Tiffiny Elizabeth Hall (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian personal trainer, author, journalist and television personality best known from television appearances on ''

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'', the morning show '' The Circle'' (2010), '' The Biggest Loser Australia: Families'' (2011) and '' The Biggest Loser Australia: Singles'' (2012).

Background and education

Hall was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Martin and Jeanette Hall. She is the oldest of three siblings, Bridgette and Lleyton. She grew up in the suburb of

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. Her parents own a Taekwondo centre headquartered in Brunswick. Hall attended Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, where her English teacher was Australian writer John Marsden. Hall graduated from the

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in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) majoring in creative writing and print journalism, and a Diploma in Modern Languages (French). Hall practises the Korean martial art of

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and is a Sixth Dan Black Belt.

Career

After writing for the ''

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'' and freelancing for various magazines, Hall joined the cast of the Australian TV revival of ''Gladiators'' in 2008. Her Gladiator name was Angel. In 2010, she joined morning television show ''The Circle'' as a regular health and fitness presenter and weightloss coach to host

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. In 2011, Hall joined ''The Biggest Loser: Families'' as the newest addition to the full-time cast of trainers in the sixth season of the show. During the show's three months on air she wrote a blog at the official ''Biggest Loser'' website and a weekly column for the magazine ''

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''. Her second non-fiction book ''Weightloss Warrior: How to win the battle within'' was released in April 2011. Tiffiny returned to train the White Team in ''The Biggest Loser Singles'' for the 2012/13 series. Hall released her third and fourth health books, ''Fatloss For Good'' and a cookbook called ''Lighten Up'', in 2012. In 2012, Hall released the children's novel ''White Ninja'', the first in her ''Roxy Ran'' trilogy of children's books published by

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. The sequel ''Red Samurai'' was released in April 2013 and the third, titled ''Black Warrior'', in March 2014. In 2019, she and her husband released a book entitled ''"A First Time For Everything"'' which is about their first year as parents.

Personal life

In 2014, Hall married comedian, radio host, actor and film maker

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. In September 2017, Hall gave birth to their first child. In May 2022, Hall gave birth to their second child. In 2021, Hall announced she is suffering from

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, which she describes as having her whole body covered in cement.

References

External links

Tiffiny Hall official website

Fan site

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