game and technology reviews. It was at this time that Faustina was offered to take on the role as host of ''Video Hits First''. In 2007 Faustina decided to leave ''Cybershack'' to commit more time to hosting ''Video Hits''.

''Video Hits''
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. Faustina also hosted live events for ''Video Hits'' from Australia's major capital cities and the Make Poverty History Concert where U2 and
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made a surprise performance. Faustina traveled the world for ''Video Hits'' giving the first Australian TV interview with
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. Faustina also covered interviews in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Tokyo and Stockholm.

Other television roles
Faustina also hosted Network Ten's live national coverage of the New Year's Eve Fireworks from Sydney's Harbour Bridge in 2007–08 and 2008–09, and was a guest on ''
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''. She also co-hosted ''
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'' in 2012.

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

Nine Network

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

Philanthropy
Faustina is the ambassador for the Australian Literacy and Numeracy Foundation, a foundation that aims to help close the indigenous literacy gap. Faustina is also patron of the
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, has been the supporter of Girls' Night In, World Environment Day, Coastcare, Together.com and Reconciliation Australia.

References
* * http://www.heraldsun.com.au/ipad/fuzzy-logic-what-faustina-did-next/story-fn6bn9st-1226068966381 * http://www.onyamagazine.com/australian-affairs/australian-conversation/australian-conversation-with-faustina-fuzzy-agolley/ * https://web.archive.org/web/20110407154023/http://www.profiletalent.com.au/fuzzy.html * http://www.smh.com.au/national/education/a-donation-to-promote-literacy-thats-definitely-a-hit-20101110-17npi.html * https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1884762/ * {{DEFAULTSORT:Agolley, Faustina Australian television presenters Television personalities from Melbourne Living people Australian people of Chinese descent Australian people of Ghanaian descent Australian music critics Australian women music critics Australian music journalists 1984 births English emigrants to Australia Australian people of Malaysian descent Australian lesbian actresses Australian women television presenters Actresses from London Actors from the London Borough of Islington Actors from the London Borough of Haringey People from Islington (district) People from Crouch End