Michelle Yeoh is a Malaysian heiress, socialite, model and fashion influencer.

Early life and family

Michelle Yeoh is the daughter of Dato' Sri Michael Yeoh and Datin Sri Tina Yeoh. She is a niece of Tan Sri Dato'

Francis Yeoh Francis Yeoh Sock Ping (born 23 August 1954) is a Malaysian businessman, and the eldest son of late Malaysia billionaire Yeoh Tiong Lay. He was appointed a managing director of YTL Corporation in 1988 and grew it into a multi-disciplinary ...

and the granddaughter of billionaire Tan Sri Dato' Seri

Yeoh Tiong Lay Yeoh Tiong Lay (; 18 December 1929 – 18 October 2017) was a Malaysian billionaire businessman and philanthropist. He founded YTL Corporation, Malaysia's largest conglomerate, with interests in construction, utilities, hotels, property devel ...

, the founder of

YTL Corporation YTL Corporation Berhad (, ) is a Malaysian infrastructure conglomerate, founded in 1955 by Yeoh Tiong Lay, after whom the group is named. YTL Corporation Berhad is an integrated infrastructure developer with extensive operations in countries ...

. She is of

Malaysian Chinese Malaysian Chinese (; Malay: ''Orang Cina Malaysia''), alternatively Chinese Malaysians, are Malaysian citizens of Han Chinese descent. They form the second largest ethnic group after the Malay majority constituting 22.4% of the Malaysian po ...

ancestry. She is a fraternal twin; her sister is

Rachel Yeoh Rachel Yeoh is a Malaysian socialite, heiress, model, and fashion influencer. Early life and family Rachel Yeoh was born in Kuala Lumpur and has a fraternal twin sister, Michelle. A member of a wealthy Malaysian Chinese family, she is the da ...

. She is a first cousin of

Ruth Yeoh Ruth Yeoh Pei Cheen is a Malaysian businesswoman, philanthropist and environmentalist. She is currently the Executive Director at YTL Singapore and Director of YTL Corporation's carbon credit and clean development mechanism consultancy. She is ...

and

Rebekah Yeoh Rebekah Yeoh Pei Wenn is a Malaysian social entrepreneur, businesswoman and philanthropist. She is a Corporate Finance Director at YTL Corporation, Deputy Curator at Global Shapers Community Kuala Lampur, and the founder of Nimble Fingers Cambo ...

. Yeoh and her sister debuted at the

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in 2015, becoming the first twins and first Malaysians to do so.

Career

In 2017, she and her sister walked the runway for

Dolce & Gabbana Dolce & Gabbana (), also known by initials D&G, is an Italian luxury fashion house founded in 1985 in Legnano by Italian designers Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana. The house specializes in ready-to-wear, handbags, accessories, and cosmetic ...

's Fall 2017 fashion show in

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. In August 2017, she was featured on the

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of ''

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'' along with the other models from the Dolce & Gabbana fashion show. She and her sister were featured in the March 2017 fashion issue of '' Hong Kong Tatler'' and on the cover of ''Malaysia Tatler''. In 2018, she walked the runway for Dolce & Gabbana's Alta Moda show. Yeoh serves alongside her sister on the advisory committee for the

British Fashion Council The British Fashion Council (BFC) is a non-profit organization that aims to enable sustainable growth of British fashion in the global fashion economy. Founded in 1983, the BFC organizes biannual womenswear and menswear showcases, London Fashi ...

References

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