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• Susan in OK Magazine
  "I'm Now Living A Life - Not Just Watching It Go By"
  
  The article is two pages, but because of copyright restrictions, we're not allowed to post the entire article. This is a scan of the digital edition of the first page and some, but not all, from page two.

  

  
  
  

  

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

  
  

  Way back then: Below is an news item done in 2009 

  
  

  Susan Boyle's Glammed Up Photo Shoot

  By Mary Beth Quirk

  August 5, 2009 - 5:50 pm

  
  

  SuBo, we hardly knew ye!
  
  Susan Boyle, YouTube phenomenon after appearing onBritain's Got Talent, might have started out frumpy, but this singer is turning into a Scottish swan, as seen on the pages of September'sHarper's Bazaar.

  Susan has had to take some time to get used to the worldwide attention she's receiving now.

  "As a kid, I was in my own wee world when I listened to records in my bedroom," she reveals in the magazine. "I didn't mix with other kids much. I was frightened of people because of their reactions toward me."

  "It's complicated," she adds. "But the best way I could express myself was in the bedroom, singing along and imagining I was entertaining people."

  After she blew audiences away on BGT, word traveled fast about the then gray-haired phenom, something Susan is quite humble about.

  "YouTube? What's that? A tube of candy? I don't think so!" she laughs. "That was a shock. The YouTube thing was like a demolition ball. It was just overwhelming-to find TV stations camped outside your door and the phone ringing 24 hours a day. It was good. But overwhelming. It was too big for anyone to handle."

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