BESSIE BARDOT

Blending sass with style and skill, Bessie Bardot is an accomplished national TV & Radio presenter, former model, business consultant, journalist and best selling award winning author.

Bessie's first book Casting Couch Confidential was a fly-on-the-wall look at the modelling world, "The good, and the bad and ugly business of the beautiful people". Her second book Bessie's Body Secrets: the busy girls guide to weight loss and wellbeing was released in 2004 and hit the best seller list. Her most recent book Bessie's Guide for Girls Who Want More from Life is about understanding the power of the mind to build, organize and manage your life and teaches women to face new challenges with self confidence and style. It also covers building a personal or company brand.

Nominated in the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Twice in the Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year Award Bessie is much sought after for a wide range of corporate & charity gigs. Her recent events include MC Tour de Force concerts in Iraq & The Middle East for the Department of Defence, MC Woman's Day "Different Times, Different Women" research event & Guest Speaker at CPA conference. She is a sought after chairperson as well for conferences in government, marketing, telecommunications, administration and beauty industries.

Whether it's serious, sexy or just for fun, Bessie is a confident, vivacious and captivating speaker & MC who adds gusto to any event.

Corporate quotes include:

“Bessie Bardot was fabulous as a chairperson. Her wit and humour really carried the summit along smoothly and she got the most out of the presenters” Tracey Stevens, RACV

“Bessie Bardot was a superb chairperson! Great personality and very approachable, she kept me there despite my plans to leave after lunch”Pamela DeWitt, Ernst & Young

“I thought the summit was very informative and interesting to hear from other PAs and getting their advice. Bessie Bardot was fantastic!” Juliet Swiss, Westfield

“I very much enjoyed the variety and content of the presenters, enhanced by the stylish & entertaining role performed by Bessie, with panache”  Gina Bravada, AMP

“I recently attended the ATA conference in the Gold Coast that was chaired by Bessie Bardot. I just wanted to say "well done!". For what must have been an extremely boring topic, I found her to be engaging, energetic throughout and her questions and input were insightful” Luke Jecks Cellarmasters

“Bessie, I have had excellent feed-back from the day and all the women present were enthralled with your story and loved your spontaneity and sense of humour” Patsy Rowe Secret Women's Guide to Life Luncheon

“Bessie is thorough in her research, quick on her feet and can read an audience. She's entertaining and looks amazing” Max Markson Markson Sparks!

“Bessie Bardot has chaired all three of the Corporate PA Summits in 2005 and booked for all three in 2006; Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, each attended by around 100 very senior Executive Assistants from Australia's largest corporations.

Bessie is an extremely professional chairperson, with an empathy and intelligence that allows her to control events and create a flow that appears seamless. Delegates at all three events responded very well to this, and Bessie was ranked 5/5 almost exclusively, with many additional comments congratulating her on doing such a good job.

Bessie has several qualities which make her a stand-out moderator; these include her ability to put nervous speakers at ease, her ability to ask probing and relevant questions, regardless of the topic and her ability to improvise and entertain if we, the organisers, need more time to set up the next speaker.

Using Bessie as a moderator at these events has elevated them to a level well above that of competitive events in the industry, providing us with great opportunities for 2006. We could not recommend her highly enough.

I'm so thrilled with her work that I have since booked her to chair the Generation Y Marketing Summit and the ATA (Telecommunications) national conference this year” James Matthews Think Tank Media, Corporate PA Summit, Generation Y Marketing Summit, ATA National Conference

“She dances with the crowd with such dignity and ease along with adding a little bit of spice!  Bessie is such a pleasure to be with. We were very impressed with the fabulous job she did. Bessie is a gracious woman who is not only gorgeous she is a consummate professional who can really work a crowd” Ursula Hartwig Humour Foundation

“Bessie was flawless as our MC and chairperson for two events. Her attention to detail was especially impressive, asking questions as if she had been in banking for years. I would have no hesitation in recommending Bessie Bardot for any future events where it involves Bessie speaking to large numbers of people or having to socialise with guests to create a good, positive atmosphere. Not only is Bessie approachable, she is also very professional and willing to listen and ask questions” James Done Commonwealth Bank

“Over the past three years I have worked with Bessie in various capacities from hosting to presenting and have always found her to be a consummate professional.These events were high profile including 'An Evening with President Clinton' and "George Bush Snr. Bessie did a great job and has received many requests her services since” Erin Keneally Morrissey Management, Reference for President Clinton luncheon

“Bessie appeals to any audience regardless of age and business status, she reads an audience unlike any other I have seen before. I consider Bessie a true professional and some one who can engage the audience with her intellect and charm. Bessie is also very easy to work with and to brief whilst adding her own personal touch to the speeches on the night” Pino Foti, NSW Events Manager, Starlight Children's Foundation

Reference from Keynote speech to LJ Hooker top earners;

“We were with Bessie's keynote address at our recent Captain's Club luncheon. As you may already be aware the Captain's of L J Hooker are the best of the best and represent the top 10% of Real Estate professionals in Australia.

We have been privileged to have featured some amazing key note speakers at conferences which have included Dawn Fraser, Rod McGeoch, Peter Fitzsimmons, Eric Rush, Peter Ritchie and many more business and sporting greats of our country. I am pleased to say that Bessie certainly rates with these outstanding speakers.

Bessie was extremely accessible and amiable over lunch before presenting and took a sincere interest in those that she met. Her presentation after lunch had fantastic content and was conveyed in a manner that was easy to understand and appreciate. We decided to choose Bessie as our keynote speaker as we wanted to use someone a "little different from the norm" and were certainly pleased that we did.

I would have absolutely no hesitation whatsoever in recommending Bessie's talents to anyone wanting to secure her as a key note speaker“ Josephine Cowling, President Captain's Club, LJ Hooker, Reference from Keynote speech to LJ Hooker top earners.

Caloundra City Council conference