A HUGE reality reality star has ditched fame for a very normal career.
Admitting that she has failed more times than she would have liked, starlet has gotten candid in a new video shared on .
Suzanne, 43, shot to fame on the hit ITV reality talent show in 2000 when she was thrust into new band .
At just 18 years of age, Suzanne became a huge star and went on to have a glowing career.
Appearing in on the stage, and on several TV shows, Suzanne even starred and competed in in 2008.
But Suzanne ended up making a massive career U-turn and ditching fame for a pretty normal career.
After her foray with fame, the Bury-born beauty now works as a motivational speaker.
In a recent video shared onto her Instagram account, suzanneshawofficial, which has over 7,000 followers, Suzanne got candid about failure.
“I have failed so many times in my life. In , in parenthood, in ,”; she said in the video.
She went on: “Sometimes I even look back at those failures and I feel really embarrassed.
“But what I do not allow it to do, is hold me back from my next set of aspirations.”;
In the caption, Suzanne wrote: “It’s time to normalise failure and to also flip the script! Everyone fails at some point in their life!!! And those who succeed most MORE!”;
She later added: “I’ve failed more times than I’d have liked – in many areas of my life.
“When I look back on those time I sometimes feel embarrassed or ashamed but then I quickly remind myself. Who cares!!!
“At least I gave it a go or prepared to fully embrace this crazy life!”;
Suzanne went on: “Every time I have a whopper of a failure I always think – well this will make for a great anecdote for a speaking gig or a character in my book!”;
Last year, Suzanne opened up about her motivational speaking career.
Speaking to New! Magazine, she said: “I help people get through sobriety and help them on theirwellnessjourney, so that’s what I do now as a job.”;
She also told the magazine that it had been four years since she last drank .
“It wasn’t healthy, and it wasn’t something that was going to benefit my life.
“I didn’t have an unhealthy relationship with alcohol, it just wasn’t for me,”; she said at the time.
Suzanne is a mother to two children.
The former pop star turned motivational speaker welcomed , Corey MacKenzie Shaw-Day in December 2004 with Darren Day.
Her second child was born in 2015 with fiancé Sam Greenfield.
In December 2015, the couple welcomed a boy named Rafferty.
