CELEB SHOW & TELL
FEMALE MAGAZINE: SINGAPORE
www.femalemag.com.sg
BY: GRACE TAY
DATE PUBLISHED: 2008 JANUARY

THE WEDDING GUIDE ARTICLE
www.theweddingguide.com.my
BY: STEPHANIE CHAI
DATE PUBLISHED: 17 DECEMBER 2009

Paula Taylor and I have heard about one another since the early days of our modeling careers (around 2002 and beyond!). We both shared one of the most awesome agents in Thailand, P’Dao who back then helped both of us go from fresh, new-faced models to ones that could command a bit more Baht than the norm! If you live in Thailand, you’d know Paula as one of the country’s ’superstars’ and if you live around Asia you would of seen her as one of the popular contestants on Amazing Race Asia. TWG was lucky to catch up with lovely Taylor and asked her all about those matters of the heart.

Miss Jetset, what are you working on now?

I just finished a new movie in Thailand, finishing off Season 2 of my sitcom ‘True Love Next Door‘, hosting Channel V and various modeling jobs that I’m shuttling between HK, Manila and Bangkok for.

The question on everyone’s mind… are you seeing anyone special?

I just met someone not that long ago that makes me smile on a daily basis. I’m very happy (more…)

THE BUSINESS OF FAME
SOUTH EAST ASIA GLOBE
www.sea-globe.com
BY CAMERON COOPER
DATE PUBLISHED: 10 NOVEMBER 2009 ISSUE

SEA GLOBE is the leading source for English language news, views, and life in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos.

Paula Taylor, Thailand’s most successful model and Geoff Heydt, a talent representative, explain how to make a face very famous.

Five sets of false eyelashes winked from a clear plastic box. A large shoulder bag stuffed with spray cans, brushes, clips and enough chemicals to blow up a city was splayed open on the table beside huge palettes of makeup and mink hair brushes. A man and a woman poked and prodded a quiet female in a chair who was serenely sending messages on a Blackberry.

The person at the centre of these ministrations was Paula Taylor, a woman whose face has beamed from countless billboards, magazine covers, televisions and movie screens in Thailand and several other Southeast Asian countries for well over a decade.

The product of a Thai mother and English father and raised in Australia, Taylor has evolved from a cute but unknown teenage model into a self-managed widely recognised brand. At the age of 26 – positively ancient in Asian model terms – she has just completed a year where she had the perhaps dubious honour of appearing on more Thai magazine covers than any other famous face. (more…)

FUN, FRIENDSHIP AND FITNESS WITH MARC AND PAULA
ACTION AND FITNESS MAGAZINE
www.actionfitnessmag.com
BY KIRBY GARLITOS
DATE PUBLISHED: JULY 2009 ISSUE

The Amazing Race Asia, at least for those who only follow it on television, seems like the last place on Earth to build friendships. It’s a cutthroat competition that relies not just on the teams’ overall skills and speed, but also on a bit of deception. It’s easy to rub other teams the wrong way because, well, you want nothing more than to beat them to the finish line.

Try telling that to Marc Nelson and Paula Taylor.

The two international celebrities met in the Race as competitors. Marc was teamed with his partner-in-crime Rovilson Fernandez while Paula was joined by her best friends Natasha Monks. Competitors at the beginning, the two - along with their partners - somehow struck a friendship during the race that has extended well after the show has ended.

It’s been almost two years since their season of The Amazing Race Asia concluded, yet when you’re around these two, it seems as if they’ve been friends much longer than that. From the get-go, it quickly became apparent why these two get along so well. Witty jabs are exchanged without anyone flinching. Wisecracks abound in the room, engulfing it with boisterous laughter. (more…)

PERTH MODEL PAULA TAYLOR SET FOR STARDOM IN THAILAND
THE SUNDAY TIMES (Western Australia)
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BY JAY HANNA
DATE PUBLISHED: 12 JULY 2009
WITH THANKS TO:
JAY HANNA & SANDRA BAHBAH OF SUNDAY TIMES
YTPME FOR THE COPY

PERTH can lay claim to a host of big name international superstars — Heath Ledger, Sam Worthington, Isla Fisher, Melissa George, Gemma Ward and Nicole Trunfio, to name a few.

But what about the overseas success stories we don’t know about?

Among them is WA beauty Paula Taylor. In her home town of Perth the stunning 26-year-old is a virtual unknown, but in Thailand she is nothing short of a sensation.

Taylor, whose exotic Eurasian looks come courtesy of her Thai mother and English father, moved to Bangkok in 2001 to pursue modelling.

Eight years later she is one of country’s most popular young stars. She has her own weekly sitcom, is a successful film actor and TV presenter.

“I’ve done really well in Thailand,” Taylor said while on a recent visit to Perth. “Everything really changed in 2003 when I did a movie and it all just blew up. I’ve been working constantly ever since.” (more…)

TAYLOR-MADE JUST FOR YOU
THE PHILIPPINE STAR (Philippines)
www.philstar.com
BY NICOLA M. SEBASTIAN
DATE PUBLISHED: 11 JULY 2009
SPECIAL THANKS TO ANNIE RODRIGUEZ & OTHERS FOR THE LINK

Manila, Philippines - It’s curious phenomenon that should a Thai and a Filipino meet, they’re likely to get along grandly. Or perhaps not so curious. After all, we’re both South-east Asian. They avoid confrontation if they can, and we absolutely detest it. We like to bargain, and they’re professional hagglers. They love soap operas, and we live in the land of telenovelas. We’re loud, and they’re, well, quite soft-spoken actually.

So it’s no wonder that Thai model-types have been making their way onto our shores and into our TV shows and mega-billboards, promoting the latest cosmetic or hosting yet another celeb birthday bash. And Paula Taylor is no exception to this brood of exceptional Eurasian good looks. “It’s just something I fell into,” explains the English-Thai Taylor of her foray into modeling. “I grew up in a very strict household, so it was always fun to be allowed to go out and do something different and meet new people…so I decided to give it a try and I’ve never looked back.”

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UNKNOWN AUSSIE HOUSEHOLD NAMES
COURIER MAIL (Sydney, Australia)
www.news.com.au
DATE PUBLISHED: JUNE 2009
SPECIAL THANKS TO: NORMAN HEADLEY

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UNKNOWN AUSSIE SUPERSTARS
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH (Sydney, Australia)
www.news.com.au
BY JONATHON MORAN PIZARRO
DATE PUBLISHED: 14 July 2009

HUGH Jackman, Kylie Minogue, Keith Urban and Nicole Kidman - Australians love to boast of our expat success stories.

We even claim Russell Crowe and Neil Finn as our own.

But what of those Aussies we’ve never heard of who have made it big overseas?

Insider has gathered a list of Australians who have excelled around the world yet remain relatively unknown on home soil.

Meet Australia’s biggest unknown stars.

Among them is Perth model, TV presenter and actress Paula Taylor. She’s a superstar in Thailand but few in Australia have ever heard of her, apart from family and friends.

Taylor has her own weekly TV sitcom, is a music TV presenter and has also starred in numerous films, including her first Hollywood role in Shadows, opposite William Hurt.

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PAULA AND HER BENZ
GIBGAE (Thailand)
www.gibgae.com
DATE PUBLISHED: 03 May 2009
TRANSLATED BY JAE BHANDHUKRAVI

The most sought after presenter in Thailand, Paula Taylor, loves to drive around the city with her favorite car, Mercedes-Benz SLK 200 Kompressor.

Paula shares “I like driving the car by myself and if it’s needed, I can always drive fast if I have an important meeting or if there is an emergency. I have driven 230 km/h which is the fastest speed I drove and I have been caught for over speeding by the police. I had driven this car almost everywhere and I always have 2 friends sitted next to me in the car. At night, I always open the cover of the car especially on the expressway and when going out of Bangkok. The longest distance that I’ve driven was going to Hua-Hin, that took me about 2 hours” (more…)

IMDb MINI BIOGRAPHY
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BY ASIA SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT ASSOCIATES

Paula Margaret Taylor was born January 20, 1983 in Bangkok, Thailand to a Thai mother and a British father. Soon after birth, Paula and her family moved to Perth, Australia where she spent her childhood living an active lifestyle enjoyed by most Australians.

Throughout her childhood, Paula remained close to her roots and visited Thailand regularly. Her striking looks and trademark smile eventually caught the eye of local modeling agents. Paula began traveling to Thailand each summer during her teenage years and modeling as a summer job. Soon after graduating from High School, she moved to Thailand to pursue a career in modeling and soon found herself regularly working as a model as well as appearing in numerous Thai television shows, TV commercials and Thai feature films before becoming a regular VJ for Channel V Thailand.

As Paula’s career blossomed in Thailand, she soon found herself garnering more and more regional recognition and eventually became an overnight household name when she appeared with childhood friend Natasha Monks on the Amazing Race Asia. Winning the hearts of millions of fans Asia wide and showing she was not just another pretty face but a fierce competitor, Paula’s career skyrocketed and she became one of the most sought after personalities in the region.

Paula has continued to appear as the spokesperson for numerous multinational products throughout the region most notably Canon Cameras. Paula recently completed her Hollywood film debut as the 2nd female lead in the supernatural thriller “Shadows” (2009) starring Academy Award winning actor William Hurt, Cary Elwes, and fellow Thai actress Ploy Jindachot.