Eunice Olsen
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Eunice Olsen is known for having been the winner of the Miss Singapore Universe
Miss Singapore Universe
Miss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5...

 pageant in 2000.
In November 2004, Olsen was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament
Nominated Member of Parliament
A Nominated Member of Parliament is a Member of the Parliament of Singapore who is appointed instead of being elected into office by the people, and who does not belong to any political party or represent any constituency. There are currently nine NMPs in Parliament...

 (NMP) in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

 by President SR Nathan, making her the youngest ever at the age of 27. In 2006, she was conferred the Singapore Youth Award for her dedication to the community, youth work and being an inspirational role model. In 2008, Olsen was the proud recipient of the prestigious ASEAN Youth Award and was recently nominated as a Young Global Leader representing Singapore at the World Economic Forum
World Economic Forum
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. In the 2010 Youth Olympic Games held in Singapore, she was one of the Flag bearers for the Singapore Flag.

In addition to her entertainment work, she champions causes for people with disabilities, the environment, youth at risks, awareness on cervical cancer
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is malignant neoplasm of the cervix uteri or cervical area. One of the most common symptoms is abnormal vaginal bleeding, but in some cases there may be no obvious symptoms until the cancer is in its advanced stages...

 and AIDS to name a few.



In March 2009, Olsen was ranked in the top 10 most beautiful politicians in the world by an online poll. In December 2010, U.S.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 magazine, Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...

, chose her as the sexiest woman in Singapore in their Sexiest Woman Alive Atlas.

Childhood and youth

Eunice Olsen was born in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. She is the only child of Alice Yap and Francis Olsen. A Eurasian Singaporean
Eurasian Singaporean
The community of Eurasians in Singapore is descended from Europeans who intermarried with local Asians. Their ancestry can be traced to emigrants of countries that span the length and breadth of Europe, although Eurasian migrants to Singapore in the 19th century came largely from other colonies in...

, her mother is Chinese
Chinese people
The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

 and her father is of Swedish
Swedes
Swedes are a Scandinavian nation and ethnic group native to Sweden, mostly inhabiting Sweden and the other Nordic countries, with descendants living in a number of countries.-Etymology:...

 and Portuguese
Portuguese people
The Portuguese are a nation and ethnic group native to the country of Portugal, in the west of the Iberian peninsula of south-west Europe. Their language is Portuguese, and Roman Catholicism is the predominant religion....

 descent. At the age of three, her parents enrolled her into Yamaha music school
Yamaha Music Foundation
The Yamaha Music Foundation is an organization established by the authority of the Japanese Ministry of Education for the purpose of promoting music education and music popularization...

 where she developed her love for music and performing.
She attended Woodlands Primary School, Singapore, St. Margaret's Secondary School
St. Margaret's Secondary School
St. Margaret’s Secondary School is an autonomous government-aided girls’ secondary school in Singapore. It is the first girls’ school in Singapore and is often regarded as the oldest existing girls’ school in the Far East. It is affiliated with St...

 and Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Anglo-Chinese Junior College
Anglo-Chinese Junior College in Singapore opened in 1977 and is the junior college arm of the Anglo-Chinese School family of Methodist schools. ACJC offers the standard two-year pre-university programme, with students taking the GCE 'A' Levels in their second year...

. She completed her degree at the National University of Singapore
National University of Singapore
The National University of Singapore is Singapore's oldest university. It is the largest university in the country in terms of student enrollment and curriculum offered....

 where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...

 in Political Science
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...

 and Philosophy
Philosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...

.

Miss Singapore Universe

In 2000, Olsen decided to take part in that year’s Miss Singapore Universe
Miss Singapore Universe
Miss Singapore Universe is an annual beauty contest held in Singapore and organised by Derrol Stepenny Promotions to select the country's representative to the Miss Universe pageant. Between 2001 and 2007, the contest was telecast 'live' by the local television station Mediacorp's Channel 5...

 pageant. She went on to win the title and was sent to Cyprus
Cyprus
Cyprus , officially the Republic of Cyprus , is a Eurasian island country, member of the European Union, in the Eastern Mediterranean, east of Greece, south of Turkey, west of Syria and north of Egypt. It is the third largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.The earliest known human activity on the...

, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 for the Miss Universe
Miss Universe
Miss Universe is an annual international beauty contest that is run by the Miss Universe Organization. The pageant is the most publicized beauty contest in the world with 600 million viewers....

 pageant. Deciding to put her title to good use, she approached the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre and was directed to the Toa Payoh Girl’s Home.

Volunteer Work

Her work at the Toa Payoh Girl’s Home and Andrew and Grace Home spurred her to seek out other opportunities in youth activities. In 2002, she became a member of the advisory council for the People’s Association’s youth movement T-Net Club (Teens Network Club). She has also been a member of the Kebun Baru
Kebun Baru
Kebun Baru is a district within Ang Mo Kio, Singapore. It is located in the west of Ang Mo Kio and bounded by Mayflower district and Bishan Park.It will be served by the Kebun Baru MRT along the Thomson MRT Line in 2018.-Etymology:...

 Youth Executive Committee since 2001.
Olsen has also worked with many organizations including the Singapore Red Cross
Singapore Red Cross
The Singapore Red Cross started out in 30 September 1949 as part of the British Red Cross Society. In 6 April 1973, the Singapore Red Cross was officially incorporated by the Parliament of Singapore...

, Worldvision
World Vision International
World Vision International, founded in the USA in 1977, is an evangelical relief and development umbrella organization whose stated goal is "to follow our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ in working with the poor and oppressed to promote human transformation, seek justice and bear witness to the good...

, Habitat for Humanity and the Muscular Dystrophy Association of Singapore.

Nominated Member of Parliament

In November 2004, Olsen was appointed as a Nominated Member of Parliament
Nominated Member of Parliament
A Nominated Member of Parliament is a Member of the Parliament of Singapore who is appointed instead of being elected into office by the people, and who does not belong to any political party or represent any constituency. There are currently nine NMPs in Parliament...

 (NMP) in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...

. Her main role as an NMP was to highlight issues pertaining to youth and volunteerism. In the course of her term she touched on issues like access to public transport for the disabled, legislation for child sex tourism, enhancing supervisory guidance for Voluntary Welfare Organizations and sex education. In the parliamentary debate on Integrated Resort
Integrated Resort
An integrated resort is a resort with a wide variety of leisure and entertainment attractions, all housed in one resort property. The first known integrated resort began in early 1980s in Malaysia, when Resorts World Genting was developed from a single hotel with casino facility to a variety of...

s in 2005, Olsen called for stronger measures to address social problems of compulsive gambling
Compulsive gambling
Problem gambling is an urge to continuously gamble despite harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop. Problem gambling often is defined by whether harm is experienced by the gambler or others, rather than by the gambler's behavior. Severe problem gambling may be diagnosed as clinical...

, including mandating a loss limit for casino patrons and to require the casino operator to provide responsible gambling counseling services. She also called for the captioning of the Channel 5
MediaCorp TV Channel 5
MediaCorp Channel 5 or Channel 5 is a 24-hour free-to-air English and Malay language television channel based in Singapore....

 English news programme.

Apart from parliamentary duties, Olsen was involved with organizations like the Handicap Welfare Association and became the National Volunteer and Philanthropy Centre’s Youth Ambassador. Her other ambassadorships included Beyond Social Services’ BABES program for pregnant teenage mums and the Red Cross national blood program to actively promote the importance of donating blood. Olsen served two terms and remained an NMP until 2009. She did not apply for a third term in parliament.

Acting & Hosting

Biography
Title Year Role Notes
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune in different countries
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin and first aired in 1975, with a syndicated version airing since 1983. Since its premiere, the program has been adapted into several international versions. The 1975 version premiered on Australian TV in 1981 and premiered...

2002–2003 Co-Host TV series
A Child’s Hope 2003 Dr. Joanne Su TV series
No Place Like Home 2003 Felicia TV series
FRONT 2006–2007 Co-Host TV series
The Arena
The Arena (Singapore TV series)
The Arena is a debate-style television show produced by MediaCorp Channel 5 in Singapore. Season 1 of the show was broadcast from January-March 2007. A second season, known as The Arena II, was aired from March-May 2008...

2007 Judge TV series
Rouge 2008 Host TV Talk Show
U Are The One 2008 Judge TV series
Fourplay 2008 Host TV series
Sing To The Dawn 2008 Voice Talent Animated Film
The Duke
The Duke (TV talk show)
The Duke is TV magazine talk show cum lifestyle magazine for men, produced by AXN Asia.It is hosted by Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez, the alpha males last seen on the 2nd season of The Amazing Race Asia, and Eunice Olsen, Miss Singapore-Universe 2000 and a nominated member of parliament.Its...

2009 Co-Host TV Talk Show
Red Thread 2009 Carol Chong TV series
Hunting Tales 2010 Grace Short Film
The Smartemizer 2010 Felicia Short Film
Before I Was Awesome 2010 Vivi TV series
Beauty First 2011 Host TV series
Red Numbers (红字) 2011 Number 8 (8号的妈咪) Feature Film

Olsen first came into the public eye in 2002 when she was selected to be the co-host of Singapore's version of the popular TV game show Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune in different countries
Wheel of Fortune is an American television game show created by Merv Griffin and first aired in 1975, with a syndicated version airing since 1983. Since its premiere, the program has been adapted into several international versions. The 1975 version premiered on Australian TV in 1981 and premiered...

., taking on the role of Vanna White
Vanna White
Vanna White is an American television personality and film actress best known as the hostess of Wheel of Fortune since 1982.-Early life:...

 in the Singapore version of the game show. She then went on to co-host 3 seasons of FRONT, an Arts Central
MediaCorp TV12 Central
MediaCorp TV12 Central or Central was an English and Tamil language Television channel in Singapore it was launched on 31 March 1996 replacing Premiere 12 it was launched since on 1 January 1994 as Television Corporation of Singapore since 1994.The channel was a combination of 3 distinct...

 production that took a edgy look at the arts scene in Singapore. In 2007, She was a judge on Channel 5’s
MediaCorp TV Channel 5
MediaCorp Channel 5 or Channel 5 is a 24-hour free-to-air English and Malay language television channel based in Singapore....

 International Emmy Award nominated youth debate program The Arena
The Arena (Singapore TV series)
The Arena is a debate-style television show produced by MediaCorp Channel 5 in Singapore. Season 1 of the show was broadcast from January-March 2007. A second season, known as The Arena II, was aired from March-May 2008...

 and on Channel U’s
MediaCorp TV Channel U
MediaCorp Channel U or Channel U is the second Mandarin Chinese channel in Singapore and was started officially began on-air broadcasting, inaugurated opened television studio station's transmission first established since on 1 January 2005...

 biggest talent search show, U Are The One.
In 2008, she hosted Rouge, an award nominated talk show that had themes and trends concerning Singaporean women and featured a mix of celebrity interviews and real-life stories. Olsen made her English acting debut on Channel 5's
MediaCorp TV Channel 5
MediaCorp Channel 5 or Channel 5 is a 24-hour free-to-air English and Malay language television channel based in Singapore....

 first long form English drama Red Thread and co-hosted an exciting men's magazine lifestyle show on AXN
AXN
AXN is a Pay television, cable and satellite television channel owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, which was first launched on May 22, 1997. The network is now spread across several regions in the world, including Japan, Europe, other parts of Asia and Latin America...

, The Duke
The Duke (TV talk show)
The Duke is TV magazine talk show cum lifestyle magazine for men, produced by AXN Asia.It is hosted by Marc Nelson and Rovilson Fernandez, the alpha males last seen on the 2nd season of The Amazing Race Asia, and Eunice Olsen, Miss Singapore-Universe 2000 and a nominated member of parliament.Its...

.
In 2010, Olsen starred in an Okto
Okto
MediaCorp okto is a television channel in Bestway Building, Singapore, managed by MediaCorp TV12, which was officially launched on 20 October 2008 hence replacing the SPH MediaWorks Channel i, Kids Central and Arts Central brands as oktoDAY and oktoNITE respectively...

 original production 10-part comedy TV series Before I Was Awesome. She is to appear in a mandarin movie Red Numbers (红字) that will be released later this year.

Music

With a grade 8 in practical and theory for piano, Olsen started teaching at the age of 17. In university, she was part of a hostel band and was president of the Electronic Music Lab at the Centre for the Arts. In 2004, she released an album in Korea entitled Believe .

Eunice Olsen is part of a duo called 7 States . She is joined by music producer and sound designer Rennie Gomes. Together, they have written a Christmas song, produced a kids album and scored a short film for one of Singapore’s most acclaimed film directors, Royston Tan, titled Anniversary. 7 States has also written a song titled Light which they dedicated to the athletes of the Singapore Youth Olympic Games in 2010.
7 States recently performed, featuring Humaa Rathor, at the “From Singapore With Love” Benefit concert 2011. This was in support of World vision’s earthquake relief work in China, Myanmar and Japan.

Brand Ambassador

Eunice Olsen is the latest ambassador for BlackBerry® Messenger (BBM™)
Blackberry Messenger
BlackBerry Messenger is a proprietary Internet-based instant messenger application included on BlackBerry devices which allows messaging between BlackBerry users.It was developed by Research In Motion , maker of the BlackBerry device...

, the popular mobile social network for the BlackBerry®
BlackBerry
BlackBerry is a line of mobile email and smartphone devices developed and designed by Canadian company Research In Motion since 1999.BlackBerry devices are smartphones, designed to function as personal digital assistants, portable media players, internet browsers, gaming devices, and much more...

 community. She joins 4 other ambassadors from the region – Professional footballer James Younghusband
James Younghusband
James Joseph Placer Younghusband is an English–Filipino footballer who plays as right midfielder for and the Philippines national team.- Childhood and career :...

 from the Philippines, Thai singer Chin Chinawut
Chinawut Indracusin
Chinawut-Stéphane Indracusin also known as Chin, is a Thai singer, born on August 13, 1989 from a French mother and a Thai father...

, Malaysian Designer Sonny San and former model Annisa Pohan from Indonesia in the latest BBM™ campaign 2011.
She was also appointed spokesperson for Cosme Decorte’s latest range of beauty products, AQMW, in 2011.

Olsen was appointed in 2009 by Shell
Royal Dutch Shell
Royal Dutch Shell plc , commonly known as Shell, is a global oil and gas company headquartered in The Hague, Netherlands and with its registered office in London, United Kingdom. It is the fifth-largest company in the world according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine and one of the six...

 Singapore as its FuelSave Ambassador to help local motorists save more on their fuel expenditure.
She attended the Shell Eco-Marathon
Eco-marathon
The Eco-Marathon is an annual competition sponsored by Shell, in which participants build special vehicles to achieve the highest possible fuel efficiency. The Eco-Marathon is held around the world with events in Finland, France, Germany, The Netherlands, Japan, and the USA...

 in Dresden, Germany in May 2009 and competed against other FuelSave ambassadors from around the world in a one-litre challenge. She emerged second out of the seven ambassadors, achieving an amazing result of 20.8 km/litre of fuel. Olsen has since attended two more Shell Eco-Marathons in Sepang, Malaysia and led a Shell FuelSave Challenge in Singapore in June 2011.

Selected as the first ever brand ambassador for Nescafé Gold
Nescafé
Nescafé is a brand of instant coffee made by Nestlé. It comes in the form of many different products. The name is a portmanteau of the words "Nestlé" and "café". Nestlé's flagship powdered coffee product was introduced in Switzerland on April 1, 1938 after being developed for seven or eight years...

, she was the face of the Taste It All campaign that ran across OOH, press and in-store from 2009 to 2011.
In 2008, Olsen was picked by hair products brand Redken
Redken
Redken is an American hair care brand owned by L'Oréal Group under the Professional Products division.The company was founded in 1960 by hairdresser/chemist Jheri Redding and actress/model Paula Kent, thus the name, "Red-ken."...

 to be its first official spokeswoman for Singapore. A press statement issued by L'Oréal
L'Oréal
The L'Oréal Group is the world's largest cosmetics and beauty company. With its registered office in Paris and head office in the Paris suburb of Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France, it has developed activities in the field of cosmetics...

 Singapore said she was the perfect choice with her graceful sophistication and perfect marriage of brain, beauty, attitude and style.

External links

  • Official website
  • Eunice Olsen at YouTube
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  • Eunice Olsen at Facebook
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