A millionaire socialite known as Singapore's unofficial 'Instagram Queen' has told fans the secret to her ageless skin and shared a glimpse at her most expensive possession - a diamond encrusted crocodile skin handbag worth $330,883.
Jamie Chua, 46, fills the feeds of her many social media accounts with snapshots of her lavish lifestyle, an existence in which private jets, palatial mansions and star-studded soirees are par for the course.
The founder of skincare line Luminous1 answered her followers' most frequently asked questions in a YouTube video last Thursday, revealing her favourite fashion labels, holiday destinations and the luxurious essential oils that maintain her youthful radiance.
The most expensive item in her wardrobe is a $330,883 AUD Hermes Himalaya Niloticus Crocodile Diamond Birkin handbag.
Covered in crocodile skin and glittering with diamonds, the exceptionally rare Hermes Himalaya Birkin is considered the 'Holy Grail' of handbag collections, according to auction house Christies.
Ms Chua is rumoured to own the largest collection of Hermes bags in the world, surpassing even those of Hermes super fans Kim Kardashian and Victoria Beckham.
She houses her vast array of accessories in a cavernous 700 square foot fingerprint-protected closet, which cost $120,000 to build.
Ms Chua owns over 300 pairs of shoes, the most expensive of which are $4,600 AUD Christian Louboutin Strass stilettos.
Her most treasured piece of jewellery is a nine diamond necklace, a replica of the one given to Carrie Bradshaw by her Russian beau Alexander Petrovsky in the final season of Sex and the City.
'I was immediately obsessed with it and I knew I had to have it!' She said.
It's not clear how much Ms Chua's necklace is worth, but similar pieces from Canadian luxury jeweller Minichiello start from $850 AUD online.
While she has many favourite cities, she has a special place in her heart for Paris – the 'City of Light' – for its food, architecture and fashionable people.
'I always go back to the Eiffel Tower, because I promised myself that each time I go to Paris I will find a new way to shoot [photos] at the Tower,' she said.
The Maldives in the Indian Ocean is another of her favourite destinations, for its turquoise seas and matching skies.
There's nowhere quite like the Maldives,' Ms Chua said.
She cited money as her biggest motivation, a driving force which stems from growing up in an underprivileged household where her family had 'less than average'.
The mother-of-two - who shares daughter Calista and son Cleveland with ex-husband, Indonesian millionaire business tycoon Nurdian Cuaca - started her working life as an air hostess, but she's now an entrepreneur in her own right.
Ms Chua is the founder of Luminous1, an upscale skincare label based in Singapore, and invests heavily in her own skin to maintain its youthful radiance.
Her favourite skincare product is the $235 Dior Prestige la Micro-Lotion de Rose, a face cream made with rose oil which promises to keep skin hydrated for 24 hours, making your face appear smoother and younger.
Ms Chua applies the luxurious oil to her face and neck at night to fill her bedroom with the scent of roses, and credits it for her 'supple' skin.
'It feels like having rose petals all over your face,' she said.
Jamie Chua cried for 4 days after losing her $30,000 Cartier earring
Singaporeans might be familiar with socialite Jamie Chua for having one of the world's largest collections of Hermes handbags, but did you know about her love for jewellery as well?
Showing off her extensive collection of baubles in a recent video, Chua revealed that she cried for days after losing her $30,000 Cartier earring — that's one side of a pair. Who wouldn't?
In a vlog of her jewellery collection uploaded on YouTube last week, the former Singapore Airlines stewardess shared how she realised one side of her earrings was missing after returning from an event at a club.
The earring was a limited edition item too, which meant that it had to be specially ordered.
She had to wait six to eight months before it was ready, flying to Paris earlier this year to collect the mini Panthere earring she's nicknamed Pika.
As a gesture probably extended only to their VIPs, Cartier engraved her name on the jewellery box, "which made me feel a little bit better after blowing $30,000," Chua quipped. For safekeeping however, the earrings have never left the house since.
While it was a traumatic experience for her to lose something that valuable, she confessed that it was not her first time, having lost an emerald bracelet at an event many years ago. That too, was never found.
Chua has also cried over jewellery in other ways.
When she was in her mid-twenties, she recounted coming across a Van Cleef & Arpels Envol butterfly ring sitting in a showcase and cried because she could not afford it.
More at https://www.asiaone.com/lifestyle/jamie-chua-cried-4-days-after-losing-her-30000-cartier-earring
LOL Jamie Chua shot her mouth off with an IG post about ABNNs invading her home in a racially charged nightmare, and was then forced to apologize after getting slammed by netizens........
Poor crocodiles....I wonder how many were skinned just to line her uber luxurious handbags and shoes. Mother Nature must be seething with anger.
Wah her Birkin handbag costs more than the HDB flat I live in!!!!!!!