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Sarah Song
Song hosting the retirement ceremony of Golden Sixty at the Sha Tin Racecourse on 22 September 2024
Born (1985-08-09) 9 August 1985 (age 39)
Guangzhou, China
CitizenshipAustralia
Occupation(s)Actress, television host, MC
Years active2007 – present
TitleMiss Chinese International 2007
Spouse
(m. 2016)
Children2
Chinese name
Chinese宋熙年
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinSòng Xīnían
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingSung6 Hei1 Nin4

Sarah Song (Chinese: 宋熙年; born 9 August 1985) is a Chinese-Australian television host, actress, professional MC, and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Chinese International 2007. Previously Song was crowned Miss Sydney Chinese 2006.[1]

Early life

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Song was born in Guangzhou, China, and immigrated to Sydney, Australia with her parents at age 6. Song attended the all-girls high school, Pymble Ladies' College and graduated in 2003. She attended the University of New South Wales for a Bachelor of Commerce in Services Marketing, but dropped out after winning Miss Chinese International to develop her career in Hong Kong.

Pageantry

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Song competed in Miss Sydney Chinese 2006 as No. 1 where she won the crown. After winning Miss Sydney Chinese, she earned the right to represent Sydney at Miss Chinese International 2007, held in Foshan, China. Song won the competition, beating out first runner-up Ivy Lu from Johannesburg, South Africa, and second runner-up Sherry Chen from Toronto, Canada. She also won the Chinese Culture Ambassador Award.[2]

Career

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After winning Miss Chinese International, Song signed with broadcasting giant TVB in Hong Kong. She began co-hosting the daily current affairs program The Scoop 東張西望, and the English-language lifestyle program Dolce Vita on TVB Pearl.[3] She has hosted over 30 variety programs for TVB. Song is also a professional MC for corporate and brand marketing events.

After 12 years working at TVB, Song left TVB in September 2019.[4] She and her husband Jason Chan Chi-sun have a YouTube channel with over 130,000 subscribers.[5]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
2008 When a Dog Loves a Cat Cathy
2009 TVB Food & Travel, "Australia Series" Sarah Australia Series. Sarah Song and two other hosts visited Tasmania and South Australia.
2010 Twilight Investigation Tsui Ying
2010–2011 Links to Temptation Cherry Dai Mei-yan
2011 Dropping By Cloud Nine Katy TVB Mini Series
Curse of the Royal Harem
2012 Daddy Good Deeds Xiu Mui
Divas in Distress Sheung Ying-hung (Youth) Cameo appearance
2013 "Brother's Keeper" Judy Cameo appearance
2016 Two Steps From Heaven Bonni Cameo appearance
2017 My Ages Apart Bonnie To

References

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  1. ^ "宋熙年湊仔兼職KOL月賺6位數 細數8大華姐 位位嫁得好做靚媽 - 晴報 - 娛樂 - 中港台". Sky Post (in Chinese). 11 December 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  2. ^ "国际中华小姐竞选 悉尼小姐爆冷封后(附图)_影音娱乐_新浪网". ent.sina.com.cn. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  3. ^ 趙允琳 (29 July 2019). "2007年華姐冠軍宋熙年傳離巢 入行12年主持逾30個節目仍被冷待". 香港01 (in Chinese (Hong Kong)). Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Sarah Song has left TVB". sg.style.yahoo.com. August 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  5. ^ Von (9 October 2019). "資深主持宋熙年:為何我放棄12年的演員生涯,愛上了YouTuber生活". WIW - Women In Work. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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