Joanne Louise Silvagni (née Bailey; 10 March 1970) is an Australian

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and

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and television hostess/compere.

Career

Silvagni was born on 10 March 1970 to Barrie and Fran Bailey and was educated at

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, in the outskirts of

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, and

Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne ("For God and for Home") , established = , type = Independent, single-sex, day and boarding school , denomination = Uniting , slogan = "MLC girls become world-ready women"< ...

. She completed degrees in accounting and marketing at

RMIT University RMIT University, officially the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,, section 4(b) is a public research university in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city ...

and

Swinburne University of Technology Swinburne University of Technology (often simply called Swinburne) is a public research university based in Melbourne, Australia. It was founded in 1908 as the Eastern Suburbs Technical College by George Swinburne to serve those without access ...

respectively, and was employed as an auditor at

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(known then as Price Waterhouse) before starting her television career.Bailey, Joanne Louise
''The Australian Women's Register'', 4 May 2009. Starting out working as an undergraduate at Price Waterhouse, she was to be a spokesmodel for the Grundy game show ''

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'', between 1991 and 1993, hosted by

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and later on the Nine Network lifestyle programme '' Looking Good''. She was also the first female anchor for Foxtel's ''Entertainment News'' in the late 1990s. She currently does promotional work and has appeared on advertisements for companies such as ''Zoot Review'' and Berkowitz Furniture. She is one of the promotional faces of

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, a junior development program for the

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. The Silvagni children also participate in the program. In January 2014, Silvagni joined the

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to present the weather on ''

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'' in Melbourne while

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was on maternity leave. She remained in the role until December 2014 where she was replaced by meteorologist

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Personal

She is married to former

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footballer

Stephen Silvagni Stephen Silvagni (born 31 May 1967) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). As the second member of three generations of Silvagnis to represent the Blues, he is ...

, with whom she has three sons.Kids' catwalk kicks
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'', 17 March 2009. For several years after her marriage in 1996, she was still known in the media as Jo Bailey, although she is now known by her married name, Jo Silvagni.

References

1970 births Living people Australian female models Place of birth missing (living people) RMIT University alumni Swinburne University of Technology alumni Australian women television presenters Australian game show hosts {{Australia-tv-bio-stub