Lee Yvonne
Lee Yvonne (born 1 March 1988, Selangor, Malaysia) is a Malaysian model. She is best known for her title as Miss World Malaysia 2012 / 2013 and represented her country in the Miss World 2012 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China PR.
Lee Yvonne | |
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Born | |
Occupation | TV host, Event Emcee, Brand Ambassador, Model |
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Title | Miss World Malaysia 2012 |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Hair colour | Black |
Eye colour | Black |
Major competition(s) | Miss World Malaysia 2012 (Winner) Miss World 2012 (Unplaced) |
Personal life
Yvonne holds B.A. in Mass Communication from KDU University College
Career
Pageantry and modeling
She started modeling at the age of 20 and since then has appeared in magazines such as Seventeen Magazine, FEMALE, Cleo, Cosmopolitan, MYC!, Sisters, Her World, Celebrities Media, FACES, Clive and Esquire. She has also appeared on the cover of Asia Bar Culture, KL Lifestyle magazine, Ezy Trader magazine and also Hypertune magazine. Yvonne starred in a local music video and won the title of Miss Veet 2008. The event has been described by organizers as encouraging contestants to have "confidence in displaying their smooth legs."[1]
At the age of 21, Yvonne was crowned as Miss Malaysia Tourism Metropolitan 2009. Yvonne ventured full-time into emceeing at the end of year 2011 and she has hosted events for BMW, Petronas, Motorola, Kodak, Pandora, Proton, Genting, KPMG, Hyundai and Banana Republic.
In 2012, she won the Miss World Malaysia title beating sixteen other women around the country. Yvonne represented Malaysia at Miss World 2012 in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China PR on August 18, 2012, but failed to place among the top sixteen semifinalists.[2]
Television career
Yvonne participated on a reality-hosting program called Projek 3R and won with two other contestants to host 3R on TV3. In 2016, Lee competed in the fifth season of The Amazing Race Asia with Chloe Chen.[3]
Filmography
Television
Title | Year | Station | Role |
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The Amazing Race Asia 5 | 2016 | AXN Asia | Herself (contestant) |
3R | 2013 | TV3 | Herself (host) |
Projek 3R | Herself (contestant) |
References
- "Puting their best legs forward". The Star. 2008-12-10. Retrieved 2017-09-30.
- Tan, Thomas (9 July 2012). "Lee Yvonne crowned Miss World Malaysia 2012". cj.my. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
- Lee, Anna (9 August 2016). "Root For These 3 M'sian Teams In The Amazing Race Asia 5!". Vulcan Post. Retrieved 16 November 2016.