Last week I spoke to a bartender and he told me about his year in Asia and how by accident he acted in a Thai movie with a famous Thai actress called ‘Kob’. Never heard of her before. So it made me do some research.

Kob, who’s real name is Suvanant Kongying, has many different looks with many different hairstyles; brown, black, short, long, perm, straight. I am not an expert on Thai women, but in my opinion she looks sometimes quite ‘western’. I like her ‘Thai’ look much better! (asiansweetheart, can you help me out on this one, being the expert on Thai women? ;-)) Check for yourself in some of the galleries I found.Suvanant Kongying Google image search
Suvanant Kongying @ Idolworld.com
Suvanant Kongying @ Azcelebrity.com
Suvanant Kongying fan-site mostly in Thai
Suvanant Kongying @ Wikipedia.org

Suvanant was born in 1978, in Bangkok, Thailand. She moved to Bangkok with her family when she was three to four years old. Her father, Amnuay Kongying was a teacher, and her mother, Ubonrat Kongying, works at the ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives. Suvanant began acting from a very young age.

Suvanant graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the private Rangsit University, and is a professional ice-skating champion. She was paid an undisclosed sum of money – believed to be millions of baht – to act as the presenter of Mistine.

In 2003 a Cambodian tabloid wrongly reported that Suvanant Kongying made a speech claiming that Angkor Wat belonged to Thailand. This prompted the 2003 Phnom Penh riots, in which the Thai embassy in Cambodia was destroyed.

Some facts:

Name: Suvanant Kongying
Nickname: Kob
date of Birth: 22 July 1978
Height: 167 cm.
Weight: 46 kg. (101 lbs.)

This is English actress Parminder Nagra. She goes by the nickname “Mindi” and obviously she is of Indian decent. Her popularity rose significantly in 2002 with her lead role in the UK film Bend It Like Beckham.

Currently, she can be seen playing Dr. Neela on the popular television show ER. I’m always glad when TV shows like ER feature ethnic actors among their predominantly white casts. Chinese actress Minga Na was a regular on ER until 2004.

In general, I’m not a huge fan of the Indian “look”, but I thought Mindi was cute enough to feature on Asian Sirens. Many Indian women have strikingly beautiful eyes and Mindi is no exception. Check out more of her images by clicking on

I know there was a lot of past discussion on the appropriateness of posting Indian ladies on Asian Sirens. When all was said and done it was agreed to be OK as long as it was only once in a while. This is my once in a while.

Parminder’s Links

Parminder’s Unofficial Fan Site
Yahoo Group for Parminder
Parminder Interviewed
Google Image Search
Bend It Like Beckham
Parminder’s ER Page

I first heard of Joy when she was identified in the comments section of this previous post. I liked her looks and decided to find out more about her.

Jocelyn (Joy) Bisco (ethnicity: Filipino) was born on October 15, 1975, in San Diego, California. She graduated from California State University, Northridge.

She has appeared in movies such as Not Another Teen Movie, Ghost World and The Debut. Joy also did some television. She was on ‘Port Charles’ and the CBS soap opera ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’.

I’m sorry to say that I did see Ghost World, but do not remember seeing Joy. The part must have been very small. I like her looks and wish there were more ‘modeling’ photos availaible. The best I could find are from Yolk.com. I placed a few inThere is not a lot to be found about her on the web, but this fansite has it all. You will find exclusive pictures, articles, quotes, facts, and much more.

Joy Bisco Google Image search
Joy Bisco fansite
Joy Bisco @ IMDB.com
Joy Bisco @ Yolk.com
Joy Bisco @ Yolk.com scan cover
Joy Bisco @ Yolk.com scan 1
Joy Bisco @ Yolk.com scan 4
Joy Bisco Yahoo club

E.J. Masuda, onetime blogger for Asian Sirens, is the featured cover model for my Asian Divas Yahoo Group for the month of October.

When E.J. first introduced herself on Asian Sirens, I was very impressed and immediately thought about asking to feature her on my Asian Diva group‘s cover page. When I read a message in the group that expressed a similar interest in E.J. Masuda, I went ahead and asked E.J. if she was interested and the rest is herstory.There don’t tend to be a lot of comments about the cover models I feature but just read the following today from Malcom (a group member) in response to my e-mail announcement about featuring E.J. Masuda “Wow, E.J. is HOOOOOOOOOOOTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT! woah!”. I couldn’t have said it better myself and I will leave you with a couple photos as further proof.

Selected Links:

Her MySpace page
Her modeling page on garageglamour.com
OMP profile
East West contest finalist page

I found Korean Annie Lee when I was looking at this funny tv commercial about rice at Yolk.com. I thought to myself: Let’s do a little research on her!

It seems that Annie Lee is relatively new in the film industry, she recently had her ‘Hollywood’ debut in a movie called Close Call (USA, 2004). The IMDB.com rating is very low (4.4 with only 33 votes!), and after I watched the trailer at the official movie site, I don’t think this is far from the truth… But I do think Annie Lee looks great! Unfortunately for her the movie wasn’t a commercial succes judging by these figures.Annie Lee on the web

Annie Lee @ IMDB.com
Close Call official movie site
Annie Lee @ Yolk.com
Annie Lee Google Image search
Interview with Annie Lee
Photo’s of a promo gig
Close Call movie premiere photo’s

I do not understand why they used this photo for the movie poster! She looks a bit cross-eyed there, while on other photo’s I found she looks so nice.

Full bio from the Close Call movie site

Annie Lee was born in 1977 and raised in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. Ever since she was young she knew she wanted to be an entertainer. Her first acting class was at the age of 9 at UCLA’s Young Performer’s Workshop. During high school she became interested in pursuing the medical field, but fate let her back to entertainment and she was scouted to do some modeling, print work, runway, commercials, theater, and music videos. When college came around she found her love for performing again and eventually trained with renowned acting coaches in Hollywood such as David Kagen (Meisner technique), Catlin Adams (Strasberg Method), Doug Warhit, Michele Shay, Gary Davis, and Ric De Angelo.

She now holds a Bachelor of Arts from UCLA. Soon after graduation she worked for First Look Pictures to learn more about the distribution aspect of films. Annie then tackled producing by working side by side on production and development with Hollywood’s A-list producer, Doug Claybourne, (The Fast and the Furious, Apocalypse Now), which gave her more skills & momentum to reach her dream.

In a short film, “Mindbenders,” directed by Atif A. Mirza, she conducted her own martial arts stunts where she underwent extensive training and even pulled a ligament! She also loves children, which led her to be an acting coach at the LA Performing Arts Center for children. With her desire to give to her community she also volunteered at the Korean Youth Community Center in LA with the Teen Theatre department.

As a filmmaker, she produced a short film titled “Tomato & Eggs” directed by Shawn Chou starring Lisa Lu (The Joy Luck Club), Michelle Krusiec (HBO’s Mind of a Married Man), Keiko Agena (WB’s Gilmore Girls), and Sab Shimono (The Big Hit), which won the Audience Award for Best Asian-American Short Film at the Big Bear Film Festival.

Currently she is acting, producing and keeping busy with involvement in many independent projects. She is a member of the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and continues to study the craft of acting & filmmaking.

With a strong passion for films, she is aspiring to be a producer and director.
Ms. Lee makes her feature film acting debut in Close Call.

Close Call is a coming of age awakening heartfelt story about a teenage girl trapped in a downward spiral of promiscuous sex, drugs, alcohol use, and criminality. Brutally honest in its depiction of the damage wrought by the breakdown of the family in contemporary America, Close Call adds another theme to the story: The ever-widening gap between first generation parents and American youth.