This proud Malaysian is eager to showcase the wonderful things in her country.

IN person, Xandria Ooi exudes an unquenchable (and at times, overwhelming) amount of joie de vivre and confidence. Confidence, the television personality says, that she derived from her ever-supportive parents, Alex, 54, and Susan Ooi, 52, who taught her that she could be anything she wanted to be if she just put her mind to it.