The Straits Times, 27 Dec 2007
These are the people who defied fashion conventions and created their own styles this year
In the world of fashion where trends come and go swiftly, the element of surprise is a highly prized asset.
The ones who stood out this year turned the rules upside down (a boy wearing make-up became hot, a geek became cool), defied expectations (cute hairstyles transformed near has-beens into trend-setters) and proved that innovation is way more fun than imitation.
The bottomline: Our list of 10 new fashion icons (in no particular order) were those whom you couldn’t stop looking at or talking about.
Rui En (above, right), 26
She may be one of MediaCorp’s Seven Princesses, but froufrou frocks don’t make the cut for this cool customer.
Instead of making high-end designer gowns resemble This Fashion bargain-bin finds like many of her colleagues, the singer-actress stands out for the matter-of-fact way she sticks to what she likes when it comes to style.
That usually means wearing pants rather than dresses, a nonchalant preference for the colour black and high-street brands rather than haute couture.
Just like last year, she chose to wear her own togs to the recent Star Awards (above), pairing a H&M jacket with Aldo shoes and latex tights bought online for $200. The whole outfit probably cost less than one of the gem-encrusted baubles on Fann Wong, but Rui En made it work with her take-me-as-I-am personality.
And fans seem to have no problem with that. While the fortunes of the other princesses rise and fall, she’s made the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes list for three years running. Which just goes to show that you don’t always need David Gan’s magic style wand to make it in this town.
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The Straits Times, 18 Dec 2007
The stars who chose to dress themselves instead of relying on couture labels fared better in the style stakes.
WHILE the seven princesses did not sweep MediaCorp’s Star Awards on Sunday night as many had anticipated, most of them did pretty well in the style stakes.
Rui En, who jokingly called herself “a fashionista on a budgetâ€, eschewed stylists for her own too-cool-for-school all-black ensemble of a H&M jacket, rocker-chic latex tights and Aldo shoes.
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The Straits Times, 18 Dec 2007
Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes: Kym Ng, Xiang Yun, Vivian Lai, Jesseca Liu, Ivy Lee, Quan Yifeng, Rui En, Felicia Chin, Huang Biren and Michelle Chia
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Dec 17, 2007
By Hong Xinyi
DESPITE the considerable hype about a new generation of TV idols, it was the veterans rather than sweet young things who stole the show at this year’s Star Awards.
The annual ceremony honours MediaCorp TV’s top thespians and most popular stars, and took place last night at the Caldecott Hill TV Theatre.
‘Tomorrow is supposed to be the day the seven princesses officially take their thrones,’ said host Quan Yifeng jokingly at the beginning of the show.
She was referring to the seven starlets anointed by the Chinese press as the next leading ladies of the station: Jesseca Liu, Felicia Chin, Joanne Peh, Rui En, Fiona Xie, Dawn Yeoh and Jeanette Aw.
But only three of them – Liu, Chin, and Rui En – made it into the coveted Top 10 list of Most Popular Female Artistes, compared to five last year.
Instead, it was more seasoned actresses like Vivian Lai, Huang Biren, Quan and Xiang Yun who made up the rest of the Top 10.
‘Sorry I’m fighting for a place with the princesses,’ quipped an elated Lai, 30, after she received her award.
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The Straits Times, 16 Dec 2007
They are not your regular starlets, but these upcoming actresses have got the substance.
MUCH fuss has been made of rising TV starlets Jesseca Liu, Felicia Chin, Fiona Xie, Joanne Peh, Jeanette Aw, Dawn Yeoh and Rui En. Dubbed the Seven Princesses by the Chinese press about a year ago, they are tipped to succeed Caldecott Hill queens Zoe Tay and Fann Wong.
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The Straits Times, 13 Oct 2007
THERE’S no place for Vincent Ng and Ann Kok in the race for Star Awards this year.
But Christopher Lee, who was jailed recently for drink driving, is in.
This was revealed at a press conference yesterday to announce the 40 nominees for two categories – top 10 most popular male and female artistes – in the annual Media- Corp event. The names are nominated via a public survey.
The nomination list has its fair share of veterans like Xiang Yun, Chen Hanwei and Edmund Chen, and first-timers such as Zhang Yaodong and Dawn Yeoh.
The so-called “Seven Princesses†– Yeoh, Fiona Xie, Jesseca Liu, Jeanette Aw, Rui En, Joanne Peh and Felicia Chin – are in the list.
The Star Awards will be held on Dec 16.
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The Straits Times, 12 Jul 2007
THE guys in green march into the spotlight in Channel 8’s new drama serial Honour And Passion, which will run from July 24. The 20-part series, commissioned by the Ministry of Defence, revolves around a family headed by an army warrant officer. The men – Huang Wenyong, Tay Ping Hui, Bryan Wong, Nat Ho and Ix Shen – trade acting chops with Hong Huifang, Felicia Chin, Rui En and Dawn Yeoh.
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The Straits Times, 26 Apr 2007
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Actress-singer Rui En, 25, kept a low profile until she started endorsing American beauty brand Olay last October. An endorsement for the Motorola Red phone followed in December and, later that month, she made it into the Star Awards’ Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes.
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The Straits Times, 26 Apr 2007
Rui En, 25, actress-singer
Past endorsements: StarHub’s mobile data service i-Mode, TianPo Jewellery, 7-Eleven
Endorsement income then: A “low five-figure sum†for a single deal, says an industry insider
Current endorsements: Motorola mobile phones, Olay skin-care products
Endorsement income now: A mid five-figure sum per deal that’s “easily over $50,000â€, says an insider. Wong estimates she would receive about $30,000 to $40,000 for her Olay deal alone.
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