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Vivien Yeo

Malaysian actor-model

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ7937872
Source-derived summary

Vivien Yeo (Chinese: 楊秀惠; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Iûⁿ Siù-hūi; born 20 July 1984) is a Malaysian Chinese actress and businesswoman. She represented Malaysia at the 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant and made her acting debut in the 2004 youth drama series Sunshine Heartbeat. She is best known for her roles in Ghost of Relativity (2015) and The Learning Curve of a Warlord (2018).

Yeo is the founder of Vivien Yeo's Beauty Store, a cosmetics store with locations in Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Personal life

Yeo married in 2019 and gave birth to two daughters, in 2020 and 2022.

Filmography

Television

Film

Awards

(2003) Miss Astro Chinese International winner (Miss Photogenic, Miss Elegance, Miss Fresh Look, Best Figure Award)

(2004) Top five finalist in Miss Chinese International 2004 pageants

References

External links

Official TVB Blog of Vivien Yeo Archived 21 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine

Official Yahoo!

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Vivien Yeo” as malaysian actor-model. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vivien, Malaysian and actor-model.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1984, 2004, 2015, 2018—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1984-07-20. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Vivien, Malaysian and actor-model providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Vivien Yeo”, the useful work is to connect “malaysian actor-model” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7937872. VIAF identifies the subject as 176915946. The Library of Congress control number is no2011126645. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1984, 2004, 2015 and 2018.

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This entry incorporates text from Vivien Yeo” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.