In the Media

Gorgeous Getaways In The News

Since Gorgeous Getaways launched in 2004, we've been featured in magazines, television, the media, and newspapers. View some of our featured stories below.

2011 Media Articles

July	Fantasy Island Today Tonight

2010 Media Articles

November

Nip tuck saves $70,000
nzherald.co.nz

July

I lost 102kg!
Women's Day, NZ

June

Nip and Tuck for Teens
Herald Sun

Medical Tourism Surges Ahead
Sunday Canberra Times

Louise Cogan interviewed about rise of Medical Tourism
The 7PM Project, Australia

"18-year-old Ambah Young has cosmetic surgery to feel young again"
News.com.au

March

"Is this NZ's own Heidi Montag?"
Breakfast Show, NZ

2009 Media Articles

January	Our Suddenly Single Extreme Makeovers NZ Women's Weekly
March	"From 'Blubber Bum' to Babe!" Bella, UK
April	"My Husband Made Fun Of My Body - So I Made Him Buy Me a New One" Best, UK
November	"My Skin Was Too Big For My Body" NZ Woman's Weekly

2008 Media Articles

January	"New Holiday Craze On Cutting Edge" The Maitland Mercury, Australia
February	"Plastic Surgery Mums" A Current Affair, Australia "Surgery Holidays On The Rise" The Daily Post, New Zealand GG Interviewed on 2GB segment "Drive with Phillip Clark" Australia "Sun, Sea, Sand and Surgery" and "Survey of Kim's Age" Derbyshire Evening Telegraph "Trip Cosmetic Success" Cairns Post, Australia Radio NZ - Louise Cogan interviewed on increasing popularity of surgery holidays "Yummy Mummies" - Interview with Louise Cogan and Sandy Rogers-Ward Channel 9, Australia "Nurse's delight at £8,000 Cosmetic Surgery Holiday" Lancashire Telegraph Channel 10 National News – Australia Featuring Gorgeous Getaways case study - Veronica
March	"I Want To Be Cut In Half" Love it!, UK "Under The Knife" & "Another Happy Customer" Gold Coast Bulletin "Moms Nip In For a Baby And a Tuck" Herald Sun
April	"My Malaysian Makeover - Triathlete Lynette Warn Combined Her Facelift With a 10-day Holiday, And Saved Thousands" New Idea NZ
May	"The Price Of Love" Take 5 "Who's Really Having The Mummy Tuck?" Woman Mag UK "Bargain Hunters Drive Nip-Tuck Tourism Boom" Herald Sun Melbourne "We're Saving Thousands" Herald Sun
June	"Cosmetic Cuts On The Run" Escape Sun Telegraph
August	"No Surgery, No Wedding" UK Cosmo
September	“Helena McAlpine – A Tummy Tuck changed my life” Womans Day NZ
October	Brazilian or Malaysian Style nip'n'tuck? Sydney Morning Herald, Page 3 Brazilian or Malaysian Style nip'n'tuck? Sydney Morning Herald, Page 2 Brazilian or Malaysian Style nip'n'tuck? Sydney Morning Herald, Page 1

2007 Media Articles

March

"Happy to Shape up/Holiday For a Body Lift"
Herald Sun

"Under The Knife"
Gold Coast Bulletin

"Makeover Holidays" "Extra" - Channel 9 Australia
Read about the segment here.
Australia

Featuring 2 Gorgeous Getaways Case studies – Tennielle and Liz.

Channel 10 National News

July

"I Lost 30 Stone And Found The Man Of My Dreams"
Sunday Magazine, UK
July 2007

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"Long Distance Lover"
Pick Me Up, UK

2006 Media Articles

January	"I had an Apron of Fat - now I have a Taut Tummy!" Take it Easy (UK)
May	Documentary: "Operation Vacation" Sunday (New Zealand) 28 May 2006 Read about the segment here "Postcards from the knife edge" Telegraph UK Read the hard copy version here Read the online version here
June	"Sun, Surf and Scalpels" Medical Observer 30 June 2006 Medical Observe
July	"Dear Diary, Today I Got New Breasts" Womans Weekly NZ
August	Segment: Medical Tourism "The Great Outdoors" Channel 7 (Australia) 14 August, 2006 Read about the segment here
September	"Plastic Surgery Saved my life" Mirror (UK) "Tropical Change" Sunday Telegraph Magazine (Australia) "My Liposuction Vacation " New Zealand Woman's Weekly "Postcards from the knife's edge" Australian Women's Weekly - Special Report "Saving face" NZ Herald
November	"Youth Regained: Christine Fiori before and after her surgery in Kuala Lumpur" NZ Herald

2005 Media Articles

March	The Plastic Surgery Holiday Package Cleo Australia March 2005
April	I got new boobs on my Honeymoon! Cosmopolitan UK Channel Five's Cosmetic Surgery Live (UK) Fronted by Vanessa Feltz and Danniella Westbrook
May	"My boobs went up two cup sizes on my honeymoon" News of the World (UK)
June	Entertainment Tonight / The Insider Aired in the USA 14th June 2005 Read extract here: http://insider.tv.yahoo.com/celeb/2499/
July	Holidays Under a Scalpel The Herald on Sunday (New Zealand)
August	Sun, Sand and Face Jobs The Guardian (UK) Facelifts in Delhi, tummy tucks in Cape Town: UK's cosmetic tourists go worldwide The Independent (UK)
September	"My hubby left me for a younger woman. So I spent 4,000 on a brand new body" Take it Easy (UK) 11 September 2005
October	Sydney Morning Herald (Australia)
November	"Nip-Away Holidays" Sunday Star Times (New Zealand)
December	Set for Life: Healthy travels --- A round of golf, a stint in a hospital; medical tourists hit the road The Wall Street Journal Asia