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| birthname   = Susannah Caroline Constantine<ref name="rootsweb">''[http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~edbradford/books/dean.pdf Dean and Collateral Ancestors of Edward D. Bradford. Scroll to page 78 of 361]'' &ndash; rootsweb.com. Retrieved 14 tháng 6 2007.</ref> 
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| birth_place = Luân Đôn, Anh, Anh quốc
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| occupation  = Nhà tư vấn kiểu và bậc thầy thời trang
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| spouse      = Sten Bertelsen
| children    = Joe, Esme, Cece
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| networth    = £5 triệu (ước tính)<ref>Editors at Daily Mail. ''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=395531&in_page_id=1766&in_page_id=1766&expand=true What not to bare, Trinny!]'' &ndash; dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved 7 tháng 5 2007.</ref> 
| credits     = ''What Not to Wear''<br>''Trinny & Susannah Undress'' 
| URL         = http://www.trinnyandsusannah.com
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'''Susannah Constantine''' (sinh ngày 3 tháng 6 năm 1962)<ref name="rootsweb"/> là một nhà tư vấn kiếu và là người đoạt giải bậc thầy thời trang, người giới thiệu chương trình truyền hình, nhà thiết kế thời trang và là tác giả của sách thời trang bán chạy nhất người Anh. 

Constantine đã gặp Trinny Woodall năm 1994 và cả hai người đã tham gia viết bài trong mục thời trang hàng tuần cho ''The Telegraph''. Sự kiện này đã đưa họ đến ngành kinh doanh tư vấn thời trang trên mạng internet và phát hành cuốn sách tư vấn thời trang đầu tiên.

Cả hai được giao nhiệm vụ phụ trách mục ''What Not to Wear'' của BBC vào năm 2001-2005. Năm sau, Constantine và Woodall đã ra mắt cuốn sách thứ hai của họ, ''What Not to Wear'', và cuốn sách này đã giúp bà một Giải thưởng sách Anh quốc<ref name="Award"> "[http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/bba/pnbb_previouswinners.asp British Book Awards]". ''British Book Awards''. Retrieved 22 tháng 2 2007.</ref> và đã bán được hơn 670.000 bản.<ref name="Sales"> "[http://parkinson.tangozebra.com/guest.phtml?guest_id=93 Parkinson]". ''parkinson.tangozebra.com''. Retrieved 8 tháng 3, 2007.</ref>

Constantine sinh ra trong một gia đình khá giả có bố thành công trong ngành bất động sản và lĩnh vực tàu biển. She was privately educated as a child and went on to date British royalty, David, Viscount Linley, during the 1980s. Constantine has been involved in fashion for a long period, originally working in America for Giorgio Armani and then John Galliano in London. She made regular appearances as a style advisor on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' and following her success on the shows, she went on to co-host ''Trinny & Susannah Undress'' on ITV in 2006. They have now dressed over 5,000 women.

It is estimated that her various style advice books have sold 2.5 million copies in Britain and the United States.<ref name="2.5million"> ''[http://www.pr.com/press-release/24689 Trinny and Susannah Have Launched the Official TrinnyAndSusannah.com Website]'' &ndash; pr.com. Retrieved Littlewoods which made its debut in 2007.

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| occupation  = Fashion guru and style advisor
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| spouse      = Sten Bertelsen
| children    = 3 (Joe, Esme, Cece)
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'''Susannah Caroline Constantine''' (born English fashion guru, style advisor, presenter, designer. 

Constantine was born into a wealthy family, where her father was successful in property and shipping sectors. She was privately educated as a child and went on to date British royalty, dot-com fashion advice business, and wrote their first fashion advice book in 2000, ''Ready 2 Dress'', both of which failed. From there they were commissioned to What Not to Wear'', from 2001 to 2005. She made regular appearances as a style advisor on ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' and following her success on the shows, she went on to co-host ''Trinny & Susannah Undress...'' on ITV in 2006 and ''Undress the Nation'' in 2007. Constantine and Woodall have now dressed over 5,000 women.

She has co-written many fashion advice books with Woodall, some of which have become bestsellers in the United Kingdom and British Book Award<ref name="Award"> ''[http://www.britishbookawards.co.uk/bba/pnbb_previouswinners.asp British Book Awards]'' &ndash; britishbookawards.co.uk. Retrieved Littlewoods which made its debut in 2007, followed by the release of their latest fashion advice book, ''The Body Shape Bible''.

==Education==
Constantine was privately educated at boarding schools including St Mary's School in Wantage, Oxfordshire which was run by nuns.<ref name="oldschool">Steve Myall. ''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=468490&in_page_id=1770 What not to say to your old school, by Susannah]'' &ndash; dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved July 15, 2007.</ref> Her time at St Mary's School was described by herself as "miserable" due to her homesickness and insecurity, meaning she was not able to make friends.<ref name="oldschool"/> She was first sent to boarding school at 11 years of age, and has recalled her first night away from home: "I sobbed uncontrollably into my pillow."<ref name="sniffing">''[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/trinny-woodall-and-susannah-constantine-in-bed-with-the-first--ladies-of-fashion-664071.html Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine: In bed with the first ladies of fashion]'' &ndash; independent.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2008.</ref> 

In mid 2007, Constantine spoke about how she received a letter from St Mary's School, inviting her to come back to the school to talk about her career and success to current pupils. Constantine immediately declined the offer with a four-letter refusal and wrote "No fucking way" on the letter she had received.<ref>Editors at Metro. ''[http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=58502&in_page_id=7 Susannah tells nuns 'No f***ing way']'' &ndash; metro.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2007.</ref> Her personal assistant was then left to deal with the situation, who wrongly sent the inviting letter with the hand-written sentence by Constantine, back to the school. The boarding school then wrote a shocked letter back, explaining that they will not let Constantine near the school again.<ref name="therapists"/><ref name="oldschool"/> 

==Early career==
Constantine originally did a year of Montessori training after she had left school but she then moved onto other projects<ref name="therapists"/> such as studying sculpture in Brussels: "lost my virginity, went a bit mad." commented Constantine.<ref name="God‘sgift">Barbara Ellen. ''[http://lifeandhealth.guardian.co.uk/fashion/story/0,,2168350,00.html God's gift to women]'' &ndash; guardian.co.uk. Retrieved September 16, 2007.</ref> Constantine had taught children for three years,<ref name="Partner">Rachelle Thackray ''[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000405/ai_n14298169  Me And My Partner: Trinny Woodall and Susannah Constantine]'' &ndash; independent.co.uk. Retrieved from findarticles.com April 13, 2007.</ref> and also worked as a shop girl for Harrods.<ref name="therapists"/><ref name="Swells">John Arlidge ''[http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,864290,00.html Just a couple of swells]'' &ndash; observer.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved March 11, 2007.</ref> She found the job, in her own words, "boring" and even tried shop lifting for more excitement, but she now has admiration for shop girls.<ref name="crisis"> ''[http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/showbiz/celebsonsunday/interrogation/2007/09/16/interrogation-trinny-susannah-98487-19770870/ Interrogation: Trinny & Susannah]'' &ndash; sundaymirror.co.uk. Retrieved September 18, 2007.</ref> Constantine's love for horses had inspired her to become a mounted policewoman in London, but was deterred when she was required to do four years walking the beat.<ref name="crisis"/> She wrote a book about present giving, which prompted ''The Daily Telegraph'' to write an unpleasant article implying she had never done a day's work in her life, something which deeply upset her.<ref name="scrubbing">Sabine Durrant ''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,3962942,00.html 'They wanted to give us a good scrubbing']'' &ndash; guardian.co.uk. Retrieved August 28, 2007.</ref> She has stated defiantly "I've ''always'' worked."<ref name="sniffing"/> 

She is now best-known as a fashion guru and style advisor, where her fashion career started when she worked for many years under fashion designer Richard James, Patrick Cox,<ref name="God‘sgift"/> Alistair Blair and John Galliano which gained her an even greater understanding of fashion, providing an in depth knowledge of how a garment progresses from a sketch.<ref name="Partner"/> She then started working with the British Brain and Spine Foundation and consequently met the sports editor of ''The Daily Telegraph''.<ref name="Partner"/> Whilst doing a piece for ''GMTV'', he asked Constantine to report the women's World Cup Final in cricket on finding out that it was her passion. She proceeded to write about cars and then fashion.<ref name="Partner"/> 

In 1994 she first met dot-com, but the business venture had failed, and investors subsequently lost a reputed £10 million.<ref name="10million">Neil Tweedie. ''[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/12/21/ntrin21.xml No, seriously . . . does my cheque look big in this?]'' &ndash; telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved March 8, 2007.</ref> It was during their time running the internet business that they had a serious argument that almost ended their friendship.<ref name="plasticsurgery">Sinead McIntyre. ''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=412181&in_page_id=1773 Susannah's shock at husband's plastic surgery suggestion]'' &ndash; dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved June 25, 2007.</ref> 

Constantine made her television debut when Granada Sky Broadcasting signed her and Woodall to present a daytime shopping show called ''Ready to Wear'', and they soon released their first fashion advice book, ''Ready 2 Dress'' in 2000.<ref name="Swells"/> The book was unsuccessful and resulted in the pulping of 13,000 copies.<ref name="BookDeal"> Nigel Reynolds. ''[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=VYHPUF0QJIOX3QFIQMGSFFWAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2002/12/18/ntrin18.xml Fashion 'makeover queens' land £1m book deal]'' &ndash; guardian.co.uk. Retrieved March 17, 2007.</ref> Soon after the start of their television career, they secured a frequent makeover slot on the show ''Richard & Judy''. It ensured that they had further exposure in television and gained attention from Jane Root, controller of BBC Two, who took a risk and signed them up after their book and their internet business had been unmitigated disasters.<ref name="Swells" />

==Television==
===2001&mdash;2003===
Constantine began co-hosting ''What Not to Wear'' with Trinny Woodall in 2001, which required using her fashion advice and expertise in order to reform participants' appearances and fashion style. Constantine and Woodall hosted ''What Not to Wear'' until 2005 where they instantly became renowned for their tactile behaviour with the participants, direct advice,<ref name="skewer"> Sarah Lyall. ''[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6DE103BF93BA35751C1A9649C8B63 They Skewer Your Wardrobe In Public]'' &ndash; nytimes.com. Retrieved Vogue'' magazine gives a shit. They work with the designers, it's more creative and artistic — they are creating something beautiful. But they don't care about how their readers end up looking — whereas we do!"<ref name="God‘sgift"/> The show made Constantine and Woodall household names and are now known together as 230px|thumb|right|Constantine (right) and Woodall on ''What Not to Wear''.

Constantine has the belief that "anyone can achieve style. It doesn't matter who you are or where you're from."<ref name="mia"/> She also says that she finds dressing other women easy, but finds it difficult when dressing herself.<ref name="deceivingappearances">Catherine Deveney ''[http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/spectrum.cfm?id=1414982004 Deceiving appearances]'' &ndash; scotsman.com. Retrieved June 1, 2007.</ref> Constantine and Woodall share the belief that dressing to flatter body shape is vital, stating "For us, it’s all about shape, and how that is going to cure a bodily defect. We’re like clothing doctors."<ref name="therapists"/>

During her time co-hosting ''What Not to Wear'' for five series, she and Woodall gained recognition for their work on the show, winning a Royal Television Society Award in 2002 for being the best factual presenters.<ref>''[http://www.rts.org.uk/awards_det.asp?id=1457&sec_id=336 Royal Television Society]'' &ndash; rts.org.uk. Retrieved BAFTAS in both 2002 and 2003.<ref>''[http://www.bafta.org/site/webdav/site/myjahiasite/shared/import/TV_and_Craft_Winners_2000-present.pdf British Academy Film Awards - Nominations and Winners 2000 to present]'' &ndash; bafta.org. Retrieved March 25, 2007.</ref> On the show ''Big Impression'', impressionist Ronni Ancona took to spoofing Constantine's presenting techniques on ''What Not to Wear'',<ref name="10million" /><ref>Ann Barlow. ''[http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/showbiz/article-2570234-details/McGowan%27s+latest+makeover/article.do McGowan's latest makeover]'' &ndash; thisislondon.co.uk. Retrieved August 30, 2007.</ref> just one of the shows on which Constantine's character has been spoofed.

For charity, in 2002 during the BBC's ''Madonna's hit single "Vogue" with a group of celebrity backing singers.<ref>Press Release. ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2002/10_october/24/cin2002.shtml The Big Night on BBC Television]'' &ndash; bbc.co.uk. Retrieved August 18, 2007.</ref> They became the faces of Nescafé in 2003 in which they were featured in television advertisements promoting the brand of coffee. As part of their contract, Constantine and Woodall gave a Nescafé competition winner a £10,000 makeover.<ref>Peter York. ''[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4159/is_20060409/ai_n16185407 NESCAF: Trinny and Susannah take us al for mugs]'' &ndash; independent.co.uk. Retrieved from findarticles.com July 25, 2007.</ref>

===2004&mdash;2005===
Following a ratings success, ''What Not to Wear'' was promoted from American continent.

Constantine appeared again on ''Children in Need'' in 2004, which included a special segment with her giving the fictional ''EastEnders'' characters Little Mo and Mo Harris a makeover à la ''What Not to Wear'', commenting on them with her usual "no nonsense" approach.<ref>Press Release. ''[http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2004/11_november/09/cin.shtml Children In Need 2004]'' &ndash; bbc.co.uk. Retrieved February 16, 2007.</ref> In 2005, Constantine voiced a robot version of herself in the science fiction series, ''Doctor Who''. In the episode "Bad Wolf", Trine-e and Zu-Zana were two robots acting out a deadly futuristic version of ''What not to Wear'', offering a makeover to Jack Harkness in a most gruesome form.<ref>Derek Robbins. ''[http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2001320029-2006170431,00.html Dr Who is TV medicine]'' &ndash; thesun.co.uk. Retrieved August 18, 2007.</ref> 

''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' has also seen Constantine and Woodall appearing regularly as a makeover and style experts, where they gave fashion advice and guidelines on how to better overall appearances and giving numerous American women fashion makeovers.<ref>''[http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200405/tows_past_20040518.jhtml ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'', What Not to Wear this summer]'' &ndash; oprah.com. Retrieved February 13, 2007.</ref><ref>''[http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200402/tows_past_20040210.jhtml ''The Oprah Winfrey Show'' - What Not to Wear]'' &ndash; oprah.com. Retrieved August 31, 2007.</ref> They also did an "Oprah bra and swimsuit intervention".<ref>''[http://www.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200505/tows_past_20050520.jhtml Oprah's Bra and Swimsuit Intervention]'' &ndash; oprah.com. Retrieved October 13, 2007.</ref> Reflecting on differences between women's style in the UK and America, she stated that although there is not much difference "The Americans are slightly less adventurous," and that "American women are more open to change and slightly more receptive victims."<ref name="exclusive"/>

===2006&mdash;present===
In 2006, Constantine and Woodall moved from the BBC to 200px|left|thumb|Constantine (right) and Woodall on ''Trinny & Susannah Undress''. Constantine found it warming that people could open up to them as confidantes, and also said "It's been fascinating to see how looking good and having faith in your appearance makes you into a sexier person, which makes you attractive to your partner again."<ref name="bare"/> Constantine stated in an interview that filming the show was very emotionally draining, and as a result, she often went home crying.<ref name="therapists"/> The programme did not come without its critics who questioned the depth at which Constantine and Woodall could deal with serious issues raised during the programme.<ref name="therapists"/> On The Today Show'' on which they performed makeovers on three women especially for the show.<ref>''[http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&fg=rss&vid=5dea75b0-f096-437f-8eb8-fe297eb3a45d&from=05 The Today Show]'' &ndash; video.msn.com. Retrieved November 4 2007.</ref>

The new series on ITV sees a change in format and confronts the main fashion issues in Britain<ref>Editors at Merry Media. ''[http://www.merrymedia.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3081&Itemid=196 ITV1 Undress the Nation]'' &ndash; merrymedia.co.uk. Retrieved August 5, 2007.</ref> which included Constantine being transformed into a seventy-year-old when exploring the theme of age.<ref>''[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/showbiz/showbiznews.html?in_article_id=499087&in_page_id=1773 Susannah undressed: TV host ages 25 years and strips to reveal the startling results]'' &mdash; dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved December 28 2007.</ref> She stated that it took her four days to get over the sight of herself aged so drastically, and compared the feeling to having an "electric shock".<ref name="God‘sgift"/> Broadcasting was scheduled for November 7 2007 and the programme is newly entitled ''Trinny & Susannah Undress The Nation''. On November 5 and December 28 2007 Constantine and Woodall appeared on ''Good Morning America'' and performed makeovers on three women for the show and gave style advice according to the women's shapes.<ref>''[http://abcnews.go.com/Video/playerIndex?id=3820223 Good Morning America]'' &ndash; abcnews.go.com. Retrieved November 6 2007.</ref> They also reported on the fashion at the 80th Academy Awards especially for the show in 2008.<ref>''[http://www.metro.co.uk/fame/article.html?in_article_id=103739&in_page_id=7&in_a_source= Trinny and Susannah hunt for disasters]'' &ndash; metro.co.uk. Retrieved February 24 2008.</ref> Constantine and Woodall have dressed over 5,000 women as of 2007.<ref>Editors at MSN. ''[http://style.uk.msn.com/fashionandbeauty/celebritychic/article.aspx?cp-documentid=6240055 Trinny and Susannah reveal all]'' &ndash; style.uk.msn.com. Retrieved October 6, 2007.</ref> With reference to their personal website, they state that their satisfaction remains with the many women they have helped and inspired and not so much with the success with book sales and viewing figures.

In 2003, when Constantine and Woodall were interviewed for the first time on ''Parkinson'',  actress Meg Ryan had a controversial interview with Michael Parkinson, which resulted in negative publicity for Ryan. Parkinson said that he felt Ryan's behaviour to his fellow guests Constantine and Woodall, whom she turned her back on, was "unforgivable".<ref>Stephen McGinty. ''[http://business.scotsman.com/topics.cfm?tid=598&id=521652006 Parky was a 'nut', says Meg Ryan]'' &ndash; scotsman.com. Retrieved January 26, 2007.</ref>

==Beyond television work==
To coincide with Constantine's move from the BBC to ITV1 in 2006, she co-launched an underwear range with Woodall called "Trinny and Susannah Magic Pants" which are made of The Sun'' with Woodall.

An announcement was made that Constantine and Woodall were doing a tour to New Zealand and Australia where they made a series of public appearances at shopping malls owned by the Westfield Group to perform live styling sessions for the company's customers.<ref name="reality">Ellen Connolly. ''[http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22929635-5012974,00.html British reality show comes to Australia]'' &mdash; news.com.au. Retrieved December 26 2007.</ref><ref name="nz">''[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK0802/S00086.htm Westfield Brings Trinny & Susannah To NZ]'' &ndash; scoop.co.nz. Retrieved 18 February 2008.</ref><ref>Ellen Connolly. ''[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,22928857-2,00.html?from=mostpop Television's fashion police head Down Under]'' &mdash; news.com.au. Retrieved December 28 2007.</ref> Their appearances often attracted thousands of spectators.<ref>''[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/1607790 Fashion queens impress at Akld mall]'' &mdash; tvnz.co.nz. Retrieved February 29 2008.</ref><ref>Alderman, Kellie. "[http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,23341657-5012980,00.html Fashionistas' magic makeovers]". ''Courier Mail'', 8 March 2008. Retrieved 8 March 2008.</ref> Before the tour, Constantine said "We don't know how New Zealanders dress but we are looking forward to getting over there and finding out."<ref name="">Cathrin Schaer. ''[http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=182&objectid=10493332 Mistresses of the makeover]'' &mdash; nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved February 29 2008.</ref>