Zabrina Fernandez (born November 17, 1979) is a Malaysian television producer. She was the first winner of ''

The Amazing Race Asia ''The Amazing Race Asia'' is an Asian adventure reality game show based on the international ''Amazing Race'' franchise. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show follows teams of two as they race across Asia and around the ...

'', a franchise of the popular reality show ''

The Amazing Race ''The Amazing Race'' is an adventure reality game show franchise in which teams of two people race around the world in competition with other teams. The ''Race'' is split into legs, with teams tasked to deduce clues, navigate themselves in forei ...

''. Zabrina and Joe Jer was the first all-female team to win in The Amazing Race franchise and, at the time, were the first team to win without relying on a Fast Forward or a Yield and also the first winners to win only the final leg of the race. Zabrina is the youngest of four siblings. Her mother is of

Malay Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indonesi ...

ethnicity and her father is

Indian Malaysian Malaysian Indians or Indian Malaysians are Malaysian citizens of Indian or South Asian ancestry. Today, they form the third-largest group in Malaysia after the Malays and the Chinese. Most are descendants of those who migrated from India durin ...

. She is also the sister of Malaysian film director Joshua Fernandez and red fm DJ JJ Fernandez. She is a producer/director and was attached to Ntv7 and

Channel V Channel '' ("V" standing for the letter, not the Roman numeral "5") is a Chinese and former Asian pay television musical network originally launched by Star TV Hong Kong (now Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific). It was part of the unit of Disney ...

. Following her stint at Channel V she freelanced regionally, working on a number of acclaimed television programs including ''

'' (from season 2 onwards), '' The Apprentice Asia'' and ''

The Amazing Race Australia ''The Amazing Race Australia'' is an Australian adventure reality game show based on the international ''Amazing Race'' franchise. Following the premise of other versions of the format, the show follows teams of two as they race around the wor ...

Season 1 Season One may refer to: Albums * ''Season One'' (Suburban Legends album), 2004 * ''Season One'' (All Sons & Daughters album), 2012 * ''Season One'' (Saukrates album), 2012 See also * * * Season 2 (disambiguation) * Season 4 (disambiguat ...

which won an International Emmy. Zabrina is now one of 3 partners of Wildsnapper TV Sdn Bhd, a television and film production company based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Zabrina made her film directorial debut alongside director Bernard Chauly in the film Lahzeye Bi Payan (In An Endless Instant/ Janji Zehan). Zabrina and Joe Jer made an appearance during a pit stop of the race on episode 3 of ''

The Amazing Race Asia 5 ''The Amazing Race Asia 5'' is the fifth season of ''The Amazing Race Asia'', a reality television game show based on the American series ''The Amazing Race''. The fifth installment of the show returned after a 6-year hiatus and featured eleven te ...

'', at Hean Boo Thean Temple

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1979 births Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian people of Indian descent Malaysian television personalities Malaysian producers Living people People from Kuala Lumpur Reality show winners The Amazing Race contestants {{Malaysia-bio-stub The Amazing Race winners