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Eileen Yeow | |||||||||||
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 Yeow at a fashion shoot in 2006 | |||||||||||
| Born | 4 January 1972 | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actress | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1997-present | ||||||||||
| Children | 1 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 姚瑩瑩 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 姚莹莹 | ||||||||||
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Eileen Yeow (born 4 January 1972), also known as Yiu Ying-ying, is a Hongkonger-Singaporean actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She was named as one of the Five Fresh Beauties of TVB in 1995.
Yeow won the title of Miss Singapore Universe 1991. [1] After that, she went on to represent Singapore in the Miss Universe 1991 pageant in Las Vegas, United States. Her best friend, Anita Yuen, then encouraged her to expand her acting career in Hong Kong. She then went to Hong Kong and became an actress. In 2013 she appeared in the film Blind Detective which was featured at the Cannes Film Festival. [2]
Yeow was born in Singapore.
In June 2011, she gave birth to a boy, Evan, with her boyfriend of 8 years. [1] [3] She said she didn't plan to get married and would deal with love life in a low-key manner.
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