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BLINDED BY BLING

IMAGINE an existence where your monthly rent is the price of a new SUV, soup ingredients cost R300 000, Rolex watches are party favours and a successful model is considered the regular Joe among a cast of ultra-wealthy heirs, influencers, socialites and wannabe-royals.

Welcome to the world of Bling Empire, Netflix’s hit reality series inspired by the movie Crazy Rich Asians that followed the trials and tribulations of Singapore’s uber-upper class. The show was created by Jeff Jenkins who knows a thing or two about wealth, glamour and reality TV, having produced another hit show you may have heard

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