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Lady
Raven Tao
Born
陶明鶯

11 November
New Zealand
Other namesLady Allom
Raven Hanson (former)
CitizenshipNew Zealand, British
Occupation(s)Top model
Television host
Actress
Radio producer & DJ
Fashion designer
SpouseChevalier Allom
Modeling information
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair colorDark brown
Eye colorBrown
Websitewww.raventao.com

Raven Tao, Lady Allom is a Eurasian model, media personality and entrepreneur based in Hong Kong.[1]

Career

Tao modelled prolifically across Asia in her teens, a cover girl of Harpers Bazaar and other publications.

She starred as the face of international advertising campaigns for Sprite,[2] Escada Laurel, Biore, Sunsilk, Samsung, Ferrero Rocher, Kodak, Honda, Chow Sang Sang, Citroën, Apex Beauty, Haier, Qui Mei, Claire TV, MW-Giorgio Fedon and numerous other global brands.

Tao starred in multiple international campaigns for Vidal Sassoon and Olay, and a semi-global campaign for Olay Total Effects.

Presenting

Tao’s media presenter roles include TV, onstage, radio and celebrity interviews.

She hosted Rockit Hong Kong Music Festival 2004-2006, was radio DJ & producer for MediaCorp Singapore’s Top 40 radio station 987fm in 2007, and presented on AXN and HBO Singapore.

Tao hosted on Fox Movies Premium and Channel V International’s SPLASH Vol. 7, 8 and 9. She emceed the W Hong Kong 5th Anniversary global broadcast event in 2013, the 2014 Star World series Tokyo Luxe and was an ambassador for luxury realtors Engel & Voelkers HK.

Acting

Tao has acted and cameoed in movies. She filmed with director Yick- Sum Poon on Wong Chi Wai’s music video 'Building Bridges, Fixing Roads', and starred in Poon’s avant-garde short film on SARS, titled STILL which aired at the Torino Film Festival.

Poon introduced Tao to critically acclaimed movie director Ann Hui for a guest appearance in All About Love. Tao has a leading role in the 2012 movie Reunited in Malaysia (Wiedersehen in Malaysia, as Raven Hanson),[3] where she is dubbed in German.[4]

Entrepreneurship

In 2015 Tao founded Hong Kong's first luxury corsetry brand, Pearls & Arsenic[5] which featured on magazine covers and in multiple seasons of Asia’s Next Top Model.[6][7]

Background

Tao is titled Lady Allom by marriage to Chevalier Commandeur Zak Allom.

Her mother is ethnically Chinese-Nepalese and her father is English-Polish.[8] She was raised in Hong Kong, Canada, New Zealand and Australia[9] and studied law.[10]

Charity

Raven Tao has worked with charitable causes including "Bullets For Beauty",[11] which supports local artisans in war torn countries by recycling military ammunition, youth empowerment program "Project Share"[12] and "Liberty Asia",[13] a charity devoted to prevention of human trafficking. Tao is the poster face and an interviewee of the 2017 documentary on women in media, The Beauty Machine.[14]

References

  1. ^ "[1]". "Raven Tao isn't your average model, actress, TV host and radio personality—she also has 'real estate agent' and 'law student' on her résumé." HK Magazine.
  2. ^ Raven Tao (2012-01-25), Raven Tao for Sprite, Samsung and Kodak., retrieved 2018-08-21
  3. ^ "Reunited in Malaysia - ffpnewmedia". www.ffpnewmedia.com. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  4. ^ "[2]".“Raven Hanson. IMDB”
  5. ^ "Pearls & Arsenic: Hong Kong's First Luxury Corset Brand". ButterBoom. 2015-05-28. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  6. ^ "Asia's Next Top Model (season 4)", Wikipedia, 2020-06-15, retrieved 2020-08-18
  7. ^ "Asia's Next Top Model (season 5)", Wikipedia, 2020-06-26, retrieved 2020-08-18
  8. ^ "Raven Tao". South China Morning Post. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  9. ^ "Raven Tao". South China Morning Post. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  10. ^ "Raven Tao". South China Morning Post. 2013-10-03. Retrieved 2020-08-18.
  11. ^ "[3]"." Bullets for Beauty is a unique commercial project devoted to creation of fashion objects and apparel including jewelry and apparel created through utilization of used military ammunition"
  12. ^ ""Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2014-07-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)"." Project Share is a Hong Kong registered non-profit organization aimed at connecting and empowering Hong Kong youth"
  13. ^ "[4]"."Liberty Asia is a Hong Kong registered charitable organization made up of a group of dedicated professionals from different industries, united by the common goal to provide new solutions to change the way slavery and human trafficking is addressed."
  14. ^ Chaou, Said (2017-07-10), The Beauty Machine, Melissa Bui, Ines Laimins, Natasha Moor, retrieved 2018-04-12
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