Amy Saunders also known as Miss Behave, is a British-born producer, performer, comedian and curator. She is a self-taught sword swallower and performs in

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Career

Saunders is mostly known as a

sword swallower Sword swallowing is a skill in which the performer passes a sword through the mouth and down the esophagus to the stomach. This feat is not swallowing in the traditional sense. The natural processes that constitute swallowing do not take place, bu ...

. She has broken the

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for most swords swallowed by a woman three times. She first broke the record by swallowing five swords in London on 28 April 1999. She then swallowed six swords on the set of ''El Show de los Récords'' in

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on 27 November 2001. On 11 September 2004, she swallowed seven swords in London. Saunders first began sword-swallowing while

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in bars in the West End of London in 1996. She started performance life in fetish clubs and then moved to freak shows as a sword swallower. Since 2001, Saunders has been performing under the

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of Miss Behave. She has been compared to Betty Boop and Marlene Dietrich, called "a live cartoon with a late night attitude." Industry websit
This Is Cabaret
said that she "... imprints the evening with unapologetic raciness and sardonic mockery. Aggressive and confrontational, she always has a quick riposte to call your bluff."

Producer

Saunders has produced her own variety shows since 2008. She has created ''The Crack'', ''Miss Behave's Variety Nighty'', ''Miss Behave's Social Club'', ''Pleasure Aid'' and ''Miss Behave's Game Show''. In ''Variety Nighty'', she incorporated

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characters as in-house hecklers.Hoggard, Liz
Fetish night with a big heart
''London Evening Standard'', UK, 21 August 2008. Retrieved 31 March 2013.

References

External links

Miss Behave Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Saunders, Amy British comedians British neo-burlesque performers Sword swallowers Actresses from London Comedians from London Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Place of birth missing (living people)