Bonny Hicks, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Bonny Hicks

Singaporean model

Date of Birth: 05-Jan-1968

Place of Birth: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Date of Death: 19-Dec-1997

Profession: writer, model, philosopher

Nationality: Singapore

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Bonny Hicks

  • Bonny Susan Hicks (5 January 1968 – 19 December 1997) was a Singapore Eurasian model and writer.
  • After garnering local fame as a model, she gained recognition for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the anthropic philosophy conveyed in her works.
  • Her first book, Excuse Me, Are You A Model?, is recognised as a significant milestone in the literary and cultural history of Singapore.
  • Hicks later published a second book, Discuss Disgust, and many shorter pieces in press outlets, including a short-lived opinion column in a major Singaporean daily that was pulled due to public dissent from Singaporean traditionalists. Hicks died at age 29 on 19 December 1997 aboard SilkAir Flight 185 when it crashed into the Musi River on the Indonesian island of Sumatra.
  • All 104 passengers aboard the flight died.
  • After Hicks' death, numerous publications including the book Heaven Can Wait: Conversations with Bonny Hicks by Tal Ben-Shahar featured her life and thought.Although Hicks was deemed controversial by many during her lifetime because of her willingness to openly discuss human sexuality, Singaporean literary scholars today deem her voice as a pivotally important one for interpreting contemporary Singaporean society.
  • Hicks' legacy today is one of an important transitional social figure between old and new Singapore during its period of broad-scale societal changes under the forces of globalisation.
  • Her death resulted in the loss of a Singaporean national voice that was both growing and important yet internally conflicted.
  • Criticisms by Singaporean traditionalists during her modelling and authoring careers continually vexed Hicks' conscience and helped drive her to re-evaluate her life.
  • Hicks ultimately made a sustained series of traditionalist choices during the latter years of her life.

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