Malaysian top model and the new Guess ambassador, Amber Chia, will star in the first Malaysian Chinese movie The 3rd Generation. The Cantonese art film about the rise and fall of the Chan family is scheduled for release in May.

"I want to try new things instead of just modelling, perhaps even appear in Malay movies although I will first need to improve my command of Bahasa Malaysia," the 24-year-old model told The Star Online.

Chia, whose face is known to all Asia from Guess Watches ads, is also working on a fashion and beauty TV program set to be aired in May.

Amber Chia, who started her modeling career at the age of 17, was titled Best Female Model win at the recent Malaysian International Fashion Awards.