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Top 10 most searched female celebrities in 2018

2018 was an exciting and controversial year for celebrities, with royal weddings and babies, scandals, politics and ugly breakups. Yahoo Lifestyle Singapore rounds up the most searched female celebrities of 2018.

Kim Chiu

(PHOTO via The Hive Asia)
(PHOTO via The Hive Asia)

Kim Chiu, 28, is perhaps the most successful winner from the Philippines reality show, Pinoy Big Brother. She is also the youngest to have clinched the title at the age of 16. Since then, Kim has starred in several popular dramas and movies such as Ikaw Lang ang Iibigin, The Story of Us, and Ghost Bride.

She is also known for her terrible singing. We leave you to judge:

Kim rose in trending in February this year when she fell while doing a dance number on variety show ASAP. While the fall looked serious, Kim continued the number as if it were planned. The actress also regularly vlogs on her YouTube channel, Kim Chiu PH.

Meghan Markle

(PHOTO: Getty Images)
(PHOTO: Getty Images)

From the royal wedding to a messy family fallout with her father, Meghan Markle, 37, had been dominating the limelight since her engagement with Prince Harry in November 2017. Most known for her role as Rachel Zane in the television series Suits, Markle left her dazzling Hollywood life and moved to London, being crowned the Duchess of Sussex after the royal wedding.

According to Kensington Palace, the fashionable royal is expecting her first child with Prince Harry in Spring 2019.

Kate Middleton

Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to Evelina London Children’s Hospital on 11 December 2018 in London. (PHOTO: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge during a visit to Evelina London Children’s Hospital on 11 December 2018 in London. (PHOTO: Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton, 36, is possessed of a down-to-earth demeanour that has made her a hit with the public. In 2018, Middleton continues to shine in the limelight with her extensive charity work and appearances with Prince William, alongside her children Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and the birth of Prince Louis in April this year.

Kate continues to be committed in her mental health advocacy, spearheading Heads Together, a mental health initiative fronted by her, Prince William, and brother-in-law Prince Harry.

Stormy Daniels

(PHOTO: Reuters/Mike Blake)
(PHOTO: Reuters/Mike Blake)

Adult film actress Stormy Daniels became a household name in the United States when she became involved in a legal dispute with president Donald Trump and his attorney Michael Cohen in 2018. The political scandal surrounded a nondisclosure agreement signed by Daniels and Cohen, with the latter paying US$130,000 to Daniels in hush money regarding an alleged affair between Daniels and Trump just before the 2016 United States presidential election.

While Trump and Cohen had both denied the affair happened when it was first reported, further evidence that emerged through the lawsuit confirmed otherwise. Daniels had since made many mainstream television appearances, and released a tell-all book on Trump titled Full Disclosure.

Fan Bingbing

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(PHOTO: Getty Images)

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, who had topped Forbes magazine’s 2017 list of top-earning Chinese celebrities, fell from grace when she was snitched on by a TV presenter, accusing her of using yin-yang contracts to lighten her tax burden. The practice refers to the two contracts a celebrity signs: One that is their actual pay, and one that is of a much lower amount, submitted to tax authorities.

In July, Fan vanished from the public eye and only reappeared three months later, spotted by paparazzi boarding a government-owned vehicle. The actress was fined 883 million yuan (S$176 million), but had since disappeared from the limelight.

Kim Kardashian

(PHOTO: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for ABA)
(PHOTO: Stefanie Keenan/Getty Images for ABA)

The reality star is still arguably the main attraction of the show Keeping Up with the Kardashians (KUWTK). Indeed, KUWTK helped pushed the rest of her family – parents Kris and Caitlyn Jenner, sisters Kourtney, and Khloé Kardashian and their half-sisters Kendall and Kylie Jenner – into the limelight.

Married to rapper Kanye West, Kim keeps her relevance with her fashionable outfits, extravagant lifestyle and controversial comments.

Jamie Yeo

(Yahoo Singapore file photo)
(Yahoo Singapore file photo)

Singaporean deejay, actress and host Jamie Yeo is a familiar name and face to many locals. Married for the third time in mid-2017, the 41-year-old’s previous marriages included one with local deejay Glenn Ong, and a British expat Thorsten Nolte whom she had a daughter with.

The Gold 905 deejay is active on her social media, where she shares tidbits of her parenting life.

Angelina Jolie

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(PHOTO: Getty Images)

American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian, Angelina Jolie will be reprising her role of Maleficent in Disney’s sequel, Maleficent II. She was also reported to be starring and producing the film adaptation of the 2014 James Scott’s novel, The Kept.

Ching Li

(PHOTO via Cinema Online)
(PHOTO via Cinema Online)

An extremely popular Hong Kong actress in the 1960s, Ching Li appeared in more than 60 films up until her most recent work in 1983. Born in Shanghai and raised in Hong Kong, Li shot to fame in her 1965 work, The Mermaid.

Li died of natural causes in February 2018, and was found in her rented apartment days after her death.

Sylvia Lim

(PHOTO: Dhany Osman/Yahoo News Singapore)
(PHOTO: Dhany Osman/Yahoo News Singapore)

Workers’ Party (WP) chairman Sylvia Lim was among the Top 10 most-searched female celebrities in 2018. Lim is one of three WP MPs involved in high-profile lawsuits filed by two town councils, alongside former chief Low Thia Khiang and secretary-general Pritam Singh.

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