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News Hairdressers Zone Tabatha Coffey made the cut
Tabatha Coffey made the cut |
| Hairdresser Zone - Salon Marketing |
| Written by Erin McWhirter |
Tabatha Coffey - salon takeoverAustralian reality star Tabatha Coffey could be found 28 years ago scrubbing the hair and dye-laden floor of a Queensland salon. Now, with her expensive Prada bag thrown casually over her shoulder and trendy bleach-blonde do, Coffey's days of starring in the earlier scenes of Cinderella's career are over.
``You were the lowest person on the totem pole and if your boss said to go and scrub the floor, which my boss did, I would go and scrub the floor on my hands and knees,'' Tabatha Coffey, 42, said during a brief visit home recently. ``Whether I liked it or not, I had to do it. I had no choice. But it teaches you to be humble and respectful and teaches you to put your head down and do your job and kind of work hard. I think that has helped me in my career.'' Beginning her career as a tiny blimp on the bottom of the food chain Tabatha Coffey was just 14 when she decided to become a hairdresser like her mum and brother. Her humble start in a Gold Coast salon, while studying a four-year apprenticeship at TAFE, has now been transformed into her own lucrative empire.
Tabatha Coffey is in Australia for the first time in two years, the New Jersey-based Coffey breathes a sigh of relief as she goes about her business in a busy hotel unnoticed, until she's mistaken for pop princess Pink.
After Tabatha Coffey discovered the limelight, thanks to her turn on US reality series Shear Genius, the Surfers Paradise native was plucked from the show to headline her own program, Tabatha's Salon Takeover last year.
Known as the razor-tongued female version of potty-mouthed British chef Gordon Ramsay, Coffey rejects the celebrity tag. ``I hate saying it because I don't think I am but people think I am a celebrity because I have this TV show,'' she says. ``I understand why, but I actually work for a living and love working.''
However, while Tabatha Coffey is anonymous in Australia, there's no denying the attention she receives in America. ``People are dressing up as me at Halloween which is great, but also feels very unusual,'' she says.
``I guess it's weird to walk into a bar and have thousands of gay boys, they love me, come up to me and then this drag queen on stage doing impersonations of me.
``I appreciate that people watch the show and ask me questions, but it's weird because people feel like they know you, but they don't know all of you, only a portion of you" Tabatha Coffey says
``People are generally nice but sometimes cross the line, following me into bathrooms and wanting to hug me all the time. It's bizarre. But I am not much of a hugger if I don't know you.''
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| Last Updated on Tuesday, 24 August 2010 22:00 |
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