Raven Tao

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Lady

Raven Tao
Born
陶明鶯

11 November
New Zealand
Other names Lady Allom
Raven Hanson (former)
CitizenshipNew Zealand, British
Occupation(s)Top model
Television host
Actress
Radio producer & DJ
Fashion designer
Spouse Chevalier Allom
Modeling information
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorBrown
Website www.raventao.com

Raven Tao, (titled Lady Allom) is a Eurasian model, media personality and entrepreneur based in Hong Kong. [1]

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Career

Tao modelled prolifically across Asia in her teens, a cover girl of Harpers Bazaar and other publications.

She starred as the face of international advertising campaigns for Sprite, [2] Escada Laurel, Biore, Sunsilk, Samsung, Ferrero Rocher, Kodak, Honda, Chow Sang Sang, Citroën, Apex Beauty, Haier, Qui Mei, Claire TV, MW-Giorgio Fedon and numerous other global brands.

Tao starred in multiple international campaigns for Vidal Sassoon and Olay, and a semi-global campaign for Olay Total Effects.

Tao’s media presenter roles include TV, onstage, radio and celebrity interviews.

She hosted Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival 2004-2006, was radio DJ & producer for MediaCorp Singapore’s Top 40 radio station 987fm in 2007, and presented on AXN and HBO Singapore.

Tao hosted on Fox Movies Premium and Channel V International’s SPLASH Vol. 7, 8 and 9. She emceed the W Hong Kong 5th Anniversary global broadcast event in 2013, the 2014 Star World series Tokyo Luxe and was an ambassador for luxury realtors Engel & Voelkers HK in The Apartment 2013 .

Tao has acted and cameoed in movies. She filmed with director Yick- Sum Poon on Wong Chi Wai’s music video 'Building Bridges, Fixing Roads', [3] and starred in Poon’s avant-garde short film on SARS, titled STILL [4] [5] which aired at the Torino Film Festival.

Tao has a guest appearance in acclaimed director Ann Hui's 2010 film, All About Love. [6] [7] and has a leading role in the 2012 movie Reunited in Malaysia (Wiedersehen in Malaysia, as Raven Hanson), [8] [9] [10] where she is dubbed in German. [11]

In 2015 Tao founded Hong Kong's first luxury corsetry brand, Pearls & Arsenic [12] [13] which featured on magazine covers and in multiple seasons of Asia’s Next Top Model. [14] [15]

Background

Tao is titled Lady Allom by marriage to financier Chevalier Commandeur Zak Allom.

Her mother is ethnically Chinese-Nepalese and her father is English-Polish. [16] She was raised in Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand and Australia [17] and studied law. [18]

Charity

Raven Tao has worked with charitable causes including "Bullets For Beauty", [19] which supports local artisans in war torn countries by recycling military ammunition, youth empowerment program "Project Share" [20] and "Liberty Asia", [21] a charity devoted to prevention of human trafficking. Tao is the poster face and an interviewee of the 2017 documentary on women in media, The Beauty Machine. [22]

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  2. ↑ Raven Tao (25 January 2012), Raven Tao for Sprite, Samsung and Kodak. , retrieved 21 August 2018
  3. ↑ "Wong Chi Wai Building Bridges, Fixing Roads.". youtube.com. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
  4. ↑ "STILL by Yicksum Poon". homemcr.org. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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  19. ↑ ""." Bullets for Beauty is a unique commercial project devoted to creation of fashion objects and apparel including jewelry and apparel created through utilization of used military ammunition"
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  21. ↑ ""."Liberty Asia is a Hong Kong registered charitable organization made up of a group of dedicated professionals from different industries, united by the common goal to provide new solutions to change the way slavery and human trafficking is addressed."
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