Eileen Yeow (born 4 January 1972), also known as Yiu Ying-ying, is a Hong Kong-based Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Five Fresh Beauties of
TVB in 1995.
Career
Yeow won the title of
Miss Singapore Universe in 1991.
After that, she went on to represent
Singapore
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in the
Miss Universe
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pageant in
Las Vegas
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during the same year. Her best friend,
Anita Yuen, then encouraged her to expand her acting career in Hong Kong. She then went to Hong Kong and became an actress. In 2013 she appeared in the film ''
Blind Detective
''Blind Detective'' is a 2013 Hong Kong-Chinese action film, action crime film, crime romantic comedy film directed by Johnnie To and starring Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng.
The film was shown as part of the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Plot
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'' which was featured at the
Cannes Film Festival
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.
Personal life
Yeow was born in Singapore.
In June 2011, she gave birth to a boy, Evan, with her boyfriend of 8 years.
She said she didn't plan to get married and would deal with love life in a low-key manner.
Filmography
TV series
References
External links
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1972 births
Living people
Miss Universe 1991 contestants
Singaporean actresses