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Lingling Kwong: The New Face of Asian Glamour

From Bangkok red carpets to international fashion and jewellery moments, Lingling Kwong is becoming one of Asia’s most visible young style figures.

By Jing Yi Tan30 july 20263 min read
Lingling Kwong: The New Face of Asian Glamour
Look 01 — Sculptural tailoring photographed in Singapore. Photography: STRAITSG Studio

Lingling Kwong’s fashion profile is growing at the same pace as her acting career. The Hong Kong-born, Thailand-based actress became widely known after The Secret of Us and has since developed a presence that extends beyond television into fashion, beauty and luxury.

At the 2026 Weibo Cultural Communication Night in Bangkok, Kwong wore Cartier’s Grain de Café jewellery, pairing the maison’s yellow-gold and diamond pieces with a formal red-carpet look. The styling demonstrated what has become increasingly distinctive about her public image: glamour that is polished but never excessively decorated.

Her appeal is also regional. Kwong’s background and multilingual fluency allow her to move naturally between Thai, Chinese and wider Asian entertainment and fashion spaces. That makes her particularly relevant to a Southeast Asian fashion audience.

The significance of her rise goes beyond celebrity dressing. Asian glamour is no longer being defined only by the traditional centres of luxury. Bangkok, Seoul, Singapore and other regional capitals are producing personalities who can move between local culture and global fashion without treating either as secondary.

Kwong’s style belongs to that new conversation: feminine, precise and internationally legible, but unmistakably connected to the energy of contemporary Asia.

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Jing Yi Tan

Fashion editor and writer covering design, image-making and the creative networks connecting Southeast Asia.

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