Bianca Hunt

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Bianca Hunt
Born1995or1996(age 27–28) [1]
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [2]
Alma mater Queensland University of Technology (BBus (Major) and BCI (Major)) [2]
Occupationtelevision presenter
Television

Bianca Hunt is an Australian television presenter and talent agent. [3]

Hunt is a Kamilaroi, Barkindji, Ballardong and Whadjuk woman. [4] She is most notable for her work on Indigenous Australian television network NITV where she has been a co-host on Yokayi Footy with Tony Armstrong and Darryl White as well as a travel reporter on Going Places with Ernie Dingo . [1] [5] [6]

In 2020, Hunt hosted an online health and fitness series for children called Healthy Kicks which was an initiative launched between the AFL and Coles Supermarkets. [7]

In 2021, Hunt established a talent agency for First Nations people called Agnt Blak. [1] [8]

Hunt was one of the celebrities to compete in the 2023 season of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! where she represented the charity Indigenous Literacy Foundation. [9] Hunt was eliminated second on 16 April 2023. [10]

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  2. 1 2 "2018 speaker: Bianca Hunt". TEDx QUT. Queensland University of Technology. 2018. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  3. ↑ "EP #102: Bianca Hunt". Black Magic Woman. 28 October 2022.
  4. ↑ Hunt, Bianca (26 January 2020). "'Dear 13-year-old Bianca: This is what it will be like growing up as a First Nations woman.'". Mamamia . Retrieved 3 April 2023. First and foremost, the strength you carry as a proud Kamilaroi, Barkindji, Ballardong and Whadjuk woman.
  5. ↑ "New details about the Marngrook Footy Show replacement". TV Blackbox. 5 March 2020. Retrieved 5 March 2020. Premiering on 18 March, and hosted by former Adelaide, Sydney and Collingwood player Tony Armstrong, AFLW advocate and youth pioneer Bianca Hunt, and former triple premiership Brisbane Lions and Australian Indigenous Team of the Century player Darryl White...
  6. ↑ Knox, David (2 November 2022). "2023 Upfronts: NITV". TV Tonight . After four seasons, Ernie will be hitting the road with some friends – actor Aaron Fa'aoso, journalist Rae Johnston, entrepreneur and presenter Bianca Hunt and Network 10 presenter Narelda Jacobs.
  7. ↑ "Taking kids' footy to the next level with Coles Healthy Kicks". Coles Supermarkets . 10 August 2020. Retrieved 3 April 2023. Hosted by Indigenous AFL journalist Bianca Hunt...
  8. ↑ "About". Agnt Blak. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. ↑ Moran, Jonathon (3 April 2023). "I'm A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! 2023 cast revealed". The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  10. ↑ "I'm A Celebrity 2023: Bianca Hunt And Anna Polyviou Farewell The Camp". 10play.com.au. 16 April 2023. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
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