Yumi Stynes


Yumi Tasma Stynes is an Australian television and radio presenter, podcaster and author. She is the co-host of KIIS FM's 3PM Pick-Up radio show and presenter of the ABC Radio podcast Ladies, We Need to Talk about female health and sexuality. She presented the morning television show The Circle and was also a television presenter on Channel V Australia and Max. During 2013 she was a presenter on Sydney's Mix 106.5 FM radio breakfast program.

Early life

Stynes was born and grew up in Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia. Her mother is Japanese and her father was fifth generation Australian. She spent her teenage years in Melbourne attending Methodist Ladies College Kew before moving to Sydney to work for Channel V Australia.

Career

Radio

In August 2011, Stynes hosted 3PM Pick-Up with Chrissie Swan, broadcast nationally on Mix 101.1, Mix 106.5, Mix 102.3, Mix 106.3 & 97.3 FM. She remained co-host until August 2012 and was replaced by Jane Hall.
In January 2013, Stynes hosted Mix 106.5's breakfast program with Sami Lukis the first all-female team on FM commercial radio in Sydney.
In January 2017, Stynes joined the KIIS Network to host 3PM Pick-Up with Katie 'Monty' Dimond and Rebecca Judd.

Television

Stynes' television career began in 2000 as a presenter for Channel V Australia.
In 2007, she moved across to MAX where she presented The Know.
From 2010 until 2012, Stynes hosted Network Ten's morning show, The Circle.
In 2018 Stynes hosted a documentary on SBS called "Is Australia Sexist?"

Publications

The Zero Fucks Cookbook- Best Food Least Effort,
Zero Fucks Cooking- Endless Summer, .
Welcome to Your Period,

Podcast

Stynes is a writer and host of ABC Radio podcast on female health and sexuality, "Ladies, We Need to Talk".

Controversies

Ben Roberts-Smith

In February 2012, Stynes was criticised after comments she made about Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith, remarking that he was "going to dive down to the bottom of the pool to see if his brain is there", after a photograph of Roberts-Smith topless in a pool appeared on screen. Stynes apologised for her comments, and said: "What I didn’t estimate was how much my joke was not appreciated. I sort of intimated that maybe he wasn’t very smart, because how could you be that buff and spend that much time in a gym and be smart as well? And people have been a bit angry and I’ve been getting a lot of angry messages. And I’m really sorry." Stynes spoke personally with Roberts-Smith, who accepted her apology. Fairfax Media newspapers later issued an apology to Stynes and News Limited newspapers retracted stories after reporting that Stynes had questioned Roberts-Smith's sexual ability because of his use of IVF to conceive his children.