Lina Teoh
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Lina Teoh | |
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Born | Lina Teoh Pick Lim 8 July 1976 |
Alma mater | Australian Institute of Dramatic Arts |
Height | 5 ft 7.8 in (1.72 m) |
Spouse | Jamie Quah |
Children | 2 |
Beauty pageant titleholder | |
Title | Miss World Malaysia 1998 Miss World Asia & Oceania |
Hair colour | Brunette |
Eye colour | Brown |
Major competition(s) | Miss World Malaysia 1998 (Winner) Miss World 1998 (2nd Runner-up) |
Lina Teoh Pick Lim (born 7 July 1976) is a Malaysian actress, tv host, model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Malaysia World 1998. She represented Malaysia at Miss World 1998 in Mahé, Seychelles where she placed as second runner up.
Personal life
Born in Melbourne, Australia to a Malaysian Chinese father and a Dutch mother, Teoh spent most of her adult life in Malacca and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. In her late teens and 20s she has traveled extensively throughout South East Asia modeling in tv commercials and print/press ads for many high-profile brands, as well as on the runway. Teoh was trained in Show Biz Dance Academy in 1980-1992 where she studied 12 years of jazz ballet. She finished her study in Australian Institute of Dramatic Arts in 1998.
Over the years she has hosted many television programs in Malaysia including Watch-U-Want for Channel V, a Malaysian tourism series, a sports series, a business series, a motivational talk show and a woman's talk show.[1]
Pageantry
Miss World 1998
Teoh became
Acting stints
Teoh had a leading role in the local English sitcom Kopitiam as Susan Lau, a snooty Singaporean lawyer. She also played a neurotic librarian in theatre production Forever Tyreen and a singer in the multi-media play Light Bulbs. The role gave her the honor of receiving a runner-up “Best Actress” award at the Asian Television Awards and a lifelong friendship with many of the cast and crew and with her castmate Douglas Lim, nominated as "Best Actor".[4]
Teoh also produced documentary A Leader’s Legacy: Tun Abdul Razak on
References
- ^ "about me". www.linateoh.com. Archived from the original on 17 March 2011. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Miss Israel wins Miss World pageant". Moscow-Pullman Daily News. 27 November 1998. p. 4A. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Blast from the Past". www.missmalaysia-world.com.my. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ "Lina". www.linateoh.8m.com. Retrieved 13 October 2016.
- ^ Sean, Ong Han (24 August 2010). "National Geographic documentary on Tun Razak". TheStarOnline. Retrieved 6 November 2016.
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