Lyndel Soon born in 1978 in Penang

Penang

Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...

, Malaysia won the title of Miss Malaysia Tourism 2001. She was also the winner of Miss Cosmopolitan International 2001; as well as the 4th runner up in Miss Tourism International

Miss Tourism International

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 2001. She is a Malaysian Chinese

Malaysian Chinese

Malaysian Chinese is a Malaysian of Chinese origin. Most are descendants of Chinese who arrived between the fifteenth and the mid-twentieth centuries. Within Malaysia, they are usually simply referred to as "Chinese" in all languages. The term Chinese Malaysian is also sometimes used to refer to...

 who is currently residing in the United States.

Early life

Lyndel Soon was born in Penang, Malaysia, the youngest in a family of two children. Her father is surgeon and her mother, is a housewife. She attended INTI University College

Inti

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, Laureate International Universities

Laureate International Universities

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 (INTI-UC) and went on to study Hospitality & Tourism Management

Hospitality management studies

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 in Purdue University

Purdue University

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, West Lafayette, Indiana, U.S. She worked briefly with the Ritz-Carlton

Ritz-Carlton

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 hotel (San Francisco, California) and then went on to pursue her interest in the holistic field. She studied in Las Vegas School of Colon Hydrotherapy (Nevada) and became an I-ACT Colon Hydrotherapist, and later continued her studies in Complimentary Health and Nutrition with Global College of Natural Medicine.

Pageantry & Film

While Lyndel was studying Certificate of Marketing (CIM) in Sunway College, she was nominated by her teacher to join Miss CIM pageant within her college department and won Miss CIM

Chartered Institute of Marketing

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 1996. During the same period, she also was selected by the principal of Sunway College, as one of the eight "most outstanding all rounder student in CIM 1996" and was later interviewed by a Malay Teenage magazine called REMAJA. However, Lyndel's rise to pageantry took place during an internship with the principal of Stardust Productions - a modeling agency. She was asked to fill in the state level position as a favor, due to a fact that a delegate of (Kedah

Kedah

Kedah is a state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of Peninsular Malaysia. The state covers a total area of over 9,000 km², and it consists of the mainland and Langkawi. The mainland has a relatively flat terrain, which is used to grow rice...

 state, Malaysia) had quit 2 weeks before the Miss Malaysia Tourism pageant. As fate has it, Lyndel went on to compete in the Miss Malaysia Tourism

Miss Malaysia

Miss Malaysia represents Malaysia in two of the major international pageants.Miss Universe is a beauty pageant run by the New York-based partnership between NBC and Donald Trump....

 pageant where she brought home the crown as Miss Malaysia Tourism 2001 along with the title of Miss Photogenic, and became the Cover Girl for HER WORLD

Her World

Her World is a monthly English-language magazine published in Singapore targeted at the female professionals reading market. It is also the first English-language women magazine to be published in Malaysia and Singapore. The magazine was published since July 1960...

 Malaysia magazine all in the same year. She went on to the world level and became the 4th runner up in Miss Tourism International; as well as the title of Miss Cosmopolitan International 2001.

Lyndel played a lead role in a SAG

Screen Actors Guild

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 Independent short film titled Savasana (2010- thriller, drama) which she co-starred with other actors including Maria Skorobogatov who starred as young Clarice Starling in The Silence of the Lamb (1991) and Julie Ow

Julie Ow

Julie Ow is a Hawaiian television actress who has appeared in television shows such as The Master, Hotel, L.A. Law, Tour of Duty, the revival series of Mission: Impossible, Hunter, Living Single, Temporarily Yours, Melrose Place, Babylon 5, Cybill, Hawaii and two episodes of Lost.-External links:...

 - a Hawaiian television actress who starred in several television shows including L.A. Law, Melrose Place, and Lost. Lyndel will also be playing the lead in a feature film titled "Pachinko" (crime) which is scheduled to shoot in 2013.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Award
2010	Savasana	as Faye	Best Short Film - New Jersey International Film Festival 2011 Best Short Narrative - D.C Asian Pacific American Film Festival 2011

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