Patricia Anglaia Margareth Paaij (born April 7, 1949), best known as
Patricia Paay, is a
Dutch singer,
radio host,
glamour model
and television personality. In the Netherlands, she is well known for
her musical career, which spans over four decades. She is also regularly
featured on Dutch television and in Dutch tabloid media.
Patricia Paay was born and grew up in
Rotterdam, though one of her grandfathers was
Greek. She and her sister attended secondary school in
Schiedam
(now for many purposes subsumed within Rotterdam), but Patricia did not
complete her schooling because much of her time was given over to
singing with her father's band.
She met
Adam Curry and retired from music in the Netherlands in the mid-1980s to set up home with Adam in the
U.S. and help develop his career. She now lives in the
UK. Their daughter
Christina Curry lives in the
Netherlands
with her girlfriend whilst her ex-husband Adam now resides in Austin,
Texas. Paay sang many of the popular music remixes under the
Stars on 45 brand name and was a member of the spin-off act
Star Sisters, alongside sister
Yvonne Keeley.
On 20 May 2009, the Dutch weekly gossip magazine Story published an
interview with Patricia Paay saying that she will divorce after 20 years
of marriage.She was married to
Adam Curry.
Paay's best-known English-language song in the Netherlands may be her 1977 cover of "
Everlasting Love", the song written by
Buzz Cason and
Mac Gayden which has been a hit for numerous other artists worldwide. It appeared on her album
The Lady Is a Champ.
In 2008 Paay participated as a judge on Holland's
Got Talent. It currently airs on
SBS 6 hosted by Gerard Joling. Co-Judging with Paay is
Henkjan Smits (who in the past also judged
Idols and
X Factor) and
Robert Ronday (manager of
Circus Herman Renz).
In 2010 she was the main guest in an episode of the television show
Gehaktdag.
In 1984, Paay was the first glamour model in the Dutch edition of
Playboy.
In November 2009, it was reported that Paay would pose for the December
2009 issue of the Dutch version of the magazine at age 60. It will be
the third time she has posed for
Playboy.