In this issue
- The life and laughs of Fifi Box
- Health and sustainability lifestyles
- Sweat for a cause
- Fertility and diet connection
Good News
- MBF News
- Wellness - Goji juice and more
- Life - debt control, savings and estate planning
- Health - Kids' nutrition, women's health, heart health
- Ask Dr Christine
Important Customer updates
Good Advice
Competitions & special deals
Fifi & Dancing with the Stars
A dyed-in-the-wool radio fanatic, Fifi was surprised when a TV career emerged. "It was never TV, it was always radio. As a teenager, I loved music - that was my initial hook into radio. On my way to school I always listened to the breakfast show and looked forward to as it was a great start to the day. Radio was just a big part of my life so I went to uni and then went out into regional radio.
"One of the biggest hurdles I had to face initially was that I wasn't anybody. When I moved to Melbourne I would make demo tapes and give them to the program directors and they'd say, 'yep, this is great, keep up the good work', and I'd be thinking, 'yeah, but what's the next step?' It was really frustrating and that's when I gave up and went overseas and nannied for a year in London because I thought, 'radio is what I want to do but I just can't see the entrée. How do you become famous if you can't get on the radio?'"
"Fortunately, Austereo Group Program Director Guy Dobson solved the problem. "He's been such a great mentor to me. He got me into Triple M Sydney nine years ago and I did the 10pm-1am slot. He brought out the best in me. I'm the first to admit I'm not a polished performer. I sometimes might stutter or stammer and I'm not necessarily a great presenter, but he just saw in me something that he wanted to encourage and he told me, 'Just be you, and if you stuff up, you stuff up.'" It'll certainly be interesting to see where Fifi's next 'stuff-up' takes her.
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Career Highlights
- 1977 (5 March) Born in Wonga Park, in Melbourne's Eastern suburbs, the youngest of three.
- 2000 Fifi was plucked from 3GG Warrgul to host a late night slot on TTFM, Melbourne's Captain Turntable show. A few months later, she was snapped up by Triple M Sydney to host a nightly relationship show.
- 2003 Fifi was producing the breakfast show hosted by Amanda Keller, Peter Berner and Mikey Robbins. Filling in for the trio one morning, she called a guy she had met at the pub a few nights earlier and told him she wasn't French and her name wasn't Pascale. He dumped her.
- 2004 Fifi joined The Shebang with Marty Sheergold, an accomplished comedian.
- 2005 Fifi made semi-regular appearances on The Footy Show and Sunrise.
- 2007 The Shebang moves to breakfast and Fifi spends three months on Dancing with the Stars and appears on Mick Molloy's short-lived The Nation.
Fifi's top five
A few of her favourite things:
1. CD: Moo, You Bloody Choir by Augie March, Aussie band from Victoria.
2. Food: Sushi, summer fruits and muesli.
3. Movie: No Country for Old Men. The Coen brothers - Joel and Ethan - do it yet again.
4. Book: Big Shots by Adam Shand. A bird's-eye view of Australia's underworld.
5. Beauty treatment: I moisturise daily and try to get a massage as regularly as I can. I also love to get my hair done at Atlantis Hair in Paddington.
