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I’VE COME FULL CIRCLE!

SHE grew up being ashamed of the way she looked, wishing she was blonde and blue-eyed to fit in with her peers, and insisting on being called by her western name, Sharon.

But those days are long gone – today she’s proudly Poh Ling Yeow, a food expert and baking whiz extraordinaire. And her name is now becoming known around the world after she was recently announced as one of the new judges on MasterChef Australia.

Poh (49) will join Andy Allen and two more judges, food writer Sofia Levin and multi-Michelin Star-winner Jean Christophe Novelli, in the famous reality show kitchen.

It’s a fresh look for a show reeling after the sudden death of Jock Zonfrillo earlier this

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