Denise Lorraine Keller (born March 24, 1982) is a

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and former VJ for

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and currently hosts "Passage to Malaysia" on

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, part of the

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network. She is of Malacca-

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and

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ancestry."Back to Basics"
, ''

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'', February 2009 She was educated at the

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in Singapore. She has a sister named Nadine Keller.

Career

At age 13, she was discovered in a shopping mall by a modeling scout and signed with a

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. Keller became Singapore's representative in

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's Supermodel of the World finals in 2000, for which she won the title. Throughout her modeling career, she has been the face of countless TV and print commercial campaigns. Among the various TV shows she has hosted was the ''Ford Supermodel Singapore Finals'' in 2001. By 2002, she had modeled internationally, from

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. And in that same year, she got her biggest break to date when she was selected to be the female VJ for MTV Asia. She has hosted two MTV Asia awards and has interviewed rock, pop, and hip hop superstars from all around the world. In 2005, Denise Keller took part in Singapore's second

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reality dating progra
''Eye for a Guy 2''
In this program several eligible bachelors pursued the affections of Ms. Keller in this "Bachelorette"-style program. While well received by critics and its viewers, ''Eye for a Guy 2'' was plagued by low viewership throughout most of its run. This only changed during the final two episodes when Ms. Keller made her choice among the final two suitors, Howard Shan Lo and Wolfgang Gorny. Even then, the final episodes were dogged by controversy regarding 'leaked' photographs of Denise Keller and Wolfgang Gorny together in

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. Detractors of the series accused these 'leaked' photos to be nothing more than a ploy to increase viewership of the series. ''Eye for a Guy 2'' ended with Denise Keller choosing Wolfgang Gorny as the man who won her affections. Despite the low viewership of the series, Keller was lauded as a more compelling bachlorette compared to the first series' bachelorette, Rachel Lee. In September 2006, Keller and

Dick Lee Richard Lee Peng Boon (born 24 August 1956) is a Singaporean singer-songwriter, playwright and film director. Early life Lee was born to a Peranakan father, Lee Kip Lee, (who wrote for ''The Straits Times'') and his wife , Elizabeth Tan. He was th ...

hosted a luxury lifestyle program shown in Singapore, entitled ''The Finer Side''. This program featured the two hosts as they toured the glitzy and opulent side of Singapore and also featured candid chats with the city's rich, famous and powerful citizens regarding their extravagant lifestyles. Also in September 2006, Keller took a two-month

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break in order to study theater arts at the Lee Strasberg Theater Institute in

. Prior to this, she traveled to New York City to cover the

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for

. In 2007, Keller served as MasterCard's Fashion Ambassador for the Singapore Fashion Festival. She interviewed some of the world's top models and fashion designers in this capacity. She reprised this role in the 2008

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. Keller was the star of MasterCard's 'Priceless' campaign in Asia Pacific. Also in autumn 2007, Keller was a spokesperson for Hong Kong's Luxury week. In 2008, Keller started to host

Travel & Living's new series ''Passage to Malaysia''. She was the host for the first season of a reality show for MediaCorp titled "Can You Serve?" In 2016, Keller completed filming on a new series for the

, "Expedition X: Silk Road Rising" covering the new rise of the Silk Road, from China to Turkey."Denise Keller and Adventurer Liam Bates Discover What Defines China's Ancient Silk Road Today, on EXPEDITION X: SILK ROAD RISING"
''PR Newswire'', 29 Oct, 2016

References

External links

Official website
(archived 2011)

'' Think Magazine'' * "Eye For A Guy 2" was produced b
Munkysuperstar Pictures

''Eye For A Guy 2'' website

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