Take a closer look at the rise and rise of the unstoppable Ronny Chieng, as well as at menswear’s sensual new edge, the looks that don’t have to shout to make a statement, and the season’s wittiest extras.
The Emmy win this past January for The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, in the category of Outstanding Talk Series, hammers Ronny Chieng’s name onto a recognition wall that, until recently, was an elite list of Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and John Oliver—titans of American political satire. Chieng has been a correspondent for the show for over nine years, and in November of last year, guest-hosted it for the first time. Two months before that, he sold out The Star Theatre’s 5,000 capacity for two nights. Compare this to David Bowie’s 4,000 draw at the Singapore Indoor Stadium in 2004, and you get a sense of how far being a standup comedian now compares to “rock god” among aspirations.
Even following his Singapore education track would have landed him far from his rubber-tapping farming roots in Sitiawan, Perak. After Fuchun Primary, Pioneer Secondary, and Pioneer Junior College, he graduated from
