What is your childhood dream?
Are you living it now?
Nigel has been living his dream in various cities around the world – Melbourne, Sydney, then New York, and finally now making Melbourne home. Being a judge on Asia’s Next Top Model, working with faces like Bella Hadid and Adriana Lima are just some highlights of his career thus far! Read all about his exciting journey.
Nigel lived in Singapore until he was 22, and after his conscription, moved to Melbourne Australia for his design degree for 5 years then subsequently moved to Sydney after 8 years. After more than – decade in Australia, he moved to NYC before landing back in Melbourne, where he is currently living! We had a chat with him about his adventures thus far!
What is life like in Melbourne?
Are there any similarities to Singapore?
I have travelled for quite a few years and in 2019, I must clocked up almost 50 flights flying around the world for both work and family. However, there is always a city that you feel you understand most.
I love Melbourne because it’s a mix of an old world sophistication bubbling with an eclectic modern mindset. The culture in Melbourne is wonderful, the city is small and cosy enough showcasing a global standard, especially for our world famous brunches, bars and dinners. Sans Pandemic, Melbourne hosts a stunning line-up like the Tennis, Grand Prix and we even have a comedy festival. It’s a great place to go on dates with little alleyways filled with bars and Italian cafes.
Nigel lived in Singapore until he was 22, and after his conscription, moved to Melbourne Australia for his design degree for 5 years then subsequently moved to Sydney after 8 years. After more than – decade in Australia, he moved to NYC before landing back in Melbourne, where he is currently living! We had a chat with him about his adventures thus far!
What kick started your career and interest in makeup and do share some key highlights of your career thus far!
I love to paint and illustrate. Even though I have never been to beauty school ever because my learning years was formally trained in Graphic design, makeup comes very easy to me. It just makes sense. I am hopeless with anything involving a pie chart or numbers, but textures and luminosity I am very confident.
Being a judge on Asia’s Next Top Model, Working with faces like Bella Hadid and Adriana Lima and directing my team for an upcoming CBS tv show – Come Dance with me to be aired in USA in 2022. I love working with wonderful celebrities like John Legend, Troye Sivan, Gigi Hadid and Tina Arena and Filipino actress , Anne Curtis. Oh, Jenna Dewan from the cult film Step Up is also a new favourite of mine!