Singapore modelling maven Mimi Tan dies at 76, fashion insiders pay tribute


Former model Mimi Tan, managing director of Mimi Tan's Mannequins, with some of her mannequins. - THE BUSINESS TIMES

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Local fashion personality Hermina Adriana “Mimi” Tan died on Monday (Dec 26) at age 76.

She is best remembered as one of Singapore’s top models in the 1970s, and later, the managing director of the country’s oldest modelling agency, Mannequin Studio.

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