She put her heart on the line appearing on the Australian series of The Bachelor and now Natalie Sady is putting her soul on it.
Natalie appeared on The Bachelor Australia way back in 2013 in a bid to win the heart of chiropractor Tim Robards, who was four years her junior.
While she was eliminated in the ninth episode, Natalie remained a beloved contestant among fans of the show.
Now Natalie is determined to make new fans and more than a few enemies in her latest gig as a journalist.
‘I was a broken woman’ Former The Bachelor contestant Natalie Sady shares her experience as a victim on domestic abuse in a candid blog post
‘I have always chased my dreams — a legacy of my upbringing. As careers can be difficult, persistence has always paid,’ she told Daily Mail Australia this week from her home in the United States.
Natalie moved to Los Angeles in 2017 and quickly found her feet in a city not short of dreamers.
Today, when not doing the odd modelling gig, she is working as a journalist, filing reports back to Australia from the COVID-plagued country.
‘In a year of dramatic change, Covid shook the world in 2020. But a new opportunity arose,’ she said.
Over the past year, Natalie has interviewed everyone from Liberal MP Craig Kelly, and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco to Emmy Award winning Producer Del Bigtree and photographer Jordan Matter.
It’s a long way from her roots as a child model who was signed up with Chadwick Models at the tender age of 13.
By then, she had already been a veteran in the game after getting her first modelling gig at age five.
The Bachelor Australia: Natalie appeared on show last year in a bid to win the heart of chiropractor Tim Robards
Since appearing on The Batchelor in its very first series, Natalie has forged ahead with a career in journalism.
‘I found my way to becoming a TV host and was thrown in the deep end. My first job was to co-host Moonee Valley Racecourse Television for the 2008/2009 Night Racing Season with Ralph Horowitz,’ she said.
‘I had a lot to learn. After completing the season, more opportunities presented themselves.’
It was after her stint on The Batchelor that Natalie was exposed to the gritty world of online bullying.
‘I found myself being trolled and this led to my ambassadorship for Bully Zero Australia, speaking at schools and workplaces around the destructiveness of bullying,’ she said.
By 2014, Natalie claimed she had been a ‘broken woman’ after revealing she had escaped an abusive relationship.
Initially beginning with some pushing and shoving, the relationship became more serious and deadly.
‘It was an incredibly scary and violent night, where I was knocked unconscious,’ Natalie recounted of the first time the man hit her.
After hiding in the bathroom for the rest of the night, Natalie turned up to her modelling job sporting a series of bruises and scars.
She asked the makeup artist to cover up the bruises in the shape of hands that were imprinted into her arms.
Speaking out: Natalie Sady, who placed sixth on the 2013 series of The Batchelor, is forging a career in journalism after spending much of her life in the fashion industry
Natalie has moved to Los Angeles, which has been gripped in the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year now
Natalie Sady has made a new home in the United States and is enjoying her new career as a journalist
A few days later, she attempted suicide by taking an overdose.
‘There were no threats, no calls and no note, I just needed a way out and that was the only option I felt I had,’ she told women’s website Mamamia at the time.
In 2017, Natalie made the decision to pack her bags and leave Australia to chase her passion for journalism.
She initially began modelling for dance-wear brand Cleo The Hurricane before appearing in commercials for BigHorn and hosting her own talk show ‘Sady Says’ for Evertalk TV – America’s first live video streaming talk show platform.
As COVID-19 gripped the planet, her reports from tinsel town regularly appeared on The Informer – an online news and current affairs broadcaster hosted by television veteran George Donekian.
In August, during Melbourne’s stage four lockdown, Donekian made national news at the chair as he pleaded with the prime minister to take control of Victoria from Premier Daniel Andrews.
Natalie continues to file regular reports from the online program, where she has been delving into the controversial mission to vaccinate the planet’s inhabitants.
Natalie Sady’s career began when she was just five years of age. Since then she has worked as a model, reality television star, public speaker, host and journalist
Natalie Sady (left) in 2008 with former Miss Universe Jennifer Hawkins (centre). Natalie is working hard to break news in COVID-19 plagued Los Angeles
Natalie Sady continues to file regular news reports from the United States after the former model pursued a career in journalism
George Hazim – executive producer at The Informer – said Sady had been ‘ferocious’ on covering the issues around vaccines and their efficacy and safety.
‘She has interviewed world leading global medical experts Dr Pierre Kory and consultant to the WHO, Dr Tess Lawrie,’ he said.
‘Sady has shown by her ferocious attitude to chase a story and get to the right people for interview, she has a blossoming career as a journalist.’