Jamie Yeo
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Jamie Yeo is a TV host, actress, radio deejay and model, known for co-hosting the ESPN/Star Sports
Castrol Football Crazy and Maxis Football Extra television shows in Asia and portraying Tammy in the TV show Growing Up
, arguably the role that made her famous.
Yeo was born in Singapore
on April 17, 1977, studied in Fairfield Methodist Primary School and Nanyang Girls High School before moving to Dayton, Ohio, for four years, where her father was posted as an engineer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force. She attended Dayton Christian High School and graduated with 'a near 4.0 GPA'. On returning to Singapore she entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic and studied mass communications, graduating in 1998. She began dating DJ Glenn Ong
in 2001 and the couple married in New Creation Church three years later, but separated in early 2009.
In February 2009 Jamie started dating English man Thorsten Nolte whom she met at the Prodigy Concert in Singapore The NewPaper reports. Thorsten Nolte and Jamie Yeo got engaged on April 17, 2010 when Mr. Nolte asked Jamie to marry her on a trip to Tokyo, Japan (MSN Interview). The couple are now expecting their first child a little baby girl and they are looking to get married soon (Pregnancy stories release).
From 2000 to 2006, she was a full-time DJ at MediaCorp Radio's 987FM.
In 2005 Jamie started with ESPN and became the face of shows like Nokia Football Crazy and Football Extra. In 2009 Nokia Football Crazy was renamed Castro Football Crazy due to changes in sponsorship and it went off air in 2010.
Besides football, Jamie is a blogger on a website called Stomp which is a youth portal in Singapore and she is a co-owner of a company called UPFRONT MEDIA which is a marketing communications agency in Singapore.
In an interview with TheSportsCampus.com Jamie shared that she is a die hard Thierry Henry
and Arsenal
fan, and contrary to popular perception showed that she is more than just a pretty face.
ESPN Star Sports
ESPN Star Sports is a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and News Corporation...
Castrol Football Crazy and Maxis Football Extra television shows in Asia and portraying Tammy in the TV show Growing Up
Growing Up (Singapore TV series)
Growing Up is one of the English language dramas in Singapore which was produced by Mediacorp, it had a total of six seasons and the show was set between the 60s to the 80s. The show debuted in 1996 and the final season of the show was screened on December 2001...
, arguably the role that made her famous.
Yeo was born in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
on April 17, 1977, studied in Fairfield Methodist Primary School and Nanyang Girls High School before moving to Dayton, Ohio, for four years, where her father was posted as an engineer in the Republic of Singapore Air Force. She attended Dayton Christian High School and graduated with 'a near 4.0 GPA'. On returning to Singapore she entered Ngee Ann Polytechnic and studied mass communications, graduating in 1998. She began dating DJ Glenn Ong
Glenn Ong
Glenn Ong Su Kar is a popular DJ at MediaCorp's Class 95FM, a Singapore English radio station, hosting the country's #1 rated morning show with The Flying Dutchman and Vernetta Lopez...
in 2001 and the couple married in New Creation Church three years later, but separated in early 2009.
In February 2009 Jamie started dating English man Thorsten Nolte whom she met at the Prodigy Concert in Singapore The NewPaper reports. Thorsten Nolte and Jamie Yeo got engaged on April 17, 2010 when Mr. Nolte asked Jamie to marry her on a trip to Tokyo, Japan (MSN Interview). The couple are now expecting their first child a little baby girl and they are looking to get married soon (Pregnancy stories release).
From 2000 to 2006, she was a full-time DJ at MediaCorp Radio's 987FM.
In 2005 Jamie started with ESPN and became the face of shows like Nokia Football Crazy and Football Extra. In 2009 Nokia Football Crazy was renamed Castro Football Crazy due to changes in sponsorship and it went off air in 2010.
Besides football, Jamie is a blogger on a website called Stomp which is a youth portal in Singapore and she is a co-owner of a company called UPFRONT MEDIA which is a marketing communications agency in Singapore.
In an interview with TheSportsCampus.com Jamie shared that she is a die hard Thierry Henry
Thierry Henry
Thierry Daniel Henry is a French professional footballer who plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.Henry was born in Les Ulis, Essonne where he played for an array of local sides as a youngster and showed great promise as a goal-scorer. He was spotted by AS Monaco in 1990 and...
and Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
fan, and contrary to popular perception showed that she is more than just a pretty face.