KIWI RADIO STAR 'I'M LIVING MY CHILDHOOD DREAM!'

Funnywoman Bec Sandys' turn on the mic has been years in the making

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On a warm Auckland summer's night in the '90s, Bec Sandys was just another girl dancing on Karangahape Rd when a group of drag queens pulled her aside. “You look just like Kylie!” they squealed.

Weeks later, she was shimmying across a stage in gold hot pants, belting out Spinning Around to a packed club. “One minute, I was out for a boogie - the next, I was being Kylie Minogue!” laughs the 49-year-old Ashburton-born comedian. “We became a troupe and even did a string of shows.”

Saying yes to whatever opportunity knocks is how Bec has done more jobs than most - from a parachute packer, boat groomer and building-site labourer, to a TV writer, cricket commentator, and wedding and funeral celebrant.

But now she's finally getting a chance to live out her childhood dream of becoming a radio star, joining Radio Hauraki as their new daytime host.

"Music is not just the soundtrack to my life - it's my whole world," Bec enthuses. “I even remember blowing out the candles on my 39th birthday cake, wearing a Hauraki t-shirt and wishing that I worked at the station. Talk about nextlevel manifesting!"