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Roxanne Jacenko (born 8 June 1980) is an Australian businesswoman and socialite who was one of the runners up on the third season of The Celebrity Apprentice Australia. Career Jacenko is the director of Sydney-based public relations firm, Sweaty Betty PR, taking its name from the London clothing firm, Sweaty Betty, founded in 2004 when Jacenko was 24 years old. The company once boasted more than 70 clients including brands Peugeot, Coles Supermarkets, Oliver Peoples and Harris Scarfe. and celebrities Maude Garrett and MasterChef Australia contestant Hayden Quinn. Television In early 2010, Jacenko signed a deal with the Seven Network to star in a semi-scripted reality television show called The Sweat Box (a play on the name of her PR agency). It was announced that the show would be similar to the US television show, The Hills, but would focus on Sydney's affluent Eastern Suburbs. Later in 2010, Channel Seven cancelled production of the show. In 2013, Jacenko appeared on the Australian version of The Celebrity Apprentice. Her appearance was characterised by conflicts with Prue MacSween and swimmer Stephanie Rice and by accusations she favoured some team-mates over others. In the season final, Jacenko, John Steffensen and Jeff Fenech were named as runners-up to Rice who was named Celebrity Apprentice. In 2020, it was announced Jacenko would be participating in the Seven Network's reality program SAS Australia. Jacenko was the first to exit the show. Publishing In 2012, Jacenko published her first book, Strictly Confidential: A Jazzy Lou Novel. It was published by Allen & Unwin and is a semi-fiction "behind-the-scenes" view of the public relations and fashion industries. Reviewing the book before its official release, columnist Ros Reines suggested many of the characters were "so thinly disguised as to almost be see-through"—that many were, in fact, caricatures of real and well-known Sydney socialites. In a 2013 Good Weekend feature, Jacenko admitted she shared several significant character traits with the novel's main character including an "extreme" dedication to her career, a passing addiction to Nurofen and "strict" dieting. In 2017, Jacenko has also admitted to battling depression while her husband was in jail. Jacenko's second book, which was to be titled The Insider, was due to be released in December 2013. Instead, in November 2013, Jacenko released The Rumour Mill: A Jazzy Lou Novel, the second novel in her "Jazzy Lou" series. Personal life Jacenko has one daughter and one son. Her daughter, Pixie, has started two companies: Pixie's Fidgets, a toy company, and Pixie's Bows, a hair accessory company. Her husband is former investment banker Oliver Curtis, who was convicted and imprisoned for insider trading in 2016. He was released in 2017. They previously lived in Vaucluse, New South Wales. Filmography References External links www.sweatybettypr.com. Discover the Adam Courtenay popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Adam Courtenay books.
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The Ghost And The Bounty Hunter
Adam CourtenayBy the bestselling author of The Ship That Never WasJust after Christmas 1803, convict William Buckley fled an embryonic settlement in the land of the Kulin nation (now the Port Ph...
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Sydney Hobart Yacht Race
Rob MundleThe Sydney Hobart Yacht Race is the story of one of the world's greatest sporting challenges.One evening in May 1945, a small group of Sydney sailing enthusiasts decided that their...
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Knockout
Grantlee KiezaA noholdsbarred collection of Australian boxing yarns by one of Australia's bestselling storytellers and boxing aficionado, Grantlee KiezaBoxing has given Australian sport some of ...
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Three Sheets to the Wind
Adam CourtenayHow a motley crew of merchant seamen walked 600 miles to save 7000 gallons of rumBy the bestselling author of The Ship That Never WasWhen, in 1796, Calcuttabased Scottish merchants...
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The Dogs that Made Australia
Guy HullHunter. Worker. Legend. The untold story of the dog's role in building a nation.The Dogs That Made Australia pays tribute to the dogs that gave their all for our prosperity: the fe...
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Hudson Fysh
Grantlee KiezaThe extraordinary life of the Gallipoli veteran and WWI Flying Corp gunner who founded Qantas and gave Australia its wingsBy the critically acclaimed author of bestselling biograph...
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The Ship That Never Was
Adam CourtenayThe greatest escape story of Australian colonial history by the son of Australia’s bestloved storyteller In 1823, cockney sailor and chancer James Porter was convicted of stealing ...
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The Ferals that Ate Australia
Guy HullDangerous predators and ravenous herbivores: the story of Australia's feral nightmareWinner of the 2022 Whitley Award, for a book about invasive species zoology.Isolation was once ...
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Monash
Grantlee KiezaStunning trade paperback edition of Grantlee Kieza's bestselling biography of Australia's greatest generalIt's December 1918 and the world war is over. General Sir John Monash atte...
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Flinders
Grantlee KiezaThe extraordinary life, loves and voyages of the man who put Australia on the mapIn 1810, Matthew Flinders made his final voyage home to his beloved wife, Ann, his body ravaged by ...