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Five models look back and forward

Published Thu, Aug 13, 2020 · 09:50 PM

    ANITA AKHBAR, 49

    She won "Best Legs" in the 1989 Supermodel of the World contest in Los Angeles when she was 18, and became a top model in Singapore in the early 1990s, before retiring from fashion to work in finance. She is modelling for Tria The Label & Marilyn Tan Jewellery at The Front Row festival.

    What do you remember best from your modelling days?

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