Deborah Hutton (Australian editor)

Deborah Hutton (born 20 December 1961) is an Australian media personality. She is a television presenter, magazine editor, ambassador, and spokesmodel. She is a supporter of several charities including The Skin Cancer Foundation Inc.

Deborah Hutton
Born (1961-12-20) December 20, 1961
England, United Kingdom
Occupations
  • Television presenter
  • magazine editor
  • model
  • ambassador

Childhood

Born in England, United Kingdom, she immigrated to Australia when very young. She and her mother travelled extensively from Queensland to Papua New Guinea before finally settling in Sydney.

Career

Hutton left school and home at the age of 16 for a modelling career. She was on the cover of Cosmopolitan in October 1978 and then worked for Vivien's Modelling Agency (Sydney). At 18, she was contracted with Ford Modelling Agency in New York City.

Television host

In 1989, Hutton was co-host of the Ten Network quiz show, Superquiz with Mike Walsh. The weekly series, a remake of the former long-running quiz show Pick A Box, debuted in July but only lasted until the end of the year.

In June 1994 the Nine Network approached Hutton to present the new series of Looking Good.[1] The series was a success with two million people tuning in, and often won its time slot in the national ratings. Hutton returned to host Looking Good again in 1995. During 1996 and 1997, Hutton appeared on the Nine Network as their resident authority on fashion, beauty & style.

Hutton has been the host of the top rating Location Location, Amazing Homes, and Celebrity Overhaul. She has also been a regular contributor on the Nine Network's Fresh food programme, been a guest reporter on Getaway and hosted Nine's one-hour special Second Chance.

In 2011, Hutton moved to Foxtel, hosting shows on the BIO Channel.

From November 2012 to 2015, Hutton was the presenter of the Foxtel Movie Show. In September 2015, Foxtel Arts launched a new monthly art show called Event, hosted by Hutton. Filmed in the Foxtel studios, Event explored Australian music, theatre, visual arts and books.[2]

Editor

For more than ten years Hutton was an editor of The Australian Women's Weekly. She started with the beauty pages and then went on to become the fashion editor and then editor-at-large (Home).[3]

Business ventures

For more than 10 years, Hutton was the national ambassador for Myer Grace Bros Department Store Group.[4] She represented them as a spokesperson and hosted a variety of corporate functions, VIP nights, and seminars.

Hutton was an ambassador for Qantas for over 10 years. In that role she was the presenter on the in-flight video guide, and acted as host for major Qantas events. Hutton has also been a spokesperson for Holden endorsing and promoting its cars.

In September 2004, Hutton launched her range of homewares "Living with Deborah Hutton" for Kmart. In 2006, she became the brand ambassador for Olay Regenerist and created her branded eyewear "Deborah Hutton Optical". She was the spokesperson for the "At Home at Hyatt" campaign for the Lend Lease Group residential development at Hyatt Regency Coolum on the Sunshine Coast.

In 2011, Hutton launched her digital media community "Balance by Deborah Hutton". The site hosted weekly video interviews with women around the world.

Deborah Hutton is an ambassador of the Australian Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AWCCI) and sits on the AWCCI Advisory Board.[5]

Charity

Hutton is Ambassador for the Skin Cancer Foundation Inc,[6] the Olivia Newton-John Cancer[7] and Wellness Centre and supports the work of the Starlight Children's Foundation.[8]

Personal life

In 2015, Hutton bought a $3.8 million house in the Sydney suburb of Bronte.[9] In 2019, after fabricating an attempted break-in at the house in August 2018, her ex-partner, Robert Dulhunty was convicted of six offences, including stalking and intimidation, property damage, and making a fake triple zero call. Dulhunty was also ordered to pay the NSW Police $13,040, to compensate for the time they had wasted on the case.[10][11] She had a seven-year relationship with Australian hockey player Danni Roche until their break up in December 2007.

Bibliography
  • Hutton, Deborah & Australian Women's Weekly. (2015). The Australian Women's Weekly: my love affair with food. Sydney, NSW: Bauer Media Group.

References
  1. Looking Good at IMDb
  2. "Event with Deborah Hutton". Foxtel Arts. Archived from the original on 1 October 2015. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  3. "Deborah Hutton". saxton.com.au. Archived from the original on 18 November 2005. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  4. Hutton, Deborah (2015). The Australian Women's Weekly: my love affair with food. Sydney: Bauer Media Group. pp. [6]. ISBN 9781742456195.
  5. Avila, Aaron. "Deborah Hutton in Darwin". Darwin Life Magazine. Retrieved 24 April 2012.
  6. "Skin & Cancer Foundation Inc – Our Ambassadors". skincancer.asn.au. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  7. "Appeal Ambassadors". oliviaappeal.com. Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  8. "Joy of seeing those little faces light up – Balance by Deborah Hutton". Retrieved 29 September 2015.
  9. Macken, Lucy (14 December 2021). "Deborah Hutton sells Bronte home for about $10 million". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  10. Thompson, Angus (16 January 2019). "Deb Hutton's ex convicted over staged break-in at her Bronte home". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 June 2019.
  11. Palin, Megan (16 January 2019). "Deb Hutton's ex sentenced over bizarre staged break-in at the star's Sydney home". news.com.au. Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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