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Bonny Susan Hicks (5 January 1968 – 19 December 1997) was a Singapore Eurasian model and writer. After garnering 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 when SilkAir Flight 185, which she was aboard, crashed into the Musi River on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing all 104 passengers. After her 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, her post-death legacy is understood to be important for Singaporean society. Hicks' legacy today remains as that of an important transitional social figure between old and new Singapore during its period of broadscale societal changes under the forces of globalisation. Her death resulted in the loss of a Singaporean national voice that was both growing and important, albeit a perhaps deeply flawed voice, considering the career-long push-back from Singaporean traditionalists that continually vexed her and likely informed her late-in-life decisions. ==Early life== Hicks was born in 1968 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to a British father, Ron Hicks, and a Cantonese-speaking Singaporean-Chinese mother, Betty Soh. Her parents separated soon after her birth and Soh relocated to Singapore in 1969 with her infant daughter. There, Hicks' formative social environment was multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, and included Malays, Indians, and Chinese of various dialect groups. Although she was multiracial, she identified as Chinese during her early childhood, speaking Cantonese and watching Chinese-language television at home. When Hicks was twelve, her mother accepted a job as a caretaker of a bungalow in Sentosa, Singapore, and they relocated to the island away from a Singaporean Housing and Development Board flat in Toa Payoh. Throughout her teens, Hicks lived with her mother on Sentosa Island, and intermittently with her ''porpor'' (grandmother) with whom she enjoyed a particularly close relationship.〔Tan Gim Ean, "A Bonny way to tell the truth" ''New Straits Times'', 30 May 1992, 28.〕 Hicks never met her father. At aged sixteen, she traced him through the British High Commission, with whom he was stationed on Singapore during Hicks' conception. Married with children from the arrangement, and likely keeping his past muffled from his new family, he returned word via fax to Hicks. Despite joking whenever publicly questioned about it, her father's rejection remained painful to Hicks throughout her life.〔Rahman, Sheila, "Don't judge a covergirl by her looks," ''New Straits Times'', 2 Sep 1990, 10.〕 Hicks' early years were marked by "few friends". She stated she made no real friends beyond the age of 15, until she met a pivotal person in her life, Pat Chan.〔''Excuse Me'', 7.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bonny Hicks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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