Raisyyah Rania Yeap (;
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: ''Ya̍p Chhin-ngì'';
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: اِئ دٍ ىِ; born Felixia Yeap Chin Yee; 3 July 1986), formerly Felixia Yeap, is a
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 ...
n model. She was Malaysia's first and only
Playboy Bunny
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.
Since December 2013, she has sported a
hijab, sparking controversy among the country's Muslim and non-Muslim communities.
On 3 July 2014, she said she had converted to
Islam.
Biography
Felixia was born in
Kuala Lumpur
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and raised in
Ipoh, Perak
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, West Malaysia. Prior to her modelling career, she worked as a kindergarten teacher. Yeap started her modelling career in 2005 after becoming one of the finalists of the Dewi Remaja contest.
She appeared on the third season of ''
I Wanna Be a Model'' as a finalist and listed in the Hall of Fame for Miss Malaysia Tourism 2007 at the age of 19. She was also the 1st runner-up for Miss Chinese World Malaysia 2006
and a finalist for Dewi Remaja Malaysia.
In 2008, Yeap was chosen to represent Malaysia in the 2008 Beijing Olympic - Olympics Beauty and followed up as the finalist for FHM Girl Next Door 2009 and was crowned Velocity Angels-Model of The Year 2009 before being a finalist for Miss Universe Malaysia 2010.
Yeap had quit from the Miss Malaysia World 2009 beauty pageant earlier as she disagreed with the terms and conditions of the competition.
She was seen hosting the AQUARIUS Fashion Show in conjunction with WWF Malaysia along with Sam Insanity and is rumoured to be going out with him.
Yeap was chosen to be among ''
Playboy
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Macau
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''s first batch of
Bunnies. She posed in a non-nude pictorial in the July–August 2013 issue of ''Playboy Philippines''.
Yeap's career at the Playboy Macau club lasted only a month.
Conversion to Islam
In December 2013, Yeap started donning a
hijab. She explained in her blog: "I believe I am worth more than just showing off my body. I am more than this. And I don't feel proud if attention- or fame-seeking model wannabes out there look at me as their idol or role model." Yeap officially converted to Islam on 3 July 2014,
Former Playboy bunny Felixia Yeap announces 'rebirth' following conversion to IslamArchive
. '' The Mirror''. 6 July 2014; retrieved 15 September 2014. and changed her name to Raisyyah Rania Yeap.
References
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1986 births
Malaysian female models
Living people
People from Ipoh
Models from Kuala Lumpur
Converts to Islam
Malaysian Muslims
Malaysian people of Chinese descent