Gold and Silver Logie Awards, 1969 & 1970

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Presented by Ms Maggie Tabberer AM, 1999 and 2000

Voted ‘Best Female Star’ two years in a row, Maggie Tabberer become the first Australian female television personality to win back-to-back Gold Logie Awards. These three statuettes were awarded to Tabberer at successive Logie ceremonies for her eponymous television talk show ‘Maggie’ which aired on the 7 network from January 1969 to late 1970.

Adelaide-born Tabberer first came to public attention at the end of the 1950s, working as a high fashion model with photographer Helmut Newton for Vogue Australia. She was named Model of the Year in 1960 but retired from modelling soon after, at the age of 25. Moving onto successful careers in fashion public relations and journalism – she was made editor of the Australian Women’s Weekly in 1981 and launched her ‘Maggie T’ fashion label the same year – Tabberer has also maintained a long career in television, beginning as a regular panellist on the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ talk show in 1964, and subsequently hosting several television interview shows through the 1980s and 1990s.