Sarah Song ( zh, c=宋熙年; born 9 August 1985) is a

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television host, actress, professional MC, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Chinese International 2007. Previously Song was crowned Miss Sydney Chinese 2006.

Early life

Song was born in

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, China, and immigrated to Sydney, Australia with her parents at age 6. Song attended the all-girls high school,

Pymble Ladies' College Pymble Ladies' College is an Independent school, independent, non-selective, day school, day and boarding school for girls, located in Pymble, New South Wales, Pymble, a suburb on the North Shore (Sydney), Upper North Shore of Sydney, New South ...

and graduated in 2003. She attended the

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for a Bachelor of Commerce in Services Marketing, but dropped out after winning Miss Chinese International to develop her career in Hong Kong.

Pageantry

Song competed in Miss Sydney Chinese 2006 as No. 1 where she won the crown. After winning Miss Sydney Chinese, she earned the right to represent Sydney at Miss Chinese International 2007, held in

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. Song won the competition, beating out first runner-up Ivy Lu from

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, and second runner-up Sherry Chen from

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. She also won the Chinese Culture Ambassador Award.

Career

After winning Miss Chinese International, Song signed with broadcasting giant

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB; zh, t=電視廣播有限公司) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong. The company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Canton ...

in Hong Kong. She began co-hosting the daily current affairs program ''The Scoop'' 東張西望, and the English-language lifestyle program ''Dolce Vita'' on

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. She has hosted over 30 variety programs for TVB. Song is also a professional MC for corporate and brand marketing events. After 12 years working at TVB, Song left TVB in September 2019. She and her husband Jason Chan Chi-sun have a

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channel with over 130,000 subscribers.

Filmography

References

External links

* http://m.weibo.cn/u/1733506821 {{DEFAULTSORT:Song, Sarah 1985 births Australian people of Chinese descent Actresses from Sydney People from Heshan Actresses from Guangzhou Living people Miss Chinese International winners TVB actors People with acquired residency of Hong Kong Actresses from Guangdong Australian television actresses Hong Kong television actresses Chinese television actresses 21st-century Chinese actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses People educated at Pymble Ladies' College Chinese emigrants to Australia