Caroline Sampson (born 2 August 1984) is a Ghanaian

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, TV show host, compere, and

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best known for her TV and radio commercials. She began her career in the media in 2005 when she ended up as a finalist in the third edition of the

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reality TV pageant ''

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''. In addition to TV and radio presenting, Sampson has hosted reality TV shows, corporate events, movie premieres, and album launches. She was the first anglophone African and Ghanaian to win the award for Best Presenter at the Stars Integration of Culture of Africa festival and competition held in

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Career

Modeling

Sampson's career began as a contestant in the third edition of the TV reality show, Miss Malaika Ghana, in 2005. She placed among the final 16 contestants.

Television

In 2005, Sampson got her first break on television when she hosted the game show, ''U-Win Game,'' that aired on GTV (Ghana National Broadcaster). Later, she hosted ''Hitz Video'', a weekly music video program that aired on the

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network. In 2009, Sampson joined Global Media Alliance, the parent company of ETV and YFM Ghana; and hosted ''E on E,'' a daily entertainment show on ETV Ghana. In 2017, she moved to Kwese Sport as a host of the station's breakfast show, ''Head Start'' and later became host of a sport program, ''Sports Arena '' on the same channel.

Radio

In 2005, while working with GTV, Sampson also began working in radio on the Atlantis radio station in

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. She hosted two daily drive-time shows, ''Continuous Drive'' and ''Mellow Cruise''. Sampson joined Citi FM and hosted three daily shows: ''Room 973'', ''Rhythms in the Citi'' and ''Citi Countdown''. After two years with Citi FM, Sampson joined YFM Ghana as a presenter for the weekly show, ''Shout on Y''.

Brand ambassador

In 2017, Sampson and Ghanaian rapper,

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, were brand ambassadors for beverage company

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Ghana. She also was brand ambassador for Woodin (fabric company), and was also the face of beverage company Castle Milk Stout in 2014. Caroline is also a social media influencer and has endorsed brands such as Zeepay, Huawei and World Remit, among others.

Awards

Caroline Sampson won Best Presenter in 2009 at the Stars Integration of Culture of Africa held in Cotonou, Benin. In 2019, she won Best Female Radio Personality at the 3rd edition of Ghana Entertainment Awards USA. She also received the 4th XWAC-Africa Award of Honour for Media Excellence in the same year.

References

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