Eunice Olsen
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Eunice Elizabeth Olsen (born 24 October 1977) is a former Nominated Member of Parliament (NMP) from Singapore. She is well known for having been the winner of the Miss Singapore Universe contest in 2000, and for appearing on a number of television shows in Singapore, including being the co-host of Wheel of Fortune on MediaCorp TV Channel 5.
Olsen was educated at St Margaret's School and Anglo-Chinese Junior College. After winning Miss Singapore Universe and representing Singapore at Miss Universe 2000, she was selected by MediaCorp to co-host the Singapore version of Wheel of Fortune in 2002, taking on the role filled by Vanna White in the US version of the show, operating the puzzle board. Olsen also co-hosted the Singapore television arts show Front, and served as a judge on Season 1 of the International Emmy Award-nominated show The Arena. She has also appeared in the MediaCorp TV dramas A Child's Hope and Red Thread, and hosted the AXN show The Duke.
Olsen is an active volunteer, providing counselling services at the Toa Payoh Girls' Home and the Andrew and Grace Home for troubled teens. She has also volunteered at the Eurasian Association of Singapore.
In November 2004, Olsen was appointed as one of nine NMPs, becoming the youngest Member of Parliament at the age of 27. She remained an NMP until July 2009. She sought to raise awareness about youth issues and to promote youth programmes and volunteerism. In the parliamentary debate on integrated resorts in 2005, Olsen called for stronger measures to address social problems of compulsive gambling, including mandating a loss limit for casino patrons and to require the casino operator to provide responsible gambling counseling services.[1]
Olsen is a Eurasian Singaporean, and has called for more representation of Eurasian community in parliament.[citation needed] She is of mixed Norwegian and Malaccan Portuguese ancestry.[2][3]
