In 19 Maggie won back-to-back Gold Logies for Beauty and the Beast the first woman to win consecutive awards. Beauty and the Beast made Maggie a national star, so popular amongst viewers that she was offered her own show Maggie which ran from 1969 to 1970 on Channel 7. Looking back to those early days on Beauty and the Beast, which ran from 1964 to1973, Maggie says 'we were all working our butts off' ( Daily Mirror, 26 November 1981). 'Well sure' she said 'but it''ll never go with a corny name like that' (Tabberer p. Tabberer's public profile led to a role in television, when radio star Harry Dearth asked if she would be interested in doing a pilot for a show called Beauty and the Beast. She married twice and raised two girls, Amanda and Brooke while juggling her busy life in the media. At 23 she was discovered by a leading German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton. Maggie started modelling at the age of 14, enrolling in a modelling academy, owned by Jill Robb. She was born to be a perfectionist, a quality that has held her in great stead as one of Australia's most photographed and loved personalities. Her siblings say she inherited her mother's eyes and complexion as well as an ability to see things through. Born Margaret May Trigar in Parkside Adelaide in December 1936, Maggie was the youngest of five children of Molly and Alfred Trigar. A leading lady in both fashion and the media, she has maximized this appeal, to become a true role model. Maggie Tabberer has been in the public spotlight for over 50 years.
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