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Faustina Agolley

Faustina "Fuzzy" Agolley (born 10 April 1984) is an Australian television presenter best known for her role as the host of long-running Australian music program Video Hits on Channel 10. She was also the host of late-night game and gadget review program Cybershack and is a graduate from the University of Melbourne and RMIT University. She previously co-hosted The Voice alongside Darren McMullen.

Faustina was born on 10 April 1984 in Islington, North London to Ghanaian father, Samuel and Chinese Hakka mother, Philomena – both nurses. They lived in a bedsit in Crouch End, in the borough of Harringey, North London. Faustina was seven weeks old when she lost her father to a car accident. Faustina and her family moved to Melbourne, Australia when Faustina was 18 months old.

In April 2015, Faustina came out as a lesbian.

Faustina was educated at Sacred Heart Girls' College where she completed her Victorian Certificate of Education and held the role of school captain in 2001. Faustina completed two degrees across three universities – a joint degree in media & communication and geography at the University of Melbourne and the University of Sydney, as well as media studies with a major in television and social science at RMIT University.

While completing her University degrees, Faustina also worked as a model in Melbourne and Sydney. Faustina was the face of Bonds and appeared in the campaign alongside Miranda Kerr. She also worked as a researcher for The Great Outdoors and worked on set of kids' program Hi-5

In 2003, Faustina auditioned for a co-host the Masked Avenger alongside Jabba on Channel [V]. Faustina did not get the part but was asked to co-host the Big Day Out coverage which led to her first mainstream presenting role on Cybershack.

In 2006, Faustina became the host of Cybershack on Network Ten, a late-night program dedicated to video game and technology reviews. It was at this time that Faustina was offered to take on the role as host of Video Hits First. In 2007 Faustina decided to leave Cybershack to commit more time to hosting Video Hits.

Faustina was the host of Australia's music video program Video Hits for five years where she interviewed artists including the Black Eyed Peas, Alicia Keys, Kanye West, Adele, Jack White, Muse, Green Day, Rihanna, Dave Grohl, John Paul Jones, Sinéad O'Connor and Neil Finn.

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