New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

Dame in distress ‘IT WAS SO HUMILIATING!’

For the past five months, Dame Susan Devoy has had time to reflect after once again walking away from Treasure Island empty-handed. So, when the 59-year-old chats with the Weekly ahead of the Fans v Faves finale, she is at peace.

Though she has replayed that final day in her head many times, analysing everything she could have done differently, each time she comes back to the fact that she can’t conquer her fear of the water in one day.

“You only get one chance, but if I

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