AmpedAsia.com: First, tell us your ethnicity and your real name (is it really Toni Leigh)?
Toni Leigh: Chinese, and yes it is real because it is the only one I use. My parents call me Cici (like west west in Chinese).
AmpedAsia.com: Can you speak the language of your homeland still?
Toni Leigh: Yes I can speak and read Mandarin, and some Cantonese.
AmpedAsia.com: Have you visited the homeland at all?
Toni Leigh: I've visited Shanghai and Hongkong, my company does a lot of business there so I go almost once a year.
AmpedAsia.com: What started your modeling career?
Toni Leigh: I was approached to do some pictures, and I enjoyed the experience. Things just went from there.
AmpedAsia.com: What's a typical weekday and weekend like for you?
Toni Leigh: Weekday: check my portfolio, go to the office (Real Estate), lunch meetings (modeling), more office, dinner, study (MBA). Sometimes shoots and assignments in between all that.
Weekend: gogo dance, bartend, travel, eat lots, and watch a movie.
AmpedAsia.com: What do you really like about modeling, and what do you dislike?
Toni Leigh: I like the dynamism of it, it's contantly changing and evolving, never the same thing for too long. I dislike the shadiness. Some people think it is a channel for them to exploit others.
AmpedAsia.com: Tell us what your favorite photo of yourself is.
Toni Leigh: I really like the one of me on a Caribbean island, it makes me want to go back there right this minute.
AmpedAsia.com:Is your life how you imagined it when you were in High school?
Toni Leigh: Not really. I didn't really have a plan for the future in high school. I just wanted to have fun and do things I wasn't allowed to do. =)
AmpedAsia.com: What kind of stereotype did you fit in during your High School years?
Toni Leigh: I really don't know, its a mystery even to me. Some people thought I was a bad girl, some people thought I was a smart girl, some people thought I was the popular girl... maybe I was all those things...
AmpedAsia.com: What are some activities that you like to do?
Toni Leigh: I love to cook, read, travel, snowboard, windsurf, play video games, ping pong, paint, do graphic design...okay I have a lot of interests.
