Bonny Hicks (5 January 1968 - 19 December 1997) was a Singaporean catwalk model who gained her greatest notoriety for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the philosophy conveyed in her works. Her first book, Excuse Me, are you a Model?, is recognized as a significant milestone in the literary and cultural history of Singapore. She followed it with Discuss Disgust and many shorter pieces in press outlets. She was killed a...
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Bonny Hicks (5 January 1968 - 19 December 1997) was a Singaporean catwalk model who gained her greatest notoriety for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the philosophy conveyed in her works. Her first book, Excuse Me, are you a Model?, is recognized as a significant milestone in the literary and cultural history of Singapore. She followed it with Discuss Disgust and many shorter pieces in press outlets. She was killed at age twenty-nine on 19 December 1997 when SilkAir Flight 185 crashed into the Musi River on the Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing all 104 on board. After her death special publications, including the book Heaven Can Wait: Conversations with Bonny Hicks by Tal Ben-Shahar, eulogized her. Her legacy is understood as important particularly within Singaporean society.
Hicks was born of mixed parentage to a British father and a Singaporean-Chinese mother. She identified her formative social environment as a multi-ethnic and multi-lingual...
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