Daphne Iking is the second eldest amongst four siblings and grew up in the UK before moving back to Malaysia in 1988, where she resided in Penampang.
18 Facts About Daphne Iking
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Daphne Iking completed both her degree and master's degree in communications at the Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang in 2002.
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Daphne Iking first entered the television scene as the model in a Pond's advertisement.
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Daphne Iking won the beauty queen title of Unduk Ngadau Kuala Lumpur in 2003.
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Daphne Iking quickly became a recognisable face as the host of reality show Explorace, a reality show similar to The Amazing Race, in 2004 for two years where she is known for her lively personality.
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Daphne Iking reported for TV3's factual programmes The Brand and Majalah Tiga.
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Daphne Iking hosted with Nazarudin Rahman again in My Australian Adventure, a sponsored travelogue show in TV3.
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Daphne Iking was the assistant producer of The Breakfast Show.
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Daphne Iking was a supporting actress in telemovie Adik, in 2007 and played a minor role in Singaporean drama District 9 Pilot.
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Daphne Iking played a con-woman in Belukar, a Malaysian independent film released in 2010 and won the "Most Promising Actress" for this role.
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In late 2010, Daphne Iking played as a nurse suffering from domestic abuse which is one of the characters included in the short film Prelude in F Minor.
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Daphne Iking was the supporting actress in the local comedy film My Spy in 2010.
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Daphne Iking left The Breakfast Show after four years in 2011 as she was invited to be part of an English Women's programme called "Bella" on ntv7.
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Daphne Iking has stepped out of her comfort zone hosting shows only in the English medium, and started taking offers to do Malay programmes.
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Daphne Iking appeared for the third time in the list of FHM Malaysia's annual Most Wanted Female 2010 at number 40.
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Daphne Iking appeared in music video "Sumandak Sabah" by Marsha Milan and Velvet Aduk alongside the Unduk Ngadau winners.
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Daphne Iking revealed that she was getting married, in a live talk show.
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Daphne Iking embraced Islam, prior to her wedding with entrepreneur Azmi Abdul Rahman.