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Tziporah Malkah’s surprising new job revealed

It’s been a difficult few years for the former Kate Fischer – but now she’s back on her feet with a job a world away from her 90s modelling days.

From Kate Fischer to Tziporah Malkah: Former model's colourful outbursts

It’s been a rocky few years for Tziporah Malkah, with the former 90s glamour girl – then known as Kate Fischer – weathering dramatic breakups, social media breakdowns and brushes with the law.

But Malkah appears to have turned her life around, with a new job in an industry far removed from her former life as a model and actress.

Malkah was spotted last week working as a traffic controller on a Sydney construction site, clad in a hard hat and hi vis jacket.

Malkah says she loves the new job. Picture: Diimex
Malkah says she loves the new job. Picture: Diimex
‘I am helping to build Australia.’ Picture: Diimex
‘I am helping to build Australia.’ Picture: Diimex

In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, Malkah – who was engaged to billionaire James Packer for two years in the late 90s – said she was enjoying the down-to-earth new role.

“I am helping to build Australia. I am back on my feet. I am growing up and I love it,” she told the Telegraph.

A far cry from her 90s modelling days – but Malkah says she’s in a much better place now. Picture: Diimex
A far cry from her 90s modelling days – but Malkah says she’s in a much better place now. Picture: Diimex

She also described her very public troubles in recent times – including encounters with police many worrying outbursts on social media – as a “tantrum that was in the making for the past 20 years.”

Malkah has been a regular fixture in tabloid mags since re-emerging in the public eye several years ago. Picture: Diimex
Malkah has been a regular fixture in tabloid mags since re-emerging in the public eye several years ago. Picture: Diimex

Since re-emerging after years out of the public eye back in 2016, Malkah has been a regular fixture in tabloid mags and on TV shows such as I’m A Celebrity … Get Me Out Of Here! and A Current Affair, where she unveiled the results of a weight loss regime last year.

When she appeared on I’m A Celeb in 2017, her first high-profile TV appearance in more than a decade, she had weighed more than 120kg and said she was in “bad shape, mentally and physically”.

In the 90s, back when she went by Kate Fischer.
In the 90s, back when she went by Kate Fischer.
Malkah appeared on I’m A Celeb in 2017.
Malkah appeared on I’m A Celeb in 2017.

Since then, she’s lost more than 50kg.

“I’m down 10 dress sizes — from 24 to 14. This is the lightest I’ve been since I was 35 — more than a decade,” she told New Idea last year, revealing she had transformed her body with the help of a hypnotist and a personal trainer.

Tziporah also revealed last year that she’s planning on becoming a mother — even if she has to do it by herself.

Malkah revealing her recent weight loss on A Current Affair last year.
Malkah revealing her recent weight loss on A Current Affair last year.

“If I haven’t met someone I want to have kids with by the time I am 50, I’m just going to do it myself,” she told 9Honey.

“My mother (politician Pru Goward) tried to encourage me to freeze my eggs when I was in my thirties but it’s a very invasive process. It’s not as easy as people think it is.

“So I’m still waiting for the right baby daddy but it’s taking a long time, so I might do it myself.”

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