Jasmine Harman
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Jasmine Isabelle Harman (born 15 November 1975 in Hackney
London Borough of Hackney
The London Borough of Hackney is a London borough of North/North East London, and forms part of inner London. The local authority is Hackney London Borough Council....

, London
London
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) is a British
British people
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 television presenter.

Early career

Prior to working in television, Harman had a successful career in the health and fitness industry. She is a qualified fitness instructor and lived in the Algarve for several years, working as Marketing Manager for a luxury health resort. It was here that she began writing professionally and developed her passion for broadcast, hosting her own twice-weekly live magazine show on the Algarve's most popular radio station – Kiss FM, where she worked with leading DJ Sir Owen Gee.

Television career

In 2004 Harman was selected from hundreds of applicants to present Channel 4
Channel 4
Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

's award-winning show A Place in the Sun – Home or Away, alongside Jonnie Irwin
Jonnie Irwin
–Jonnie Irwin is a British television presenter.-Early career:Prior to working in television, Irwin worked for business transfer specialists Christie & Co becoming associate director within three years, before going on to work for .-Television career:In 2004, Irwin was selected along with...

 and has filmed over 200 episodes all over the world.

The programme is also broadcast daily on More4
More4
More4 is a digital television channel, run by British broadcaster Channel 4, that launched on 10 October 2005. It is carried on Freeview, on satellite broadcasters Freesat and Sky, UK IPTV broadcaster TalkTalk TV and on UK cable network Virgin Media and in the Republic of Ireland cable networks...

, Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time
Discovery Real Time is a factual television channel owned by Discovery Networks Europe.It was originally launched in the UK in March 1992 as TLC, a British version of the US channel of the same name...

 and Discovery Travel & Living
Discovery Travel & Living
Discovery Travel & Living is a channel brand from Discovery Communications. This name is used in countries of Europe, Latin America and Asia. In other parts of the world the channel is known as TLC . It features travel shows rather than the documentaries on Discovery Science.Discovery Travel &...

, as well as channels throughout Europe and the rest of the world, including New Zealand
New Zealand
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, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

 and South Africa
South Africa
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. She has also featured in property, travel, health and lifestyle programmes for This Morning
This Morning (TV series)
This Morning is a British daytime television programme broadcast on ITV. As of September 2011, its main presenters are Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby, and Ruth Langsford and Eamonn Holmes, with various other presenters standing in for illness or contributing to sections of the programme.The...

, GMTV
GMTV
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 and The Travel Channel
Travel Channel (UK)
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. On 16 August 2011 a documentary, My Hoarder Mum and Me featuring Jasmine's mother Vasoulla's hoarding obsession was broadcast on BBC1, the documentary featured Jasmine and her siblings trying to help her mother.

Other work

Harman is a writer and commentator on topics such as overseas property, travel and homes, and has written features for Company, Living Abroad, and My Travel magazines. She is the resident travel columnist at LOOK magazine where you can read her weekly travel tips, and a regular contributor to A Place in the Sun magazine.

She appears at A Place in the Sun Live giving presentations on her top tips for buying property abroad. Harman is also a regular on BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 Radio Kent where she joins PJ and Harris for the Sunday Supplement.

Personal life

Harman is the eldest of 5 children. She is from a Greek-Cypriot background and most of her family reside in Cyprus
Cyprus
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, although her closer relatives live in England. She enjoys boxercise, salsa
Salsa (dance)
Salsa is a syncretic dance form with origins in Cuba as the meeting point of Spanish and African cultures.Salsa is normally a partner dance, although there are recognized solo forms such as solo dancing "suelta" and "Rueda de Casino" where multiple couples exchange partners in a circle...

 and savate
Savate
Savate , also known as boxe française, French boxing, French kickboxing or French footfighting, is a French martial art which uses the hands and feet as weapons combining elements of western boxing with graceful kicking techniques. Only foot kicks are allowed unlike some systems such as Muay...

 as well as pampering herself with beauty treatments and holistic therapies. She has been a vegetarian for over thirty years and enjoys experimenting with new recipes and cuisines. In 2009 she married television cameraman Jon Boast, and they currently reside in south west London
London
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 with their dog 'Shadow'.

Charity work

Harman has supported a number of charity projects, including becoming a celebrity waiter in aid of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
The Nelson Mandela Children's Fund is a charitable organization founded by Nelson Mandela, based in South Africa. Its mission is to help individuals from birth to age 22, particularly orphans of the AIDS crisis.-History:...

, trading billions of pounds on the stock market
Stock market
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 to raise money for Breast Cancer Care
Breast Cancer Care
Breast Cancer Care is a charity in the UK that provides information, practical assistance and emotional support to anyone affected by breast cancer. The organization was founded in 1972 by Betty Westgate who was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1968...

, and in March 2010 dog sledding in the Arctic
Arctic
The Arctic is a region located at the northern-most part of the Earth. The Arctic consists of the Arctic Ocean and parts of Canada, Russia, Greenland, the United States, Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Iceland. The Arctic region consists of a vast, ice-covered ocean, surrounded by treeless permafrost...

 in −31 °C for the Dogs Trust
Dogs Trust
Dogs Trust, formerly known as the National Canine Defence League, is an animal welfare charity and humane society in the United Kingdom which specialises in the wellbeing of dogs. The charity rehabilitates and finds new homes for dogs which have been abandoned or given up by their owners...

. In April 2010 Harman was one of a number of celebrities who participated in a nude photo shoot in aid of Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK is a cancer research and awareness charity in the United Kingdom, formed on 4 February 2002 by the merger of The Cancer Research Campaign and the Imperial Cancer Research Fund. Its aim is to reduce the number of deaths from cancer. As the world's largest independent cancer...

 In October 2010 Jasmine took part in Dreamflight, a charity which organises a life changing holiday to Orlando for ill and terminally ill children.

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