Tiffiny Hall
{{short description|Australian television personality and author}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Australian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Tiffiny Hall
| image = Michelle Bridges, Tiffiny Hall and Hayley Lewis 2011.jpg
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| caption = Left to right, Michelle Bridges, Tiffiny Hall and Hayley Lewis (2011)
| birth_name = Tiffiny Elizabeth Hall
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|7|11}}
| birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| nationality = Australian
| occupation = Personal trainer, author, television personality, journalist
| spouse = {{marriage|Ed Kavalee|2014}}
| children = 2
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Tiffiny Elizabeth Hall (born 11 July 1984{{cn|date=March 2024}}) is an Australian personal trainer, author, journalist and television personality best known from television appearances on Gladiators, the morning show The Circle (2010), The Biggest Loser Australia: Families (2011) and The Biggest Loser Australia: Singles (2012).
Background and education
Hall was born in Melbourne, Victoria to Martin and Jeanette Hall. She is the oldest of three siblings, Bridgette and Lleyton. She grew up in the suburb of Essendon. Her parents own a Taekwondo centre headquartered in Brunswick.{{cite news|url=http://www.starweekly.com.au/features/1790506-profile-tiffiny-hall-fighting-for-respect/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903105446/http://www.starweekly.com.au/features/1790506-profile-tiffiny-hall-fighting-for-respect/|archive-date=3 September 2015|first=Robert|last=Fedele|date=25 September 2013|title=PROFILE: Tiffiny Hall fighting for respect|publisher=Star Weekly}} Hall attended Lowther Hall Anglican Grammar School, where her English teacher was Australian writer John Marsden.{{cite news|url=http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2015/07/12-curly-questions-with-author-tiffiny.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150725124351/http://www.kids-bookreview.com/2015/07/12-curly-questions-with-author-tiffiny.html|archive-date=25 July 2015|title=12 Curly Questions with author Tiffiny Hall|date=18 July 2015|publisher=Kids Book Review|first=Susan|last=Whelan}}
Hall graduated from the University of Melbourne in 2007 with a Bachelor of Arts (Media and Communications) majoring in creative writing and print journalism, and a Diploma in Modern Languages (French).{{cn|date=March 2024}} Hall practises the Korean martial art of Taekwondo and is a Sixth Dan Black Belt.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
Career
After writing for the Herald Sun and freelancing for various magazines, Hall joined the cast of the Australian TV revival of Gladiators in 2008. Her Gladiator name was Angel.{{cite web|title=Tigginy[sic] Hall gets ready to join the Gladiators|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/tiffany-has-to-wing-it/story-e6frf96x-1111115786234|work=Herald Sun|access-date=25 January 2012|date=13 March 2008}}
In 2010, she joined morning television show The Circle as a regular health and fitness presenter and weightloss coach to host Chrissie Swan.
In 2011, Hall joined The Biggest Loser: Families as the newest addition to the full-time cast of trainers in the sixth season of the show.{{cite web|title=Tiffany Hall turns TV weight-loss trainer on The Biggest Loser|url=http://www.heraldsun.com.au/entertainment/confidential/tiffany-hall-turns-tv-weight-loss-trainer-on-the-biggest-loser/story-e6frf96x-1225969504799|work=Herald Sun|access-date=25 January 2012|author=Luke Dennehy|date=12 December 2010}} During the show's three months on air she wrote a blog at the official Biggest Loser website and a weekly column for the magazine OK!. Her second non-fiction book Weightloss Warrior: How to win the battle within was released in April 2011.{{cite web|last=Hall|first=Tiffiny|title=Weightloss Warrior|url=http://hardiegrant.com.au/books/books/book?isbn=9781742701349|publisher=Hardie Grant|access-date=25 January 2012}} Tiffiny returned to train the White Team in The Biggest Loser Singles for the 2012/13 series.
Hall released her third and fourth health books, Fatloss For Good and a cookbook called Lighten Up, in 2012.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
In 2012, Hall released the children's novel White Ninja, the first in her Roxy Ran trilogy of children's books published by HarperCollins. The sequel Red Samurai was released in April 2013 and the third, titled Black Warrior, in March 2014.[http://www.harpercollins.com.au/books/Black-Warrior-Tiffiny-Hall/?isbn=9780732294557 Black Warrior], HarperCollins
In 2019, she and her husband released a book entitled "A First Time For Everything" which is about their first year as parents.{{cn|date=March 2024}}
Personal life
In 2014, Hall married comedian, radio host, actor and film maker Ed Kavalee.{{cite web|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/kavalee-rugs-up-for-brisbane-radio-20140114-30svt.html|title=Kavalee rugs up for Brisbane radio|last1=Bochenski|first1=Natalie|date=15 January 2014|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|access-date=27 May 2014}} In September 2017, Hall gave birth to their first child.{{cite web|last1=Lyall|first1=Amy|title=Tiffiny Hall opens up about 'dramatic' delivery of baby Arnold|url=http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity-life/celebrity-kids/tiffiny-hall-opens-up-about-dramatic-delivery-of-baby-arnold/news-story/f4cb84fadf78b7828fbdeca3f8efce36|website=news.com.au|access-date=5 December 2017|date=September 26, 2017}} In May 2022, Hall gave birth to their second child.
In 2021, Hall announced she is suffering from Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, which she describes as having her whole body covered in cement.{{Cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/the-morning-show/story-info/fitness-trainer-tiffiny-hall-explains-why-she-cant-exercise-for-more-than-10-minutes-c-3753812|title = Biggest Loser star Tiffiny Hall explains why she struggles to even get out of bed|date = 22 August 2021}}
References
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External links
- [https://tiffinyhall.com.au Tiffiny Hall official website]
- [http://tiffinyhall.net Fan site]
- [https://tophealthmedicine.com/2020/05/29/coronavirus-weightloss/ How To Weightloss ]
[http://www.harpercollins.com.au/authors/50032178/Tiffiny_Hall/index.aspx Tiffiny Hall], profile at HarperCollins
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Category:Australian television presenters
Category:Television personalities from Melbourne
Category:University of Melbourne alumni
Category:Australian exercise and fitness writers
Category:Australian exercise instructors
Category:Australian health and wellness writers
Category:Australian female taekwondo practitioners
Category:Australian women television presenters
Category:21st-century Australian women journalists
Category:21st-century Australian people
Category:21st-century Australian writers
Category:21st-century Australian journalists
Category:People with myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome