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

Early life and family

Rachel Yeoh was born in

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and has a fraternal twin sister, Michelle. A member of a wealthy Malaysian Chinese family, she is the daughter of Dato' Sri Michael Yeoh and Datin Sri Tina Yeoh. Her paternal grandfather is businessman 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 i ...

. She is a niece of Tan Sri Dato' Francis Yeoh and a first cousin of Ruth Yeoh and

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. In 2015, she and her sister were the first Malaysians, and the first twins, to debut at

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at Kensington Palace.

Career

Yeoh serves alongside her sister on the advisory committee for the

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, which determines the allocation of funds and grants given to designers. In 2017, she walked as a model for

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'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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''. 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 in Lake Como. Yeoh graduated in June 2019 with a Politics, Philosophy and Law LLB degree at the Dickson Poon School of Law at

King’s College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

References

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