Paige Hemmis

Hemmis, born as Paige Huff in Wisconsin, moved to California as a child. She attended St. John Eudes School and Chaminade College Preparatory in Southern California and is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Barbara where she received a B.A. in 1994 in Psychology and Theology.

Hemmis appeared on an episode of Monster House prior to appearing on Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.{{cite web |url=http://www.hallmarkchannel.com/home-and-family/the-experts/paige-hemmis |title=Paige Hemmis: Family Member |publisher=Hallmark Channel |accessdate=April 8, 2015}} She was a part of the show's crew for its entire run from 2003 to 2012.

In 2009, Hemmis appeared on the competition reality show The Superstars in which she and partner Bode Miller took second place.{{cite web |url=http://www.theskichannel.com/news/20090804/abcs-superstars-won-by-skier-kristi-leskinen-and-dancer-maksim-chmerkoskiy/ |title=ABC'S Superstars Won by Skier Kristi Leskinen and Dancer Maksim Chmerkoskiy |last=Bellamy |first=Steve |date=August 4, 2009 |website=theskichannel.com |publisher=The Ski Channel |accessdate=April 8, 2015}}

Prior to her television career, Hemmis was known for her interview after the Tupac shooting in Vegas in September 1996. She was never interviewed again nor asked to provide that footage to this very day. Afterwards, Hemmis founded successful real estate and wedding planning businesses.{{cite web |url=http://site.abc.go.com/primetime/thesuperstars/?pn=about#Miller |title=The Superstars Teams |website=abc.go.com |accessdate=December 5, 2014}}

Through her construction background, Paige found a void in the marketplace when it came to women's tools and products and founded Tuff Chix, Inc. She released her first book, The Tuff Chix Guide to Easy Home Improvement, in December 2006.{{cite news |date=December 23, 2006 |title=Briefs: Paige Hemmis Offers Home Improvement Book |url=https://www.questia.com/read/1P2-11267395 |newspaper=Pittsburgh Tribune-Review |location=Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania}}{{dead link|date=July 2021}}

She is also involved with Habitat for Humanity and the Starkey Hearing Foundation.{{cite web |url=http://www.cbn.com/entertainment/screen/extreme-makeover-paige-hemmis-faith-goodwyn.aspx |title=Extreme Makeover: Home Edition's Paige Hemmis on Faith and Helping Others |last=Goodwyn |first=Hannah |website=cbn.com |accessdate=December 5, 2014}}

Hemmis suffered from severe depression, for which she sought treatment in 2004.{{cite journal |last1=Chi |first1=Paul |last2=Hamm |first2=Liza |date=September 21, 2009 |title=My Depression Nightmare |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20306391,00.html |journal=People |publisher=Time Inc. |volume=72 |issue=12 |pages=147–8 |accessdate=December 5, 2014}} Both her mother and grandmother also suffered from depression.{{cite web |url=http://www.health.com/health/condition-article/0,,20276152,00.html |title=Depression Treatment Makeover: Hemmis Edition |last=Hemmis |first=Paige |website=health.com |accessdate=December 5, 2014}} Hemmis was honored by the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance with the 2009 Rebecca Lynn Cutler Legacy of Life Award and has served as DBSA's celebrity spokesperson.{{cite news |date=February 4, 2010 |title=Mood disorders focus for patient-directed DBSA |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-12DA8B2AB7758668.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924171846/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1N1-12DA8B2AB7758668.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2015 |newspaper=Lake Villa Review |location=Lake Villa, Illinois |accessdate=April 8, 2015 |via=HighBeam Research }}

Hemmis was previously married to Russ Hemmis which ended in divorce in 2005. She married Jason Short, a singer in the pop-opera group ARIA, in a prime-time television special on Hallmark Channel which aired on June 22, 2015.{{cite news |last=Cooper |first=Matt |date=June 21, 2015 |title=Monday's TV highlights: Christopher Lee tribute and more |url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-monday-s-tv-highlights-christopher-lee-tribute-and-more-20150619-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |location=Los Angeles, California |accessdate=June 24, 2015}}{{cite journal |date=March 17, 2015 |title=Hallmark Channel to Air 'Home & Family' Wedding Special in Primetime (Exclusive) |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hallmark-channel-air-home-family-782682 |journal=The Hollywood Reporter |location=Los Angeles, California |accessdate=June 24, 2015}}

• Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (2004–2012)
• The Superstars (2009)

• {{cite book |last=Hemmis |first=Paige |date=2006 |title=The Tuff Chix Guide to Easy Home Improvement |location=City of Westminster, England |publisher=Penguin Group |isbn=9780452287617 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/tuffchixguidetoe00hemm }}

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• {{Official website|http://www.paigehemmis.com}}
• [http://www.govivaspeakers.com/speaker/paige-hemmis/ Goviva Speakers biography]
• [http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/paige-hemmis/bio/196929 TV Guide biography]

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Category:1972 births

Category:American entertainment industry businesspeople

Category:Television personalities from Los Angeles

Category:American women television personalities

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Category:People from Chatsworth, Los Angeles

Category:University of California, Santa Barbara alumni

Category:Chaminade College Preparatory School (California) alumni