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Colette Wong (born May 21, 1974) is a Singaporean Sports Reporter, TV host, and sports anchor for Fox Sports Asia and Fox Sports News Asia. She is currently anchors Fox Sports Central Asia and was formerly a news correspondent for CNBC Asia.
Life and career
Colette Wong was born in Singapore on May 21, 1974. Colette graduated from Catholic Junior College in 1992 and University College Dublin, where she finished Bachelor of Arts (Hons), Politics and Economics in 1996.
Colette got her first job in December 1996, as a sports reporter, producer and presenter for Television Corporation of Singapore's Singapore Television Twelve, from 1996 to 2000. Colette later became the news correspondent for CNBC Asia from 2001 to 2003.
ESPN Star Sports later hired Colette in March 2004, as the anchorwoman for SportsCenter Asia with Jason Dasey, then she became the host of Nokia Football Crazy from 2005 to 2008. Colette later became one of the lead anchors of Fox Sports Central Asia when ESPN became Fox Sports Asia in 2013. She was the winner of the ‘Best Sports Presenter/Commentator’ award at the 21st Asian TV Awards in 2016and 'highly commended' in the 'Best sports presenter/commentator' section of the 18th Asian Television Awards 2013.
Personal life
Colette is married to sales manager Luigi Ferrandi. They have two children.