Joanne Louise Silvagni (née Bailey, born 10 March 1970) is an Australian model and television personality.

She was educated at Tintern Girls Grammar School

Tintern Girls Grammar School

Tintern Schools is an independent, Anglican day for girls and boys located in Ringwood East, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia....

, outside of Melbourne

Melbourne

Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...

, and Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne

Methodist Ladies' College, Melbourne

Methodist Ladies' College is an independent, non-selective, day and boarding school for girls, located in Kew, an eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

. She completed degrees in accounting and marketing at RMIT University

RMIT University

RMIT University is an Australian public university located in Melbourne, Victoria. It has two branches, referred to as RMIT University in Australia and RMIT International University in Vietnam....

 and Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne University of Technology

Swinburne University of Technology is an Australian public dual sector university based in Melbourne, Victoria. The institution was founded by the Honourable George Swinburne in 1908 and achieved university status in June 1992...

 respectively, and was employed as an auditor at Price Waterhouse

PricewaterhouseCoopers

PricewaterhouseCoopers is a global professional services firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest professional services firm measured by revenues and one of the "Big Four" accountancy firms....

 before starting her television career.

Bailey made a name for herself from 1991 to 1993, as the co-host on Australian game show Sale of the Century

Sale of the Century

Sale of the Century is a television game show format that has been screened in several countries in various incarnations since 1969. The show found its biggest success in Australia, where it aired weeknights from 1980 to 2001...

and after she left the game show, the Channel 9 lifestyle program Looking Good. She was also the first female anchor for Foxtel's Entertainment News in the late 1990s. She is known today for her promotional work and has appeared on advertisements for Zoot Review, Berkowitz furniture plus others in recent years. She is married to former Carlton

Carlton Football Club

The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...

 footballer Stephen Silvagni

Stephen Silvagni

Stephen Silvagni is a former Australian rules footballer for the Carlton Football Club.During his long VFL/AFL career, from his debut in 1985, until his retirement in 2001, he gained the reputation as one of the greatest ever full-backs to play the game and was named as full-back in the AFL Team...

, with whom she has three sons—Jack (born December 1997), Ben (born May 2000) and Tom (born September 2002). 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.

Jo is one of the promotional faces of Auskick

Auskick

Auskick is a national program in Australia to develop and promote participation in Australian rules football by children. It has proven to be popular with both boys and girls....

, a junior development program for the Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

. The Silvagni children also participate in the program.