Lyndel Soon () born in 1978 in Penang,

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

, won the title of Miss Malaysia Tourism 2001. She was also the winner of Miss Cosmopolitan International 2001; as well as the 4th runner up in

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2001. She is a Malaysian Chinese who is currently residing in the United States.

Early life

Lyndel Soon was born in

Penang, Malaysia Penang ( ms, Pulau Pinang, is a Malaysian state located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia, by the Malacca Strait. It has two parts: Penang Island, where the capital city, George Town, is located, and Seberang Perai on the Mal ...

, the younger in a family of two children. Her father is surgeon and her mother, is a housewife. She attended

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(INTI-UC) and went on to study Hospitality & Tourism Management in

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, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. She worked briefly with the

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hotel (San Francisco, California) and then went on to pursue her interest in the holistic field. She studied in Las Vegas School of Colon Hydrotherapy (Nevada) and became an I-ACT Colon Hydrotherapist, and later continued her studies in Complementary Health and Nutrition with Global College of Natural Medicine.

Pageantry & Film

While Lyndel was studying Certificate of Marketing (CIM) in Sunway College, she was nominated by her teacher to join Miss CIM pageant within her college department and won Miss CIM 1996. During the same period, she also was selected by the principal of

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, as one of the eight "most outstanding all rounder student in CIM 1996" and was later interviewed by a Malay Teenage magazine calle
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However, Lyndel's rise to pageantry took place during an internship with the principal of Stardust Productions - a modeling agency. She was asked to fill in the state-level position as a favor, due to a fact that a delegate of (

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman and historically as Queda, is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km2, and it consists of the mainland ...

state,

) had quit 2 weeks before the Miss Malaysia Tourism pageant. As fate has it, Lyndel went on to compete in the Miss Malaysia Tourism pageant where she brought home the crown as Miss Malaysia Tourism 2001 along with the title of Miss Photogenic, and became the Cover Girl for

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Malaysia magazine all in the same year. She went on to the world level and became the 4th runner up in Miss Tourism International; as well as the title of Miss Cosmopolitan International 2001.
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The Silence of the Lamb (1991)
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- a Hawaiian television actress who starred in several television shows including L.A. Law, Melrose Place, and Lost. Lyndel will also be playing the lead in a feature film titled "Pachinko" (crime) which is scheduled to shoot in 2013.

Filmography

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