Raisyyah Rania Yeap

Raisyyah Rania Yeap (simplified Chinese: 叶静仪; traditional Chinese: 葉靜儀; pinyin: Yè Jìngyí; Jyutping: Jip6 Zing6 Ji4; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tiuⁿ Pi̍t-sū; Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: Ya̍p Chhin-ngì; Xiao'erjing: اِئ دٍ ىِ; born Felixia Yeap Chin Yee; 3 July 1986), formerly Felixia Yeap, is a Malaysian model. She was Malaysia's first and only Playboy Bunny.^[1] Since December 2013, she has sported a hijab, sparking controversy among the country's Muslim and non-Muslim communities.^[2][3] On 3 July 2014, she said she had converted to Islam.^[4]

Raisyyah Rania Yeap
叶静仪
Born	Felixia Yeap Chin Yee (1986-07-03) 3 July 1986 (age 39) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysian
Other names	Felixia Yeap
Spouse	Rezal Khairi Ahmad ​ (m. 2015)​
Modeling information
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Hair color	Black
Eye color	Dark brown
Agency	Velocity Angels

Raisyyah Rania Yeap
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	葉靜儀
Simplified Chinese	叶静仪
Hanyu Pinyin	Yè Jìngyí
Pha̍k-fa-sṳ	Ya̍p Chhin-ngì
Jyutping	Jip6 Zing6 Ji4
Hokkien POJ	Tiuⁿ Pi̍t-sū

Biography

Felixia was born in Kuala Lumpur and raised in Ipoh, Perak, West Malaysia. Prior to her modelling career, she worked as a kindergarten teacher. Yeap started her modelling career in 2005 after becoming one of the finalists of the Dewi Remaja contest.^[3]

She appeared on the third season of I Wanna Be a Model as a finalist and listed in the Hall of Fame for Miss Malaysia Tourism 2007^[5] at the age of 19. She was also the 1st runner-up for Miss Chinese World Malaysia 2006^[6] and a finalist for Dewi Remaja Malaysia.

In 2008, Yeap was chosen to represent Malaysia in the 2008 Beijing Olympic - Olympics Beauty and followed up as the finalist for FHM Girl Next Door 2009 and was crowned Velocity Angels-Model of The Year 2009^[7] before being a finalist for Miss Universe Malaysia 2010.^[6][8] Yeap had quit from the Miss Malaysia World 2009 beauty pageant earlier as she disagreed with the terms and conditions of the competition.^[9][10] She was seen hosting the AQUARIUS Fashion Show in conjunction with WWF Malaysia along with Sam Insanity and is rumoured to be going out with him.^[11]

Yeap was chosen to be among Playboy Macau's first batch of Bunnies. She posed in a non-nude pictorial in the July–August 2013 issue of Playboy Philippines.^[1] Yeap's career at the Playboy Macau club lasted only a month.^[3]

Conversion to Islam

In December 2013, Yeap started donning a hijab. She explained in her blog: "I believe I am worth more than just showing off my body. I am more than this. And I don't feel proud if attention- or fame-seeking model wannabes out there look at me as their idol or role model." Yeap officially converted to Islam on 3 July 2014,^[12] and changed her name to Raisyyah Rania Yeap.