As a child, Denise Keller spent her holidays in Germany.

She has modelled in Hong Kong and worked all over Asia when she was an MTV Asia VJ.

Now, she produces and presents awardwinning travel series Passage To Malaysia.

As such, the 31-year-old is quite used to people mistaking her for a non-Singaporean.

And when that happens, Keller, who is of German and Singaporean Chinese descent, is happy to show her pink identity card, which uniquely states her race as "German".

"It's often the opening line when I meet someone," said Keller, who speaks English, German and French.

"They would ask 'Are you Singaporean?' and when I say yes, they would tell me 'You don't look Singaporean!'"

In 2010, she started No Quarter TV, which produces documentaries.

She presents many of the shows she produces and she co-hosted the National Day Parade in 2010 and 2011.

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(Photos: TNP, ST, MTV, SPH, BH, Kevin Ou, Mediacorp, Singapore Fashion Festival)