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Yvonne Lai

Dancer and actor

Perfume: none. 'I use Bath & Body Works  lotion.'

Shopping: boutiques on Lamma Island. 'I like  handmade  and vintage stuff.'

Jeans: 'Esprit and US mall brand l.e.i.'

Shoes: Nine West. 'Most dress shoes  cut my feet but theirs  don't.'

Sunglasses: Serengeti Aviators.

Gift:   'A little Gucci handbag that my friend got me, saying: 'You're not in college any more.''

Make-up:  MAC.

Acting role: Vera in the musical Mame.

Dance role: Fire on Wall Street with Ellis Wood Dance, a New York-based group.  'We were dancing on   top of the Cipriani building [on Wall Street].  We wore nude-coloured sports bras and underwear, and red chiffon fabric. It was  liberating.'

Sexiest stage outfit: 'A corset top, fancy underwear, some fishnets and heels.' The Vagina Monologues in  Hong Kong at Le Rideau.

Charity: 'I am sponsoring a kid  through Children International  right now. I'm also getting involved in a production of 11 Variations  on Friar John's Failure. The proceeds go to the Kely Support Group,  which develops self-enrichment programmes for kids.'

Most inspirational piece of art: The Saddest Place on Earth by Camille Rose Garcia.  'Beautiful and thoughtful work.'

Film: Singing in the Rain.  'It really influenced how I felt about life.'

Reading:  Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson.

On iPod:   Nouvelle Vague,  Miles Davis,  Ray Charles and A Perfect Circle.

Hong Kong restaurant: 'I really like the Pizza Express in SoHo.'

Three items to take to a desert island: 'A person I care about, a big sweet potato and a keg of Guinness.'

Bedtime story: 'When I was a kid, it was Goodnight Moon [by Margaret Wise Brown]. Now, it's having someone to snuggle up with [laughs]. That's a good bedtime story for me.'



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