Daphne Iking
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| Born |
Daphne M Iking 6 July 1978 Keningau, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Residence | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Occupation | television host, emcee |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Known for | The Breakfast Show, Explorace, Ringgit Sense |
| Style | current affairs |
| Website | daphneeleanoriking |
Daphne M Iking is a Malaysian television personality, an emcee and an occasional actress.
Prior to her career in television Daphne worked as a marketing executive for Skywalker TV. Iking first entered the television scene as the model in a Pond's advertisement. The next year saw her co-hosting Ringgit Sense, a TV3 show on finance, alongside Nazrudin Rahman.
Iking quickly became a recognisable face as the host of reality show Explorace, a reality show similar to The Amazing Race, in 2004 for two years where she is known for her lively personality. She then went on to host PNB World Investment Challenge on TV3, Vector Challenge on 8TV, Explorace Kids on TV3 and Health and Beauty Capsule in May/Antabax. She also reported for TV3's factual programmes The Brand and Majalah Tiga.
In 2006 she gained a supporting role as Daphne in 8TV's dramedy series KL Lights. She also hosted with Nazarudin Rahman again in My Australian Adventure, a sponsored travelogue show in TV3. Later that year, she moved to ntv7 and hosted The Breakfast Show. She was a supporting actress in telemovie Adik, in 2007 and played a minor role in Singaporean drama District 9 Pilot.
In 2009, Iking was nominated in the Malaysian Shout! Awards as the host of The Breakfast Show.
Iking played a con-woman in Belukar, a Malaysian independent film released in 2010 and won the "Most Promising Actress" for this role
In late 2010, Iking played as a nurse suffering from domestic abuse which is one of the characters included in the short film Prelude in F Minor.
She was also the supporting actress in the local comedy film My Spy in 2010.
In October 2010 Daphne Iking was nominated for the second time for "Favourite Television Personality" as the host of The Breakfast Show during the Shout! Awards.
Iking left The Breakfast Show after four years in 2011 and is currently hosting the new talk show Bella.
As well as having hosted My Australian Adventures, the Malaysian celebrity was also the scriptwriter for the show. She is the assistant producer of The Breakfast Show.
Daphne Iking won the beauty queen title of Unduk Ngadau of Sabah in 2003, representing Klang Valley.
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