Paige Davis is an American television personality and actress. She is best known as the host of the

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'' from 2001 until 2008, and hosted the morning talkshow ''

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'' on

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in 2012. She returned as host of ''Trading Spaces'' when TLC revived the popular series in 2018.

Biography

Early life and career

Davis attended Charles H. Bird Elementary School in Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, from first grade through part of fifth. She lived for a time in

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, and graduated from the Louisville Youth Performing Arts School. She graduated from the

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. While in college, her mother and stepfather moved to

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. Much of her training has been in

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as well as dancing, and she spent two-and-a-half years in the national touring company of the

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''Paige Davis: Other works
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. Retrieved 2008-01-09.Mini-bio: Paige Davis
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for her second year. During this period, she was sometimes credited as Mindy Paige Benson. In

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, Davis also did numerous TV commercials and videos.

''Trading Spaces''

In 2001, Davis became the host of the

cable-TV network's redecorating television series ''

'', replacing Alex McLeod. Also that year, Davis married actor

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, with whom she appeared in ''Beauty and the Beast'' (making her married name Mindy Paige Page). Davis and Page's wedding was featured on the TLC series ''A Wedding Story''. TLC dropped Davis in January 2005, to revamp the show with a host-less format. There was some media speculation that TLC's decision was in part motivated by Davis's appearance in ''

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'' "wearing nothing but wallpaper"Michael Klein. "A.C. pub sues over 'dive' review" ("Inqlings" column including a news brief on Davis's rehiring), ''The Philadelphia Inquirer'', November 18, 2007, City section, page B2. and her performance of a

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striptease in a "Broadway Bares/Equity Fights AIDS" charity event."Focum Forum" (Q & A column), ''The Times-Picayune'' (New Orleans, LA), July 24, 2005, ''TV Forum'' section, p. 3.Hank Stuever. "'Trading Spaces' without Paige?" ''The Telegraph'' (Nashua, NH; reprinted from ''Washington Post''), February 4, 2005, HomeFinder section. The ''

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'' had reported in its "

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" column that Davis exposed her

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and permitted onlookers to touch her body. Davis responded to the story on the TLC message boards, writing that she had been dressed "...in a very modest, almost demure, yellow dress, cut to my

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." She acknowledged that she had "flip ed erskirt for a second" and said that she "kept all of erclothes on at all times." She went on to characterize the article as "rumor and exaggeration" in its description of the event. The ''Post'' responded after ''Star'' magazine published three pictures of the event in their July 2, 2004, issue, noting that the photos showed Davis in poses that appeared to confirm the ''Posts version of the story. However, both Davis and the network insisted there was no connection between the controversies and the format change, which the network described as a decision to take the show "in a new creative direction."Michael Starr. "'Spaces' on the same Paige," ''New York Post'', November 16, 2007, ''TV Friday'', page 142. Davis subsequently signed a multi-year agreement with

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/CBS to develop new scripted and reality programming, including a deal to co-star in a

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program with

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, but nothing came to air. TLC announced in November 2007, that Davis would return as host of ''Trading Spaces'' in January 2008, along with others formerly associated with the program.Josef Adelian
"TLC to revamp 'Spaces,'"
''Variety'', November 14, 2007. Reports on the announcement published in the ''New York Post'' and in Davis's hometown paper the ''Philadelphia Inquirer'' remarked on the earlier "bad press" in 2005, with the ''Post'' commenting, "Apparently, that 'new creative direction' has done an about-face," and the ''Inquirer'' quoting a network vice president who "doesn't know the specifics behind the perky Davis's firing, but called it 'shortsightedness.'" Davis hosts new segments and interviews in ''The Best Of Trading Spaces'', which debuted in January 2011, on TLC's sister channel

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. '' Good Morning America'' announced on July 19, 2017, that Davis would be returning to the ''Trading Spaces'' reboot to serve as host. It premiered on April 7, 2018.

Other television work

Davis made other television appearances during and after her hosting duties. In 2004, she was a guest judge on the

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's '' Iron Chef America'' in "Battle Egg." She also was a contestant on the summer 2006

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television series '' Gameshow Marathon'', in which celebrities participated in recreations of classic

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with their winnings going to charity. Appearing on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on January 24, 2008, Davis shared with the audience her excitement about returning to ''Trading Spaces''. She praised the new TLC executive team and its intention to keep ''Trading Spaces'' fresh, while at the same time maintaining the original mission of the show. Davis joined the home improvement series ''Home Made Simple'' as host in October 2011.

Theater

During her initial run on ''Trading Spaces'', Davis played the role of Roxie Hart in the musical ''

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'' on Broadway, and wrote the book ''Paige by Paige'' (), chronicling her television experiences. It spent numerous weeks on the New York Times Best Seller list. By 2007, Davis had created a

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act, Taking A Chance, described as "chronicl nghow the choices Davis has made have informed her life's loves".Tommy O'Malley. "Cabaret act has been a Paige turner." '' Austin American-Statesman'' (Texas), May 24, 2007, ''XL'' section, page 20. In mid-2007 she took over the title role in the national touring production of the Broadway revival '' Sweet Charity'', replacing

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through the end of the show's scheduled run on August 12, 2007. In 2008 and 2009 Davis played "Gloria" in the Broadway revival of '' Boeing-Boeing''.Broadway.com
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's Dancing Lessons at Barrington Stage. Don Aucoin of

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praised the performance as providing "the emotional depth and nuance of personality that can only be achieved by an actress who understands her character inside and out." In 2017, Davis played the title role in '' Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, & Marriage'', an

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play, for the

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. In 2018, she is playing the title character in MAME at North Shore Music Theater in Massachusetts.nsmt.org, url=https://www.nsmt.org/mame.htmlRetrieved 2018-05-29 On February 8, 2022, Davis was announced in the title role of Pioneer Theatre Company's upcoming production of ''Hello, Dolly!'' Artistic Director Karen Azenberg will direct and choreograph the production at the Salt Lake City professional regional theatre. The production will run May 13 to May 28, 2022.

Commercial endorsements

Davis was a spokesperson for RC Willey Home Furnishings, a subsidiary of Berkshire-Hathaway, with locations in Utah, Idaho, Nevada, and California, however, upon her return to Trading Spaces in 2018, Davis gave up her affiliation with them. In September 2008,

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formed a U.S. partnership with ''Trading Spaces'' and with Davis to encourage people to explore their creativity with their photos. Davis became Kodak's celebrity spokesperson with the media through March 2009, sharing Kodak-inspired projects and ideas in the weekly design show, 30-second TV spots, on-line tips, videos, and a custom-published magazine.

References

External links

Paige Davis
(official website) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Davis, Paige Living people 20th-century American actresses 21st-century American actresses Actresses from Philadelphia American musical theatre actresses American television actresses American television personalities American women television personalities DuPont Manual High School alumni Southern Methodist University alumni Year of birth missing (living people)