Meet Simon Cowell's Future Wife: Mezhgan Hussainy

By Amber James Posted Mar 2nd 2010 10:24AM

Despite Simon Cowell's recent denials that he was planning to pop the question, Mezhgan Hussainy announced last week that he did indeed ask her to marry him and recently stepped out in public for the first time since their engagement sporting a huge diamond ring.

So who is this woman that stole Cowell's heart? PopEater takes a look into her past and reveals that sometimes "the one" has been in front of you all along.

Long before Hussainy ever laid eyes on the 'American Idol' judge, she was living in Afghanistan with her family. They fled in 1981 because her parents feared the Taliban would take her three brothers into the army, and the family spent nine months in Pakistan before receiving permission to move to the U.S., UK's Daily Mail reports.

Hussainy originally went to school to become a dentist, but her professional interests changed when a makeup artist friend needed her help at a department store event. Although she finished dental school, she got her big break as the makeup artist to actor John O'Hurley on the game show 'To Tell The Truth.'

In 2002, she was approached to become the head makeup artist on 'Idol,' where she worked specifically with Cowell and Randy Jackson.

In an interview from 2007, Hussainy dished to TV Guide Channel's 'Idol Chat' about how much she liked working with Cowell. "He's fun. He's fantastic," she said. "He's a sweetheart. He and I are friends... I can kid around with him." And what was Cowell's biggest makeup must-have? "Bronzer," she dishes. Watch the interview:

She and Cowell's relationship blossomed following his break-up with model Terri Seymour. Hussainy, 36, tells UK's Daily Mail that she is not star-struck by Cowell, adding "his bark is much bigger than his bite."

Hussainy and Cowell, 50, have dodged engagement rumors for weeks, but Radar Online's David Perel tells PopEater exclusively, "Mezhgan is bursting with joy over the engagement and it's obvious how happy she and Simon are together."

According to the Radar report, Hussainy "was all smiles as she told RadarOnline.com exclusively that the couple, who are living together, are officially engaged."

Cowell's publicist Max Clifford admits Hussainy is well-suited for Cowell's blunt manners. "She is someone who is independent and says what she thinks and feels, and he likes that. He's probably the happiest I have ever known him in the nine years I've been working with him."

Even with her new man, Hussainy isn't forgetting about her past. According to her Web site, she "hopes to educate others of the horrors that once existed for millions of people in her homeland." The FARAWAY Foundation is a non-profit organization that Hussainy set up for the women and children of Afghanistan to help rebuild schools and hospitals. She continues to work toward this cause, and she is currently working on a book based on her life experience.

We're wishing this couple lots of happiness.

Tags: american idol, MezhganHussainy, simon cowell

Comments

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Tuesday 02 March

By j

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We are all thrilled to see this self important over paid clown can attract a woman with all his money

By Andy

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Not bad, Simon. But you'd better behave because being an
Afghan, she could probably beat your a..

By Irene Prater

You are so right on that one.Remember Steve McNair,former QB for Tennessee Titans???

Friday 12 March

By arthur tracy

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just to say the best of luck to you both

By Taylor

Gee, Simon Cowell's future ex-wife. How special.

By tim

who cares

By butchbuss00

YUK YUK YUK POO
HERES A QUARTER CALL SOME ONE WHO CARES
SHES NOTHING SPECIAL

By JOANNA

if you don't care...why are you posting?

Wednesday 03 March

By lorraine freeman

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Simon is the reason I watched, Idol

I have dreamed of one kiss from him

She is beautiful- Simon

By Snilloc

I thought Simon was gay. Maybe this is just a fake GF.

By grampy

Does not seem to be the background that fits his background; but will be very interesting to observe for some years ; if there will be lasability with children.?

By KnowsMusic

So she studied dentistry? Maybe she can fix his ugly phony teeth,

By Sandra

One more FAIRYLAND cover up. Simon is in love with Ryan Seacrest and is the true Queen of England. He is an old closet case Queen. We truly believed he was going to marry Adam Lambert.

By Hamilton

OMG ..What a bunch of crap. First, who cares about that gay azz?
His boy toy Ryan must be very upset. Ellen is more of a man than Simon.

By Rosallyn

How sad. How many male boy friends he had be laughing at him getting married. He is a john to his boys.

By trtwom

Simon gives men worldwide a black eye - he's a jerk but
at the moment - he's a rich jerk = the worst kind.
However, a marriage that goes south could cost this SOB
a lot of that coin - it'll be fun to watch the fallout
over time. I believe once a jerk always a jerk - good
luck lady your going to need it. But your rewards in
the end should be fruitful. The entertainment business
produces strange bedmates indeed.

By tj

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She looks young enough to be his daughter and why does her mouth look so odd if she's a dentist? Maybe it's just her face or jaw. She's not too bad, but Terri is just as pretty and seemed to have a better personality. Terri is so down to earth and sweet. Seems this women thinks she's so cool. Just like Simon does. Maybe they are a good match!

By Sharon

She is NOT as HOT as Terry....but life is tough. We have to be thankful for what we can get!

By tonqntn

I guess the girl he lived with and dated for a long long time years was not good enought to marry talk about being used!

By seemsveryodd

This all seems VERY quick after his breakup with Terry, who was and still is VERY classy. Either he was messing with this young woman while with Terry or...this is rebound. Either way, he's still a jerk.

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