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Zabrina Fernandez

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Zabrina Fernandez
Born (1979-11-17) November 17, 1979 (age 44)
OccupationProducer/Director
Known forThe Amazing Race Asia
Season 1 winners
SpouseDarren Waide
ChildrenStory Juliet Waide Zayla Naluri Waide

Zabrina Fernandez (born November 17, 1979) is a Malaysian television producer. She was the first winner of The Amazing Race Asia, a franchise of the popular reality show The Amazing Race. Zabrina and Joe Jer was the first all-female team to win in The Amazing Race franchise and, at the time, were the first team to win without relying on a Fast Forward or a Yield and also the first winners to win only the final leg of the race.[1]

Zabrina is the youngest of four siblings. Her mother is of Malay ethnicity and her father is Indian Malaysian. She is also the sister of Malaysian film director Joshua Fernandez and red fm DJ JJ Fernandez.

She is a producer/director and was attached to Ntv7 and Channel V. Following her stint at Channel V she freelanced regionally, working on a number of acclaimed television programs including The Amazing Race Asia (from season 2 onwards), The Apprentice Asia and The Amazing Race Australia Season 1 which won an International Emmy.

Zabrina is now one of 3 partners of Wildsnapper TV Sdn Bhd, a television and film production company based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Zabrina made her film directorial debut alongside director Bernard Chauly in the film Lahzeye Bi Payan (In An Endless Instant/ Janji Zehan).

Zabrina and Joe Jer made an appearance during a pit stop of the race on episode 3 of The Amazing Race Asia 5, at Hean Boo Thean Temple Georgetown, Penang.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Malaysian duo are champs in Amazing Race Asia". TheStarOnline. 2 February 2007. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ^ Sathiabalan, S. Indra (3 October 2016). "Bitten by racing bug". TheSunDaily. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
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