She scores straight As in school, tinkers on the piano and finds time to rock a bikini in the Elite Model Look 2011, which she won easily. And oh, she is only 15.
Tall and pretty. Smart and sensible. Vivacious and sporty. What more can you ask for in a daughter? Mums, be green with envy for the mother of 15-year-old Fiona Fussi.
From our first firm handshake, Fiona floored me, made me envious and prompted a silent comparison with my own daughter, who turns 11 next week.
Fiona became the hot new face of the local modelling scene when she won over the judges at Elite Model Look 2011 on Nov 3.
The teen, who stands at 1.76m, will catwalk alongside 80 peers in Shanghai next month in the global finals.
Now, world fame beckons the Singapore-born permanent resident, a Eurasian (dad's Austrian and mum's from Hong Kong) who has lived in Singapore all her life.
But Fiona is more than good looks and perfect skin.
For one thing, she's a straight-A student (for all nine subjects) who puts studies at the United World College as her top priority.
Still, she was "horrified" when she found out that mum Mona Fussi, 50, had shared her grades with The New Paper on Sunday.
Says Fiona: "I'm pleased with my grades and work at school, and I hope to keep it up for the rest of the school year.
"But really, I've had to work hard at it, put in the time and effort to study."
She speaks four languages (English, Mandarin, Cantonese and German). She gets tuition only for Chinese. Science is her favourite and mathematics is a killer.
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