Taryn Onofaro is an Australian

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. Born 10 October 1979 in

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, she attended the

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. During this time she worked on Perth

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and on the now defunct

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community television station. Following her graduation from WAAPA, she produced the ''Showcase WA'' show for

, which helped her gain a role on Channel 9's '' Y?'' programme, and then continued on to ''Queensland Escapes''. However, before this show began airing on 9, Taryn was poached by the

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for ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. For some time she was on both shows, which aired in the same timeslot. She also hosted the Queensland

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. Onofaro was a presenter on the Western Australian edition of ''

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'' from 2009 to 2011.

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Australian television presenters Australian women television presenters People from Perth, Western Australia 1979 births Living people Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts alumni {{Australia-tv-bio-stub