Suzanne Paul (born Susan Barnes in November 1956)Suzanne’s queen of Kiwi dance
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hostess and television presenter.

Career

She grew up in the working class area of

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, and worked as a sales demonstrator for almost two decades in the United Kingdom. Paul came to New Zealand in 1991. Paul sold products such as Massage Pillow and the Suzanne Clip. In 2006 she won the Metro Magazine title of 'Woman with the most integrity'. Paul had her own

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, ''Second Honeymoon'', ''Garage Sale'' and ''Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,'' which screened on

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, as well as appearing in many other top-rating New Zealand television programs like City Celebrity Country Nobody, Celebrity Treasure Island, How's Life, Outrageous Fortune, Intrepid Journeys, Pulp Sport, Best Bits, What Now, and Good Morning. In September 2008 Paul published a memoir titled ''But Wait, There's More''. In August 2009, Suzanne launched her own clothing range, Suzanne Paul Petites sizes 8 to 16, for women 5 ft 4 inches and under, and the Short & Sweet range in sizes 6 to 18. In September 2010, she announced plans to set up a fashion shop in

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. From July to August 2010 Suzanne had a starring role in the stage show, Stepping Out by Richard Harris. In 2011, Suzanne appeared in the stage show "Dirty Dusting". In 2021, Suzanne appeared as a guest in episode 5 of the first season of RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under.

Personal life

Paul has been married three times. Her first marriage was to Dean Kilworth, whom she met when she was 40. Their marriage failed in part due to the stress of unsuccessful

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treatments. In 2005 she married Duncan Wilson. They divorced in 2016 due to Wilson's struggle with

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. 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

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. They got married on 30 October 2022.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Paul, Suzanne 1956 births Living people New Zealand television presenters New Zealand women television presenters Place of birth missing (living people) Dancing with the Stars (New Zealand TV series) winners English emigrants to New Zealand People from Wolverhampton

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