Suzanne Paul

Paul was born in Wolverhampton and grew up in the working class area of Whitmore Reans. She described her childhood as "very low-working class", saying her family home lacked an indoor toilet and hot water. Paul's mother left their family, and she was raised by her father, who worked long hours at a factory. As an older child, Paul earned pocket money helping clean tables in a local pub. Originally intending to go to Australia, she relocated to New Zealand in 1991 after first visiting Auckland on a stopover. whom she met when she was 40. Their marriage failed in part due to the stress of unsuccessful IVF treatments. In 2005, she married Duncan Wilson. They divorced in 2016 due to Wilson's struggle with Asperger syndrome. In March 2020, she became engaged to drummer Patrick Kuhtze. He had also been married twice before. The wedding was planned for October 2021, but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. They got married on 30 October 2022. In September 2021, Paul collapsed in her office while hosting a motivational talk via Zoom to an audience of 250 people. She spent two days in hospital and was diagnosed with low blood pressure, high cholesterol and a leaky heart valve. The incident caused false speculation about Paul's health online, including false rumours of a cancer diagnosis and COVID-19 complications. == Career ==

Early career Paul worked as a sales demonstrator in the UK for nearly two decades, where she developed her experience in sales and product promotion. In 2022, online news website The Spinoff described her as "New Zealand's undisputed infomercial queen" who "has a knack for reinventing herself and popping up where we least expect her to". It was accompanied with a music video depicting Paul dancing at a club, inter-spliced with infomercial footage. In 1997, Paul released a cover of the single "Life Begins at 40" by Dave and the Dynamos. Television and acting In the late 90s, Paul presented various television programmes for TVNZ produced by Greenstone TV. She hosted Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?, a 1998 show in which ordinary people cooked a meal in their home before the arrival of a surprise celebrity guest. In 2001, Paul presented Second Honeymoon alongside Parker and Cherie Penney, in which couples go on a second honeymoon. despite breaking a rib in the final. In 2011, she appeared in the show Dirty Dusting, which toured around New Zealand. In 2021, Paul appeared as a guest in episode 5 of the first season of ''RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under''. In 2025 she was awarded the Scroll of Honour from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand for her contribution to New Zealand entertainment and support of charitable organisations. Business ventures and other work In April 2004, Paul opened Rawaka Māori Village, a tourist centre in Auckland, which she described as "cabaret meets kapa haka". The Rotorua Daily Post said the venture was shunned by some Māori who described it as "tiki tacky and culturally questionable". The venture closed in July 2004 and was put into voluntary liquidation, owning more than $1 million. A year later, Paul was declared bankrupt. She vowed to pay back her debts and sought early discharge from bankruptcy. In September 2008, Paul published a memoir titled ''But Wait, There's More''. == Filmography ==

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