{{Short description|American–Monegasque model based in Hong Kong}} {{infobox person | name = Lisa S. | image = Lisa S.jpg | alt = | caption = Lisa S. at the Extravagant Simplicity Crossroads Foundation Fundraising Gala 2011 | birth_name = Lisa Selesner | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|5|26}} | birth_place = Monaco | occupation = Model, actress, television host | spouse = {{married|Daniel Wu|2010}} | children = 1 }}
'''Lisa Selesner''' (born May 26, 1978), professionally known as '''Lisa S.''', is an American model, actress and Channel V video jockey<ref>{{cite news|title=Model Lisa S Turns VJ |publisher=Asian Bite |date=2009-09-18 |url=http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?display=1814 |access-date=2010-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100423033920/http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?display=1814 |archive-date=2010-04-23 }}</ref><ref name=tws03/> based in Hong Kong.<ref name=tws02/>
==Early life== Lisa Selesner was born on May 26, 1978, in Monaco to an American mother and a father of French and Chinese descent. She was raised in New York City where she was talent-scouted to be a model at age 14.<ref name=tws02>{{cite news|author=Chang May Choon |title=Model turns VJ |publisher=asiaone: The New Paper |date=Sep 6, 2008 |url=http://www.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/News/Celebrities/Story/A1Story20080905-86086.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915084750/http://www.asiaone.com/Just%2BWoman/News/Celebrities/Story/A1Story20080905-86086.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 15, 2008 |access-date=2009-08-31 }}</ref> She was raised by her mother and her stepfather, Gary Selesner, who is the president of Caesars Palace.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scmp.com/article/606319/selesner-makes-her-own-waves|title=Selesner makes her own waves|date=September 2007 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/54842/lisa-s.html |title=Time Out Hong Kong | Big Smog | Lisa S |access-date=2014-07-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808051908/http://www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/54842/lisa-s.html |archive-date=2014-08-08 }}</ref>
She stated that she shortened her surname from Selesner to the initial "S" because after moving to Hong Kong in 2000, "no one could pronounce it".<ref name=tws02/>
== Career == In Hong Kong, she became a top model who appeared in advertisements for Citibank, De Beers and Olay.<ref name="tws02" /> She has been described as a "bewitching designer-clad international model."<ref name="tws03">{{cite news| title = Lisa S catches the travel bug| publisher = Star-eCentral| date = 2008-09-30| url = http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2008/9/30/tvnradio/1998355&sec=tvnradio| access-date = 2009-08-31}}</ref> She hosted a lifestyle programme on TV in Hong Kong.<ref name="tws03" /> She also starred in three Hong Kong movies: ''Silver Hawk'' (2004), ''Rob-B-Hood'' (2006), ''A Mob Story'' (2007) and cameoed in the Chinese movie ''Inseparable'' (2011) which starred Daniel Wu and Kevin Spacey.
She is the founder of the monthly beauty box subscription 'Glamabox' which is provided in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.<ref>{{cite web|date=December 12, 2011|title=Glamabox.com Launches Online Beauty Magazine Glamazine|url=https://globenewswire.com/news-release/2011/12/12/1240089/0/en/Glamabox-com-Launches-Online-Beauty-Magazine-Glamazine.html|access-date=March 30, 2018|publisher=Globe News Wire}}</ref>
== Personal life == On April 6, 2010, Lisa S. married Daniel Wu in South Africa, after eight years of dating.<ref>{{cite news| title = My Wedding!!!| publisher = alive not dead| date = 2010-04-17| url = http://www.alivenotdead.com/daniel/My-Wedding--profile-963140.html| access-date = 2010-04-17}}</ref> Their daughter was born in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2016-03-16|title=Daniel Wu and Lisa S welcome baby girl|url=http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20130603-427080.html|access-date=2021-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316031354/http://news.asiaone.com/News/Latest+News/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20130603-427080.html|archive-date=2016-03-16}}</ref> Prior to their marriage, their privacy was occasionally invaded by paparazzi.<ref name="tws01">{{cite news| title = Voyeurism hits home -- Hong Kong stars are infuriated as the paparazzi train telephoto lenses on their privacy at home| publisher = eCentral| date = April 30, 2006| url = http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2006/4/30/movies/14052856&sec=movies| access-date = 2009-08-31| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160918071816/http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=%2F2006%2F4%2F30%2Fmovies%2F14052856&sec=movies| archive-date = September 18, 2016| url-status = dead| df = mdy-all}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
==External links== * [http://www.alivenotdead.com/lisas/blog.html Official Blog of Lisa S.] * {{IMDb name|1541278|Lisa Selesner}} * {{hkmdb name|18881|Lisa Selesner}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisa S.}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:American expatriates in Hong Kong Category:American female models Category:American people of French descent Category:American video jockeys Category:Monegasque emigrants to the United States Category:Actresses from New York (state) Category:21st-century American actresses