Amber Chia (,

pinyin Hanyu Pinyin, or simply pinyin, officially the Chinese Phonetic Alphabet, is the most common romanization system for Standard Chinese. ''Hanyu'' () literally means 'Han Chinese, Han language'—that is, the Chinese language—while ''pinyin' ...

: ''Xiè Lìpíng''; born 14 December 1981) is a Malaysian model, actress, TV host and brand ambassador. She was born in

Teluk Intan Teluk Intan is a town in Hilir Perak District, Perak, Malaysia. It is the district capital, the largest town in the district and fourth largest town in the state of Perak with an estimated population of around 172,505, more than half of Hilir P ...

, Malaysia but grew up in the town of

Tawau Tawau (), formerly known as Tawao, is the capital of the Tawau District in Sabah, Malaysia. It is the third-largest city (or town)While Tawau have a population of more than 100,000 of which is considered city elsewhere in the world it is offic ...

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. Chia started her own company called Amber Creations in mid-2009 and a modelling school Amber Chia Academy in August 2010.

Early life

Chia was born in

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

. Due to her parents' hardship, she was taken care of by her foster parents since she was only eight years old. When she turned 12, Chia moved back to

. She stopped schooling at 15, to work full-time in order to help her family. In an interview with iMoney.my, Chia worked three jobs; selling fish at the market in the morning, salesgirl at a small local mall during the day and a cashier at a pub at night.

Career

Winner of the Guess Watches Timeless Beauty International Model Search 2004 title, Chia became the first Asian model to campaign for Guess Watches worldwide.

Victoria Beckham Victoria Caroline, Lady Beckham (; born 17 April 1974) is an English fashion designer, singer, and television personality. She rose to prominence in the 1990s as a member of the pop group the Spice Girls, in which she was nicknamed Posh Spic ...

selected her to present the Victoria Beckham Autumn/Winter 2009 Ready to Wear Collection during the

New York Fashion Week New York Fashion Week (NYFW), held in February and September of each year, is a semi-annual series of events in Manhattan typically spanning seven to nine days when international Fashion design, fashion collections are shown to buyers, the pres ...

Personal life

She married her business partner and manager, Adrian Wong in March 2010. Wong is the founder and director of CMG Absolute and has two children from a previous marriage. The couple has a son together named Ashton Wong; born September 2010. Ashton Wong is a child model. In March 2024, Chia revealed that she and Wong had separated over two years ago, and that they remain friends to date.

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Amber Chia
at Paris Queen {{DEFAULTSORT:Chia, Amber Malaysian people of Teochew descent 1981 births Living people Malaysian actresses Malaysian female models Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian socialites People from Ipoh Malaysian people of Hokkien descent People from Sabah People from Teluk Intan