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{{Short description|Malaysian model}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}{{BLP sources|date=September 2014}}{{family name hatnote|[[Chen (surname)|Tan]]|lang=Chinese}}
{{Infobox model
|name           = Ling Tan
|image          = Ling the model Shankbone Metropolitan Opera 2009.jpg
|imagesize      =
|caption        = Tan at the [[Metropolitan Opera]], [[Lincoln Center]], [[New York City]]
|birth_date     = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1974|10|09}}<ref name=FMD>{{cite web|url=http://www.fashionmodeldirectory.com/models/Ling_Tang/ |title=Ling Tang|publisher=FMD.com |date= |accessdate=8 December 2012}}</ref>
|birth_place    = [[Kuala Lumpur]], Malaysia
|occupation     = Fashion model
|height         =  (US) {{height|ft=5|in=9.5}} <br /> (EU) 177cm
|haircolor      = Black
|eyecolor       = Dark Brown
|agency         = The Model CoOp (New York) <br /> [[Elite Model Management]] (Paris, Toronto) <br /> Uno Models (Barcelona) <br /> [[Munich Models]] (Munich) <ref>{{cite web |url=https://models.com/models/ling-tan |title = Ling Tan - Model Profile - Photos & latest news}}</ref>
|module         = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
|s              = 陈曼龄
|t              = 陳曼齡<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.guangming.com.my/node/107414|title=不施脂粉‧不爭曝光‧陳曼齡要嚐盡檳美食|work=[[Guang Ming Daily (Malaysia)]]|date=3 July 2011|accessdate=20 October 2015}}</ref> 
|p              = Chén Mànlíng
|poj            = Tân Bānlîng}}
}}
'''Tan Mang Ling''' (born 9 October 1974), usually credited as '''Ling Tan''', is a Malaysian model based in New York City. She has participated in hundreds of fashion shows and has been captured by top [[fashion photography|fashion photographers]] such as [[Richard Avedon]], who photographed Tan for the [[Pirelli Calendar]] in 1997.<ref name="Yoga">{{cite web|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/features/2010/08/02/malaysias-runway-darling/|title=Malaysia's runway dar-Ling|last=Yoga|first=S. S.|date=2 August 2010|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=2 December 2010}}</ref><ref name="Asiance" /><ref name="CityEats">{{cite web | url=http://blog.cityeats.com/new-york/2013/06/food-meets-fashion-ling-tan/ | title=Food Meets Fashion: Ling Tan | publisher=Scripps Networks | work=blog.cityeats.com | date=14 June 2013 | accessdate=13 January 2014 | last=Larsen |first=Michelle Christina |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140114140056/http://blog.cityeats.com/new-york/2013/06/food-meets-fashion-ling-tan/ |archivedate=14 January 2014}}</ref>

==Early life==
Tan was born and raised in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and is of Chinese ancestry.<ref name="Yoga"/><ref name="Asiance">{{cite web | url=http://www.asiancemagazine.com/2010/10/31/top-model-ling-tan | title=Top Model Ling Tan | work=asiancemagazine.com | date=31 October 2013 | accessdate=13 January 2014 | author=Taos, Hillary}}</ref> She has a younger sister who is also a model.<ref name="Yoga" /> Her father was a taxi driver and her mother a seamstress. She was educated in a [[Education in Malaysia#School types and medium of instruction|Chinese school]] and speaks four [[varieties of Chinese]] as well as [[Malay language|Malay]] and [[English language|English]]. Tan also studied art and design before beginning her career as a model.<ref name="Yoga"/><ref>[http://model.community.com.my/ling-tan-biography/,''Model Community''. Retrieved on 03 November 2014]</ref>

==Discovered and career beginnings==
Her first big break came when she was discovered at a small fashion show while waiting for a friend in a hotel lobby, by an advertising executive.<ref name="Yoga" /><ref name="Asiance" /> Tan then appeared in an ad campaign for [[Asia Pacific Breweries#Tiger beer|Tiger Beer]].<ref name="Yoga" /><ref name="Asiance" /> European and American designers showing their collections in Malaysia encouraged her to move to New York City.<ref name="Yoga" /><ref name="Asiance" />

==Success and acting debut==
Tan's first [[catwalk]] show was Zang Toi's Spring/ Summer 1995 show in November 1994.<ref name="Asiance" /> Tan has worked with many top designers, including [[Giambattista Valli]], [[Elie Saab]], [[Karl Lagerfeld]], [[Yves Saint Laurent (brand)|Yves Saint Laurent]], [[Tom Ford]], [[Emporio Armani]], [[Donna Karan]], and [[Chanel]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2016}} She has also been photographed by leading fashion photographers including [[Irving Penn]],<ref name="CityEats" /> [[Mario Testino]],<ref name="CityEats" /> [[Peter Lindbergh]],<ref name="CityEats" /> and [[Richard Avedon]], who photographed Tan for the [[Pirelli Calendar|Pirelli calendar]] in 1997.<ref name="CityEats" />

Tan has appeared on the covers and editorial pages of top fashion magazines. She was the subject of a twelve-page feature story in the prestigious ''[[Vogue Italia|Italian Vogue]]'' and a spread in ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue US]]'' and ''[[Vogue China]]''. She also appeared on the covers of ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue Germany]]'' in November 1998, ''[[Vogue Korea]]'' in April 1999 and now defunct ''Vogue Singapore'' in 1996.<ref>[http://www.vogue.com/slideshow/john-galliano-best-looks-vogue#1 See John Galliano’s Finest Moments in ''Vogue''], ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', 27 October 2005. Retrieved on 5 November 2014.</ref><ref>[https://archive.today/20141105145510/http://fashionindustryarchive.com/Editorials/Vogue-Germany-Editorial-October-1997-Audrey-Marnay-and-Ling-Tan-by-Ruven-Afanador/], ''Vogue Germany'', 2 October 1997. Retrieved on 5 November 2014.</ref> She appeared in ''Prestige Magazines'' Malaysian edition alongside Malaysian shoe designer, [[Jimmy Choo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thequestforit.com/the_quest_for_it/2011/08/jimmy-choo-ling-tan-cover-prestige-malaysia.html|title=The Quest for "it"|work=thequestforit.com|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref>

Tan has appeared in advertising campaigns, such as Ann Taylor’s 50th Anniversary “50 Women”,<ref>[http://vmsd.com/content/ann-taylor%E2%80%99s-50th-anniversary ''Ann Taylor’s 50th ANNiversary''], 5 August 2004. Retrieved on 5 November 2014.</ref> [[Banana Republic]] online ad campaign in Spring 2009, [[Bergdorf Goodman]], Bloomingdale's Holiday ad campaign in 2007, [[Old Navy]] Perfect Summer Ad in Summer 2008, and Yves Saint Laurent.<ref name="Yoga" /><ref name="FMD" /><ref name="Asiance" /><ref name="CityEats" /> Tan has worked on the small screen, appearing in television commercials for [[Emporio Armani]] [[fragrances]], FORD Car, La Poste (France’s postal service) and [[Pantene]] Hair Color.<ref name="Yoga" /><ref name="FMD" /><ref name="Asiance" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bwgreyscale.com/ads/pantene.html|title=Pantene Advertisements|work=bwgreyscale.com|accessdate=15 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923195536/http://www.bwgreyscale.com/ads/pantene.html|archivedate=23 September 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref> She was also featured in [[George Michael]]’s music video for his hit song "[[Fastlove|Fast Love]]".

She has been the subject of a biography featured on CNN’s Style Network with [[Elsa Klensch]], and has appeared on the [[HBO]] series, [[Sex and the City (film)|Sex and The City]] and the CBS series, [[Blue Bloods (TV series)|Blue Bloods]].<ref name="CityEats" />

After a long hiatus from the [[runway (fashion)|runway]], Tan walked for the [[Givenchy]] Fall/Winter 2010 show in Paris and did a video for [[Polo Ralph Lauren]] for the Fall 2010 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://models.com/feed/?p=8389|title=MODELS.com Feed » Casting Coup|work=models.com|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref> In 2011, Tan along with [[Yasmin Warsame]], [[Elsa Benítez]], and [[Jacquetta Wheeler]], was the face of [[L'Oreal]] Code Breaker Winter 2010 and Spring 2011 campaign.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://models.com/work/loreal-loreal-code-breaker-winter-2010|title=L'Oreal Code Breaker Winter 2010 and Spring 2011 (L'Oreal)|work=MODELS.com|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref> Ling Tan and her younger sister, Ein Tan, appeared together on the covers of [[Harper's Bazaar]] Malaysia and [[Harper's Bazaar]] [[Singapore]].<ref name="Yoga" /> In 2014, Tan appeared as special guest in the final episode of [[Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 2]] and 3rd episode of [[Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 5]].

==Agencies==
Tan has signed with The Model CoOp in New York City, and Innovative Artists Talent And Literary Agency, also in New York. She has also signed with [[Elite Model Management|Elite Paris]], [[Elite Model Management|Elite Toronto]], [[Munich Models]] and UNO Models in [[Barcelona]]. She used to be signed with [[IMG Models|IMG]] and [[Wilhelmina Models]] in New York.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://management.elitemodel.fr/details.aspx?modelid=51433&ln=en&nav=1&subid=2859&mainsubid=2859&divID=7&indx=0|title=Elite Model Management Paris|author=Elite Model Management Paris|accessdate=15 November 2015|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141207125534/http://management.elitemodel.fr/details.aspx?modelid=51433&ln=en&nav=1&subid=2859&mainsubid=2859&divID=7&indx=0|archivedate=7 December 2014|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elitemodel.com/details.aspx?navbtn=1&city=TO&modelid=497211&pic=079.jpg&subid=4878&mainsubid=4878&io=&indx=7|title=Elite Model Management - Portfolio|work=elitemodel.com|accessdate=15 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117025050/http://www.elitemodel.com/details.aspx?navbtn=1&city=TO&modelid=497211&pic=079.jpg&subid=4878&mainsubid=4878&io=&indx=7|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.munich-models.de/overview.aspx?ln=en&nav=0&o=1&modelid=51433&subid=8050&mainsubid=8050&indx=0&a=&from=&txtname=&c_drFr=&c_drTo=&c_heFr=&c_heto=&c_buFr=&c_buto=&c_waFr=&c_wato=&c_hiFr=&c_hito=&c_shFr=&c_shto=&c_ha=&c_ey=&agfr=&agto= |title = Munich Models}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://unobcn.com/book.aspx?m=671&n=Ling_Tan|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120505214854/http://unobcn.com/book.aspx?m=671&n=Ling_Tan|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 May 2012|title=LATEST NEWS - Uno models Barcelona & Madrid|work=unobcn.com|accessdate=15 November 2015}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Chinese in New York City]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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* {{FMD model}}
* {{Models.com|ling-tan}}

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[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Models from Kuala Lumpur]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Hokkien descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Chinese descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian socialites]]
[[Category:Malaysian female models]]