Kiesbauer began her media career as a presenter for the Austrian
public service television broadcaster ORF while studying
journalism and
dramaturgy. From 1994 to 2004 she hosted her own daily
talk show Arabella on the German TV channel
Pro7. On 17 January 2006 she started a weekly late night talk show
Talk ohne Show on the Berlin TV station
N24 TV. However, after 40 shows she resigned suddenly claiming that the frequent traveling between Vienna and Berlin was putting too much stress on her private life. Kiesbauer won several awards for her TV work, in 1994 the
Bavarian TV Award in the category "Beste Talk-Newcomerin" and in 1996 the media award
Das Goldene Kabel. She appeared in the German
Playboy on the cover and 14 pages in July 1995. Kiesbauer also works as a model and fashion ambassador for the shoe company Vögele Shoes. On 17 December 2007, she hosted the
2007 FIFA World Player of the Year awards at the
Zürich Opera House in Zurich, Switzerland with . On 23 May 2015, Kiesbauer hosted the
Eurovision Song Contest 2015 along with
Mirjam Weichselbraun and
Alice Tumler at the
Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna. ==Personal life==