Wedding Guide Asia

Being named Miss Malaysia only happens to a select few (well, one person once a year to be exact!), who for the remainder of time have the privledge of saying ‘Hey, I was once Miss Malaysia!’. Once your crown is passed on to the next girl, life takes a different turn. For some, they make it big and become full-fledged celebrities, others enjoy their 15 minutes of fame and fade away. Miss Malaysia World 2003, Wong Sze Zen, decided to opt for the life less ordinary – and despite starring in her first film (“Seed of Darkness” that also starred Amber Chia), said goodbye to the entertainment scene and took up a job offer with World Vision Singapore.

Nowadays she travels to the likes of India, Cambodia and Africa; changing lives if far more instrumental ways then she once did on covers of magazines. They say god rewards the diligent, so perhaps thats why this princess met her prince charming. Here’s an inspiring lil chat I had with Zen about her recent engagement with her partner, Lawrence Adam.

Zen: At Siem Reap. This was our first photo together!

How did you guys meet?

We met totally by chance. He was in town from Singapore and tagged along with a friend to singer Camelia’s birthday party. I had already left the party but my car would not start for no apparent reason. So, while waiting for a dear friend to come save the day, I decided to pop back into the party. I saw you (Steph) and you were talking to Lawrence. I was thinking in my head, “Ooh, hello there!”. And as fate would have it, you introduced us. We had a fantastic first conversation. And then guess what? When I went back to my car, it started up just fine.

Lawrence and I believe that it was divine intervention, for sure! Sade’s “kiss of life” tells our story quite perfectly. (more…)

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With a dad who has built ‘half of New York’ and a mother who set the benchmark for divorcees around the world (Don’t get mad, get everything), Ivanka Trump has carried on the family trait well as a successful model and now entrepreneur.  To complete her circle of life, she recently announced her engagement to her rather dashing publishing beau, Jared Kushner.

Jared – the son of New Jersey real estate developer Charles Kushner, runs the New York paper The Observer which he bought a few years ago at the age of 25. Ivanka spilled the beans to Nymag: “Jared and I are very similar in that we’re very ambitious. I’m happy for him when he is in the office working late. I know how good that feels when you sit down and return e-mails…..  We’re both crazed.”

Crazed workaholics they may be but perhaps that’s why Daddy Donald [Us Weekly] says “They make a magnificent couple.”

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