Elva Hsiao
| Elva Hsiao | |
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Hsiao at a fundraising event after the 2014 Kaohsiung gas explosions
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Hsiao Ya-Hsuan (蕭亞軒) |
| Born |
August 24, 1979 Zhongli City, Taoyuan County (now Zhongli District, Taoyuan City), Republic of China |
| Occupation | Singer |
| Genre(s) | Mandopop |
| Label(s) | Sony Music Entertainment |
Elva Hsiao (Chinese: 蕭亞軒, born August 24, 1979) is a Taiwanese singer.
She was educated at John Casablanca's College in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is fluent in both written and spoken English. While in Vancouver, she attended the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition in 1998 with her birth name of Hsiao Ya-Chih (). She became one of the 12 finalists but did not place in the top 5. She sang CoCo Lee's "Love Me A Little Longer (Chinese: 愛我久一點)". In that competition there were 3 other Taiwanese recent singers, 183 Club member Jacky Chu (祝釩剛), who was the winner, DJ Ruby Lu (盧春如), 1st Runner-Up and Michelle*Vickie (蜜雪薇琪) member Michelle Hsu (now known as Mimi or Michelle). In 2010, she admitted to receiving double eyelid surgery at a media event, after years of speculation from netizens.
In Taiwan, she has done television commercials for a wide diversity of products, ranging from mobile phones to jewellery to makeup, for major brands such as Avon, De Beers, Motorola, Pantene, and Sprite. She has had film roles in two movies: Infernal Affairs (2002) and The Butterfly Lovers (2004). She is no longer participating in Fresh Tomato for Sauce (Announced 2007).
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