Turia Pitt Biography – Turia Pitt Wiki
Turia Pitt is an Australian mining engineer, athlete, motivational speaker, best-selling author, fundraiser, and mother. On September 2, 2011, while in a competition in an ultramarathon through Western Australia’s Kimberley region, she was caught in a grass fire. During a subsequent inquiry, she stated there was “nowhere else to go” when the competitors tried to outrun an out-of-control blaze that swept up Selena Gorge, just outside Kununurra. She suffered burns to 65 percent of her body. It was several hours before medical help arrived and she was air-lifted out. Doctors did not expect her to survive her injuries. The parliamentary inquiry into the Kimberley Ultramarathon was damning of the race organizers, RacingThePlanet. Among other things, it was revealed that organizers were unable to communicate properly between checkpoints. She launched Supreme Court action against RacingThePlanet, and in May 2014, it was reported that an out-of-court settlement had been reached. She appears in Celebrity Apprentice 2022 as a contestant. The main reason why she joined the competition was to raise money for her charity dubbed, Interplast – a team of volunteer medical professionals who provide life-changing surgery overseas. The second reason was to show diversity on screen as she identifies as a woman of color as well as a burns survivor. In her own words, she said, “Being a woman of color, being a burns survivor, being someone who looks visibly different I thought that would be a good representation, for people to see on their screens, for little girls to be at home watching on their TV.”
She has been profiled by the Australian television program 60 Minutes and Women’s Weekly. She has become a sought-after public speaker, appearing at such events as the TEDx Macquarie University conference in September 2014, giving an inspirational talk entitled Unmask your Potential. She has also mentored thousands through her online programs, raised funds and awareness for a variety of philanthropic concerns, and authored two books: Everything To Live For and Unmasked. In 2018, she joined Anthony Robins as a headliner at the 2018 National Achievers Congress in Brisbane. In 2014, Pitt was named the New South Wales Premier’s Award Woman of the Year and was a finalist for Young Australian of the Year. In 2016, she was a finalist in the Australian of the Year award and the NSW finalist for the Telstra Business Woman of the Year award. A cover story about her in The Australian Women’s Weekly attracted worldwide media attention.
She is an Ambassador for Interplast Australia & New Zealand and has raised money for the organization by leading trekking adventures. In that capacity, she walked the Great Wall of China in 2014, the Inca Trail in 2015, and the Kokoda Track in 2016. Through this work, along with her support for other ReSurge International fundraising initiatives, she has, directly and indirectly, contributed to more than $1 million being raised to support the organization’s work. She spent her childhood in Ulladulla, a small town in New South Wales. She attended Ulladulla Public School and Ulladulla High School. During her youth, she was well known for her athletic abilities and also performed well academically. She went on to the University of New South Wales (UNSW), where she completed a Bachelor of Engineering (Mining) / Bachelor of Science in 2010. On 8 May 2016, she competed in her first Ironman Australia competition, finishing at a time of 13:24:42. On 8 October 2016, she completed the Ironman World Championship at Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, with a time of 14:37:30.
Turia Pitt Age
She was born on July 24, in Tahiti, French Polynesia.
Turia Pitt Husband
She has been in a long-term relationship with her partner known as Michael Hoskin.
Turia Pitt Children
She has two children and both are sons. Together with her fiancee, they announced on July 21, 2017, that they were expecting a boy, and on December 7, 2017, she gave birth to their son, Hakavai Hoskin. On February 9, 2020, she announced on her Instagram page that she and fiancé Michael Hoskin welcomed their second child, another son, called Rahiti Hoskin.
Turia Pitt Nationality
She is of Australian nationality.
Turia Pitt Parents
She was born to her parents who are known as Celestine Vaite, and Michael Pitt. Her siblings are Toriki Pitt, Genji Pitt, and Heimanu Pitt.
Turia Pitt Instagram
Her Instagram handle is @turiapitt.
