Amber Chia
Amber Chia, August 2008
Born	(1981-12-14) December 14, 1981 (age 30) Ipoh, Malaysia
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Eye color	Black
Measurements	30 – 27 – 37
Weight	52 kg
Website
www.amberchia.com

Amber Chia (Chinese: 谢丽萍, Chinese: 謝麗萍, pinyin: Xiè Lìpíng; born December 14, 1981) is a Malaysian model. She was born in Ipoh, Malaysia, but grew up in the city of Tawau, in Sabah, East Malaysia. She began her modeling career at seventeen in Kuala Lumpur. Chia gained exposure after being a finalist in the 2004 Guess Watches Timeless Beauty Contest, which was a model search for Guess Watch's brand ambassador.

Chia was subsequently voted Model of the Year by the Malaysian International Fashion Awards in 2004 and 2005. Her most defining features is her pouty lips.

Kavita Sidhu, Jimmy Choo, local businessman, Andrea Fonseka and Amber Chia

Chia has appeared in her local Sony, L'Oréal, and Mitsubishi advertisements. Chia was controversial for appearing in the Indonesian version of Playboy Magazine.^[1] The photographs were non-nude.

Chia has tried to venture into acting in Chinese movies and series such as The 3rd Generation, Possessed, and Trio & a Bed. Chia was gradually appearing in TV host shows and sitcoms (Taiwan and China).

Amber Chia is currently managed by Looque Models of Singapore.

Amber Chia married her manager in March 2010 and later revealed she was pregnant at the time of her wedding. She was married in Bali at the Diwangkara Holiday Villa Resort.^[2]

She also just recently opened her own Amber Chia academy to train models.^[3]

On September 27, 2010, she gave birth to a baby boy in a private hospital in Petaling Jaya.

In 2011, she was invited to be a judge for the Malaysia's Online Fashion Entrepreneurs' Weekend (MOFEW), together with celebrity photographer Kid Chan.^[4]

Filmography[link]

• The 3rd Generation (2005)
• Trio & a Bed (2006)
• Possessed (2006)
• Seed of Darkness (2006)

References[link]

External links[link]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Amber Chia

• Official Website
• Amber Chia at the Fashion Model Directory
• Amber Chia at the Internet Movie Database

Carmen Soo
Born	Carmen Soo Wai Meng (1977-10-14) October 14, 1977 (age 34) Ipoh, Perak , Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Occupation	model, actress & tv host
Years active	1997-present
Height	156cm
Measurements	B-72cm W-68cm H-93cm
Website
http://www.carmensoo.com

Carmen Soo Wai Meng (simplified Chinese: 苏慧敏; traditional Chinese: 蘇慧敏; pinyin: Su Huimin) is a Malaysian Chinese model and actress.

Biography[link]

Born and raised in Malaysia of Chinese descent, she currently resides in Petaling Jaya, Selangor with her family. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Management and can speak fluent Malay, Mandarin and English while also learning Tagalog to help her television acting career in the Philippines.^[1] She was part owner of a boutique named 'Kushi' located in Bangsar.

Modeling[link]

Soo began modeling at age 17 and moved to Hong Kong at age 20 to further her modeling career, which has brought her all over Asia, including Singapore. At 156 cm (just under 5'1") tall, her petite size is not conducive to catwalk modeling, hence most of her shoots tend to be print and television commercials.^[2] However, she has graced local magazines' covers such as New Man, V Mag, New Tide and Nu You. She is a spokesperson for international watch brand Longines along with Malaysian theatre personality Paula Malai Ali,^[3] and for Celcom with Singaporean singer JJ Lin.

Acting[link]

Soo was an extra in the 1999 Jackie Chan movie entitled Gorgeous alongside Shu Qi, and later was in Aaron Kwok's musical special.^[4]

Her most recent live acting performance was the stage play The Girl from Ipoh and her most recent television acting role is in Trio & a Bed, where she is one of the three female leads, together with Amber Chia and Annabelle Kong. The show also stars three other male counterparts as their various and overlapping love interests - Daniel Tan, Danny Wan and Jeffery Chong.

In September 2008, Carmen starred in an ABS-CBN (in collaboration with Malaysia's Double Vision) soap opera with Filipino actors Jericho Rosales, Cristine Reyes and Christopher de Leon in the teleserye Kahit Isang Saglit that was aired in Philippines and Malaysia, and worldwide by TFC. Kahit Isang Saglit later earned an International Emmy Award nomination.

In September 2010, she did a stint as a leading lady to Christian Bautista on a 4 part series of Your Song (TV series) entitled Beautiful Girl which was shot through Mid July and August between Malaysia and the Philippines the story revolved on a destiny between two characters who in uncertain events fall for each other.

In April 2011, she came back to the Philippines for a month long series of TV5 (Philippines) short lived Sunday Afternoon Anthology LUV Crazy an episode entitled "Ang Asawa Kong Japeks" with TV5 talent and Calla Lily front man Kean Cipriano who star in a romantic comedy about a young woman looking for the right man to play her real husband even though its only all a set up and a paid lie.

Hosting[link]

In April 2010, she became a co-host on Wowowee along with Kelly Misa, Jed Montero, Isabelle Abiera, RR Enriquez, Valerie Concepcion, Mariel Rodriguez and Pokwang. She was the first and only Malaysian actress who appeared in a Filipino TV show.

Film[link]

Theatre[link]

Television[link]

Others[link]

• Ghost - 8TV Malaysia 2007
• Trio And A Bed (interactive drama) Astro Wah Lai Toi 2009 (Singapore)

Guestings[link]

• ASAP XV
• ASAP ROCKS
• Kapamilya Deal or No Deal
• Boy & Kris
• Game Ka Na Ba?
• Sony Style TV Magazine AXN Asia
• Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 Grand Finals
• Entertainment Live
• Pinoy Bingo Night
• Showtime
• The Buzz
• Umagang Kay Ganda
• 5 Star Specials

Awards[link]

Most Promising Actress Award at the Malaysian Film Festival 2006

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.carmensoo.com Official Website
• Carmen Soo on Twitter
• Carmen Soo on IMDb

Daphne Iking
Born	Daphne Eleanor Mozes Iking (1978-07-06) July 6, 1978 (age 33) Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia [1]
Residence	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Ethnicity	Kadazan-Dusun, Murut[2]
Occupation	television host, emcee
Years active	2003-present
Known for	The Breakfast Show, Explorace, Ringgit Sense
Style	current affairs
Website
http://www.daphneeleanoriking.com

Dahlia Daphne Eleanor Mozes Iking is a Malaysian television personality, an emcee and an occasional actress.

Television and Other Ventures[link]

Prior to her career in television Iking worked as a marketing executive for Skywalker TV.^[3]Iking first entered the television scene as the model in a Pond's advertisement. The next year saw her co-hosting Ringgit Sense, a TV3 show on finance, alongside Nazrudin Rahman.

Iking quickly became a recognisable face as the host of reality show Explorace, in 2004 for two years where she is known for her lively personality. She then went on to host PNB World Investment Challenge on TV3, Vector Challenge on 8TV, Explorace Kids on TV3 and Health and Beauty Capsule in May/Antabax. She also reported for the Brand and TV3 documentary Majalah Tiga.^[4]

In 2006 she gained a supporting role as 'Daphne' in TV8 dramedy series KL Lights. With Nazrudin Rahman she hosted My Australian Adventure as a travelogue in TV3. Later that year, she moved to ntv7 and hosted The Breakfast Show. She was a supporting actress in telemovie Adik, in 2007 and played a minor role in Singaporean drama District 9 Pilot.^[5][6]

In 2009, Iking was nominated in the Malaysian Shout! Awards as the host of the Breakfast Show.

Iking played a con-woman in Belukar, a Malaysian independent film released in 2010 and won the "Most Promising Actress" for this role ^[7]

Prelude in F Minor is a short film screened in late 2010 where Iking played one of the main characters as a nurse suffering from domestic abuse.^[8]

She was also the supporting actress in comedy film My Spy in 2010.

In October 2010 Daphne Iking was nominated for the second time for "Favourite Television Personality" as the host of The Breakfast Show during the Shout! Awards.^[9]

Iking left The Breakfast Show after four years in 2011 and is currently hosting the new talk show Bella.

As well as having hosted My Australian Adventures, the Malaysian celebrity was also the scriptwriter for the show.^[10] She is the assistant producer of The Breakfast Show.^[11]

Daphne Iking won the beauty queen title of Unduk Ngadau of Sabah in 2003, representing Klang Valley.^[12]

She appeared for the third time in the list of FHM Malaysia's annual Most Wanted Female 2010 at number 40.

Personal Life[link]

Iking was born in Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia to a former nurse, and local politician Mozes Iking, both Kadazan-Dusun. She is the second eldest amongst four siblings and grew up in Penampang.^[1] She completed a masters in Communications in Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang in 2002.

By October 2006 she started a relationship with businessman Ryan Chong. They met while Iking was filming KL Lights.^[13] She revealed that she was getting married, in a live talk show. The wedding was held in Bali, Indonesia in January 2007 and the event was published in the Malaysian edition of Hello magazine. She gave birth to daughter Isobel Daniella in November 2007.

In 2009 Chong accused a managing director, Choy Khin Ming under the Penal Code of 498 of Malaysian law for “enticing or taking away or detaining with a criminal intent a married woman".^[14] Iking and Chong divorced that year.^[15] From the case it was revealed that Iking's child's DNA does not match her former husband.^[16] Chong had also demanded RM1 million from his former wife as compensation for conceiving a child whom he did not father, although the court case was ultimately dropped.^[17]

In 2011 Iking converted to Islam and adopted the name 'Dahlia'. She married for the second time to Azmi Abdul Rahman, her manager and business partner. They married in a private ceremony in her hometown of Penampang.^[18] Her husband confirmed pregnancy rumors in May^[19] and Iking gave birth to daughter Iman Daniella in November 2011.^[20]

Notes and references[link]

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Pete Teo (Chinese: 张子夫; pinyin: Zhāng Zifu, born 26 December 1972 in Tawau, Sabah), is a leading English language singer-songwriter in Malaysia. He is also an acclaimed film composer and music producer as well as a sought-after actor in what has become known as 'New Wave Malaysian Cinema'.

Biography[link]

Teo has released two solo albums - Rustic Living for Urbanites (2003 / produced by Ronan Chris Murphy) and Television (2006 / produced by Nick Lee & Pete Teo) on his own label Redbag Music. Rustic Living For Urbanites won the Best Music Video and Best Album Cover category at the Anugerah Industri Muzik Malaysia (AIM - Malaysian Music Industry Awards) 2004. His follow-up albumTelevision - an alternative folk music album filled with reflections on a media saturated world and Americana - won all 3 categories it was nominated for at AIM 2007 - Best Album Cover, Best Music Video and Best English Album - where Teo emerged as the biggest winner of the night, the first non-mainstream indie artist to do so in the history of the awards. "Television" subsequently became the first Malaysian record to be licensed and released in South Korea. Teo was also the first ever Malaysian artist to play at the South By Southwest music festival in Austin Texas in 2007.

In April 2008, Teo independently produced a zero-budget, non-partisan, non-profit, multi-artists recording of his anti-racism composition 'Here In My Home'. Entitled 'Malaysian Artistes For Unity' (MAFU), the project attracted pro bono participation from over 50 Malaysian artists, media personalities and arts activists - including Ning Baizura, Awie, Afdlin Shauki, Jason Lo, Maya Karin, Tony Fernandes, Jaclyn Victor etc. and many others personalities and volunteers.^[1] The music video for the song, directed by Yasmin Ahmad and Ho Yuhang premiered at the Malaysian Music Industry Awards 2008 to a nationwide television audience. In the weeks subsequent to its release, the video became one of most viralled videos in the world - reaching as high as no.3. Both the song and the video are available for free download on the project's official website.^[2]

In May 2008, Teo reinforced his reputation as an artist at the forefront of the Malaysian new wave by producing 4 definitive and retrospective music videos for legendary Malaysian band Alleycats. Directed by installation artist and regular collaborator Kamal Sabran, these Universal Music commissioned videos were completed within 3 weeks, and were included in the 2008 box set release of the band's classic hits.

In August 2008, Teo played live to millions over Korean nationwide TV on Yoon Do Hyun's 'Love Letter' [KBS] and 'EBS Space' [EBS] - two of the most popular music programs in Korea. This was followed by a showcase appearance at the Tokyo Asia Music Market in October 2008.

The beginning of 2009 saw Teo's music cross over into the Malaysian mainstream as the composer and songwriter behind the memorable songs featured in Yasmin Ahmad's film 'Talentime'. High public and industry interest for these songs led to a soundtrack album entitled 'Talentime' - produced by Teo and released by Universal Music shortly after the film's release. At the same time, Teo also took a turn as the lead in James Lee's 2009 indie art house award winning digital film "Call If You Need Me", a supporting role in Adflin Shauiki's 'Popadom' [Best Film Award winner in Malaysia Screen Awards 2009], Yasmin Ahmad's 'Earth Hour Gangster' campaign advertisement, directed music in Ho Yuhang's widely anticipated film "At The End Of Daybreak" as well as took on a supporting role in a French feature film entitled 'Stretch' directed by Charles De Meaux and starring Nicolas Cazalé, David Carradine and Fan Bing Bing.

In August 2009, Teo released 15 socio-political short films [all of which he produced] sponsored by Malaysian company P1. Entitled '15Malaysia' and directed by 15 young Malaysian directors, the project consisted of 15 short films featuring local musicians, actors and top politicians with themes such as corruption, bribery, racism and pedophilia. Distributed exclusively through the Internet to bypass stringent broadcasting censorship laws, the short film project took the nation by storm and became the most talked about popular culture event of the year. 14 million visits were made to the official website in less than 2 months and its YouTube Channel became the 10th most watched channel in the world for more than 3 weeks. The 80 minutes anthology version of the project made its world premier at the Pusan International Film Festival in October 2009 and has hitherto been invited to exhibit in [amongst others] the Golden Horse Film Festival [Taipei], the Pompidou Centre in Paris, and Rotterdam International Film Festival [European Premier]. The project is not only historic in its popular success but is also widely regarded to be a watershed in media and political culture in Malaysia.

In November 2009, on the strength of the influential 'Malaysian Artistes For Unity' music video and the seminal '15Malaysia' project, CNN listed Teo as amongst the top 135 People To Watch in Asia.

In January 2010, the Malay language version of Teo's song 'I Go', produced by him and sung by Aizat [with Malay lyrics co-written by Amran Omar] won the Song Of The Year in Malaysia [for 2009].

16 September 2011 saw Teo release 'Undilah' (directed by Benji Lim), a pro-bono, non-partisan music video promoting the right to vote. The song featured vocal performances by Namewee, Afdlin Shauki and the longest serving MP in Malaysia and ex-finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah. The video, other than featuring cameo appearances by numerous famous Malaysian personalities and common street people alike, also included politicians from both the government and the opposition (for the first time in Malaysian history). 3 days after the video was released on the internet, it was banned for TV broadcast by the authorities for allegedly containing anti-establishment 'subliminal' messages. The ban was confirmed by the Minister Of Information Rais Yatim 2 weeks later but was subsequently declared 'unbanned' by the Prime Minister Najib Razak. The ambiguous official position from the authorities fanned widespread views that the ban was politically motivated. The controversy helped the video to become one of the most watched YouTube videos in Malaysia for 2011.

Teo is based in Kuala Lumpur and tours Japan and Korea regularly.

Discography[link]

• Rustic Living for Urbanites (Album - 2003 Redbag Music) - Artist: Pete Teo (Producer: Ronan Chris Murphy)
• Television (Album - 2006 Redbag Music) - Artist: Pete Teo (Producer: Nick Lee & Pete Teo)
• "I Go" (Single - 2008 Redbag Music) - Artist: Pete Teo (Producer: Pete Teo)
• "Here In My Home" (Single - 2008 Redbag Music) - Artist: Malaysian Artistes For Unity (Producer / Composer: Pete Teo)
• "Pergi" (Single - 2009 Universal Music) - Artist: Aizat (Producer / Composer: Pete Teo)
• "Itulah Dirimu" (Single - 2009 Universal Music) - Artist: Aizat (Producer / Composer: Pete Teo)
• "Angel" (Single - 2009 Universal Music) - Artist: Atilia (Producer / Composer: Pete Teo)
• "Talentime Soundtrack" (Album - 2009 Universal Music) - Artist: Various (Producer / Composer: Pete Teo)

Filmography[link]

• "Sanctuary" (2005. Dir: Ho Yuhang) - Cameo
• "A Tree In Tanjung Malim" (2005. Dir: Tan Chui Mui. Principal prize / Oberhausen Short Film Festival) - Leading Role
• "A Company Of Mushroom" (2006. Dir: Tan Chui Mui) - Leading Role
• "Before We Fall In Love Again" (2006. Dir: James Lee. Best ASEAN film / Bangkok International Film Festival) - Leading Role
• "Raindogs" (2006 Dir: Ho Yuhang. New Horizon nominee / Venice International Film Festival) - Supporting Role
• "Gubra" (2006 Dir: Yasmin Ahmad) - Title Song - 'Who For You?'
• "Waiting For Love" (2007 Dir: James Lee) - Leading Role
• "Papadom" (2008. [Winner - Film Of The Year, Malaysia] Dir: Adflin Shauki) - Supporting Role
• "Talentime" (2009. [Nominee - Film Of The Year, Malaysia] Dir: Yasmin Ahmad) - Film Score / Composer
• "Call If You Need me" (2009. Dir: James Lee. Silver prize / Hong Kong International Film Festival) - Leading Role
• "At The End Of Daybreak" (2009. Dir: Ho Yuhang) - Film Score / Music Director
• "Stretch" (2009. Dir: Charles De Meaux) - Supporting Role
• "15Malaysia" (2009. Dir: Various) - Producer
• "Malaysian Ghostly Tales" (2010. Dir: James Lee) - Leading Role
• "Year Without A summer" (2010. [Filmex Tokyo Competition] Dir: Tan Chui Mui) - Sound Design & Audio Post
• "Stretch" (2011. Dir: Charles De Meaux) - Supporting Role
• "Claypot Curry Killers" (2010 [Expected release 2012] Dir: James Lee) - Film Score / Composer
• "Papadom 2" (2011 [Expected release 2012] Dir: Afdlin Shauki) - Supporting Role
• "Undilah!" (2011 Dir: Benji Lim) - Executive Producer

Awards[link]

• Best Music Video & Best Album Cover for 'Rustic Living For Urbanites' - Anugerah Industri Muzik 2004
• Best Music Video, Best Album Cover & Best English Album for 'Television' - Anugerah Industri Muzik 2007
• CNN's Top 135 'People To Watch' in Asia 2009.
• Song Of The Year for the song 'Pergi' [Composer] - Anugerah Juara Lagu 2009

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official website
• Official Blog
• MySpace Page
• Pete Teo Japanese Language Site
• Pete Teo Interview on Malaysian Artistes for Unity
• Review of Television
• WeirdMusic.net Magazine - Pete Teo Interview
• AIM 07 Best Video 'Lost In America'
• Winner Of Nokia Music Video Competition - 'Carnival Hall'
• AIM 04 Best Video 'Arms Of Marianne'
• Malaysian Artistes for Unity Official Website
• Malaysian Artistes For Unity Music Video
• Interview about Malaysian Artistes For Unity
• 15Malaysia Official Website
• Review of 15Malaysia by Jean-Michel Frodon [French]
• Undilah Official Website