{{Short description|New Zealand interior and fashion designer}} '''Sally Ridge''' is a New Zealand interior designer, television personality and socialite from Auckland. She is currently working as a real estate agent in Auckland city.{{cn|date=April 2025}}
==Career== Ridge has been a television presenter on several shows dealing with interior decorating, including the TVNZ television series, ''Home Front''<ref name="TVNZ_434560">{{cite news |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/413551/434560 |title=Sally Ridge |work=Television New Zealand |accessdate=7 November 2011}}</ref> and ''Changing Rooms''. She was also one of the celebrities, on the 2001 New Zealand series of ''Celebrity Treasure Island''. Along with Anita Simpson, she ran 24 Simpson Ridge, an interior design company. <ref>[http://www.thekingsland.co.nz/contact.html 24 Simpson Ridge]</ref> She formed clothing company James & August Ltd. in 2004. This failed, and went into liquidation in May 2010. The liquidation report filed with the Companies Office stated that the company owed $1 million.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10656422 | work=The New Zealand Herald | title=Tough times for Sally Ridge - National - NZ Herald News | date=4 July 2010}}</ref>
Ridge has worked as a painter<ref>[http://www.thread.co.nz/print.php?sid=372&PHPSESSID=9aad1e7c1f8b317fded1c7e6261e1d40 Sally Ridge - Painting]</ref> and fashion designer, having created some fashion items with Verge New Generation. <ref>[http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/CU0410/S00140.htm Scoop - Air New Zealand Fashion Week 2004 Begins]</ref> In 2011, Ridge was writing a weekly crafts column for a woman's magazine, and making appearances at various events.
In May 2011, Ridge took part in a fashion show in Christchurch, also featuring model Nicky Watson, to raise money for the earthquake relief as part of the successful Rise Up Christchurch Telethon on Māori Television.<ref>Nikki Phillips Blog - https://modelnikkiphillips.blogspot.com/</ref>
In September 2012, Ridge along with her eldest daughter Jaime, appeared in reality TV show ''The Ridges'' on TV3.<ref>TV3 - http://www.tv3.co.nz/Shows/TheRidges/About.aspx</ref>
In February 2020, it was announced that Sally Ridge had split from Rich Lister Glenn Cotterill and is now focusing on her real estate career. She works for Bayleys Auckland central.{{citation needed|date=January 2023}}
==Personal life== {{BLP unreferenced section|date=January 2023}} Ridge married former All Black and rugby league captain Matthew Ridge. Together they had two children, a daughter, Jaime Ridge, and son, Boston, before they broke up in 2001.
In 2003, Ridge started a relationship with ex-international cricketer Adam Parore.
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