MARIE CLAIRE 1997

I feel that she's someone whom you'll need to spend more time getting to know her better.Once you get to know her you'll feel that she's very nice.Other people think that she's very cold and aloof but that's because when she's with strangers she feels shy and nervous.Actually Faye loves to listen to jokes and tease her friends. At first Faye had "baby fat" and her complexion was not very but after {zhi1 ji1 zhi1 bi2} her features got better.She does not need very heavy make up. To Zing, Faye is someone who makes feel him very comfortable.When working with her in Beijing you get to see a Faye that you'll seldom see in Hong Kong-happy,natural,ordinary girl.also she takes good care of others.

8 DAYS MAGAZINE ISSUE #418 1999

Remember Faye's tears in 1995 during her concert at the Singapore Indoor Stadium? The over-sized tear drops clung to her face with a glistening intensity that seemed surreal...wait a minute, they were unreal! The tears had been painted on to spectacular melodramatic effect - visible to one and all in the cavernous stadium.

The next time you rave about the aesthetics of Faye's derring-do, think Zing, the Singaporean [three cheers] with a monosyllable for his moniker is the very man behind the makeup of Faye's public face for many years now. Besides the fey diva, the ex-Maris Stella High and Temasek Junior College student has also been performing his magic on Chinese Pop's A - Lister's such as Andy Lau, Karen Mok, Jeff Chang, Shu Qi, Kelly Chen, and, until last year, Sammi Cheng, who fell out with him [reportedly over money matters]

In just 6 short years since he left for Hong Kong to 'try his luck', the self-taught twenty something has propelled himself into the showbiz stratosphere with the luxury to take his pick of the top jobs, including art direction of Max Factor's new campaign. We cornered this Singapore success story in Hong Kong; alas, he won't tell us his real name...