CONFIDENCE & COMMUNICATION COACH · MC/HOST & MEDIA PRESENTER · SPEAKER & MODERATOR · MODEL & PAGEANT TRAINERThe girl who was told to be quiet learned to make rooms stop and listen — and now she teaches other women how to do the same.
Chanel Olive is a Confidence and Communication Coach, MC/Host & Media Presenter, Speaker & Moderator, and Model & Pageant Trainer based in Melbourne, available across Australia.
She grew up Australian-Filipino in regional Australia in the 1990s — navigating what it meant to belong, to be seen, and to find her voice in rooms that weren't always built for her.
Her TEDx talk, Striving to Find Belonging, is a deeply personal account of the cost of trying to fit in — the striving, the self-rejection, and the eating disorder that nearly took her life.
Through four seasons — Belonging, Striving, Acceptance, and Wholeness — Chanel shares a story of survival and transformation that has resonated with audiences around the world.
“Choose self-acceptance. It will give you the courage to flourish, to align with your purpose, and to dream boldly at every stage of life.”
One thread through everything.
Chanel built Speak & Be Seen from that journey. It is not a generic confidence course. It is the method she built from lived experience — the tools that took her from holding back to speaking on stages, hosting rooms, and helping other women do the same.
Today she works across confidence coaching, MC/Host, speaking engagements, and model and pageant training — all of it connected by a single belief: when women accept who they are and learn to use their voice with confidence, the opportunities that follow change everything.
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & CREDENTIALSWhat Chanel brings to the room.
Formal qualifications:
Counselling · Ministry (Pastoral Leadership) · Business Administration
Professional training:
MC/Hosting · Keynote Speaking · Voice · TV Presenting · Screen Acting
Industry experience:
15+ years across modelling, pageantry, media, and live events · TEDx speaker · Miss Supranational Philippines 2017 Top 10 · Miss Friendship award · Scouted at 14 · Runway, campaigns, editorial, television commercials, magazine covers
Hosting credits:
Crown Melbourne · Marvel Stadium · Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre · National Gallery of Victoria · CSIRO · Amazon · 101.9 The Fox · Channel 31 · and more
FAITH-BASED MINISTRYFlourish GodlyConfident
Through Flourish GodlyConfident, Chanel creates faith-based resources and offers faith-based speaking for schools, NGOs, churches, ministry gatherings, and women's events — beginning with Confidence in Christ.
Flourish is a separate faith-based ministry for Christian women, distinct from Chanel's professional coaching and speaking work.
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Whether you're here for coaching, hosting, speaking, or training — here's where to go next.
Speak and Be Seen
For women ready to stop holding back and start communicating with confidence.
MC/Host & Media Presenter
For events that deserve more than someone who reads from a script.
Speaking & Moderation
For events that need a speaker or moderator your audience will still be thinking about on the drive home.
Model & Pageant Training
For women and girls ready to get clear on their direction and prepare with confidence.
Flourish GodlyConfident
Faith-based resources for women and speaking for everyone — a ministry by Chanel Olive.