Mélange Travel & Lifestyle Magazine April 2017 | Page 104

Angela, the TV Personality
I got into television by accident. I was script-writing
for a cooking show called “Cooking With The Smoky
Mermaid “ and had no intention of being its star, but
the TV personalities froze up during the show and I
had to get on camera to encourage them to say their
lines and be easy on film. I was a natural at it so it blew
up and became a house-hold favorite. From there
the calls started and I ended up hosting the carnival
broadcast for the next 4 years for Channel 7, hosted
“Tek It or Leave It” (our version of Deal or no deal) on
Channel 5, hosted TV events like the “Taste of Belize”,
hosted “Mega Bingo”- a popular TV game show for
Channel 5, also went on to host the music video show
for BBN, brought back the cooking show for Channel 5,
revamped to “Smokylicious” and finally was offered my
own talk show on KREM television, which was called
“OMG – OHHH MISS GEGG!! “This was my last TV show
before I retired from the arts and a decade of television.
About favourite books and travel
The truth is, I don’t like to read that much, I get bored
easily and not many books can keep my attention,
so any books I read have to be real and about life. I
prefer to travel and see the world rather than to read
about it.... But if i were to choose, the books that I can
say are my favorite and that impacted me are “The
Celestene Prophecy”, a true story based in Peru. And
“Many Lives Many Masters” which talks about our birth
and rebirth and the energy sources that guide us. I had
a fascination with energy and where humans came
from, how many lives we have lived and where our true
knowledge comes form. Now any books that I read
are all positive and motivational ones. Many years ago
I made a conscious effort to stay away from anything
that could potentially negatively impact me , like
books, movies and especially PEOPLE. Positive Vibes or
none at all, that is my motto.
What's ahead for Angela?
I retired from public life just under 5 years ago, at the
peak of my career I walked away and decided it was
time for something else. I sold my house and went on
holiday and accidentally ended up in the Middle East,
where I fell in love with Dubai and learned how to love
MYSELF again. I told my producers at KREM to put my
show OMG on repeat, that I may or may not return. Five
years later I’m still living in Dubai and building my Real
Estate empire. For the past four years I have been the
Head of Commercial for Dubai's premier brokerage,
Edwards and Towers Real Estate and while living here
obtained my Real Estate License in my first year. I have
taken a hiatus from the arts and my focus is business
and travel for now. I know deep down that I will go
back to painting and writing one day, probably in
another 5 years - one decade off, one decade on.
The beauty of being an artist is that my talent is God
given and will always be there and when it is ready
to return to front stage it will. In the meantime, I have
plenty of time to travel. I have a huge fascination with
animals, so I visit places like Indonesia and Thailand to
see the culture and experience the colors, sounds, and
tastes of different places that keeps me alive. I believe
that for the future of my art, my travel and experiences
over the past years will massively influence my work.
There is a big beautiful world out there and my mission
is to see all of it.