Vaune Phan
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{{Short description|Singaporean influencer}}
Vaune Phan (born {{Birth based on age as of date|27|2015|June|4}},{{Cite web |last=Kok |first=Xing Hui |date=4 June 2015 |title=Petite property agent to ride 8,000km to Everest for charity {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/petite-property-agent-to-ride-8000km-to-everest-for-charity |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=www.straitstimes.com |language=en}} {{Lang-zh|c=潘盈升|p=Pān Yíngshēng}}){{Cite web |last= |date=22 June 2020 |title=新加坡網紅曬重機照身材火辣超吸睛 曾為慈善騎8000公里籌款 {{!}} 聯合新聞網：最懂你的新聞網站 |url=https://udn.com/news/story/120914/4651749 |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=聯合新聞網 |language=zh-Hant-TW}} is a Singaporean social media influencer and blogger whose focus is on motorcycles.
Biography
Vaune Phan's interest in dirt bike riding was sparked by a motocross videogame she played when she was 10.{{Cite magazine |last=Lee |first=Janine |date=October 2013 |title=She Rides Dirty |magazine=FHM Singapore |pages=56-63}}{{Cite web |date=4 June 2015 |title=Vaune Phan Gusty Solo ride to Everest North Base Camp – Motorsports News {{!}} Bike Reviews {{!}} Gadget Reviews |url=https://motorbugs.com/vaune-phan-gusty-solo-ride-to-everest-north-base-camp/ |access-date=11 April 2022 |language=en-GB}} Since 2010, Phan has been riding motorcycles.{{Cite web |date=24 February 2017 |title=Biker chic raps Heng Swee Keat for 'daylight robbery on citizens' |url=https://theindependent.sg/biker-chic-raps-heng-swee-keat-for-daylight-robbery-on-citizens/ |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=The Independent Singapore News |language=en-US}}
In 2015, Phan made a month long, 8,000km journey, from Singapore to Mount Everest Base Camp to awareness and funds for the Singapore Disability Sports Council and disabled athletes on a Suzuki DR250 motorcycle.{{Cite web |date=14 April 2015 |title=Biker babe plans solo ride to Everest |url=https://www.carbuyer.com.sg/biker-babe-plans-solo-ride-to-everest/ |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=Online Car Marketplace for Used & New Cars |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=7 July 2017 |title=Don't call us biker chicks, we're #ladyriders |url=https://www.asiaone.com/singapore/dont-call-us-biker-chicks-were-ladyriders |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=AsiaOne |language=en}}
In 2017, after the release of the annual Singapore Budget, which details the government revenue and expenditures for the year, Phan criticised the changes made to the Additional Registration Fee system for motorcycles as 'daylight robbery on citizens'.{{Cite web |title=Motorcycle blogger-enthusiast calls Budget 2017 motorcycle measures "daylight robbery" |url=https://mothership.sg/2017/02/motorcycle-blogger-enthusiast-calls-budget-2017-motorcycle-measures-daylight-robbery/ |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=mothership.sg |language=en}} A tiered system was introduced which would increase the ARF from 15% in the first tier, to 50% in the second tier, and 100% in the 3rd tier.
On 15 December 2021, Phan won a defamation lawsuit she filed against Mark Yeow, who was found to have defamed her on four occasions by the district court judge. Yeow's defamatory statements came after Phan claimed that her Ducati 899 Panigale motorcycle was damaged when Revology Bikes, a motorcycle workshop was reinstalling a dashcam. The judge found that Phan had "an extensive online social media presence" and Yeow's statements had caused Phan's reputation to be lowered. Phan was awarded {{SGD|60000|link=on}} in damages, and other amount for legal costs.{{Cite web |last=Low |first=Dominic |date=16 December 2020 |title=Blogger awarded $60,000 in damages after winning defamation suit {{!}} The Straits Times |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/blogger-awarded-60000-in-damages-after-winning-defamation-suit |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=www.straitstimes.com |language=en}}{{Cite web |last=Irran |first=Sep |date=19 January 2021 |title=Here’s why you shouldn’t mess with someone’s motorcycle |url=https://www.bikesrepublic.com/featured/heres-why-you-shouldnt-mess-with-someones-motorcycle/ |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=Motorcycle news, Motorcycle reviews from Malaysia, Asia and the world - BikesRepublic.com |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=网上被骂"黑心“”吝啬鬼“ 女网红告技师诽谤获赔六万 {{!}} 早报 |url=https://www.zaobao.com.sg/realtime/singapore/story20201222-1110738 |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=www.zaobao.com.sg |language=zh-Hans}} Yeow appealed the decision, and the case was brought up to the High Court. Justice Ang Cheng Hock, after deliberations, lowered the damages to be paid to {{SGD|40000}}.{{Cite web |title=[2021] SGHC 145 |url=https://www.elitigation.sg/gd/s/2021_SGHC_145 |access-date=11 April 2022 |website=www.elitigation.sg}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://vaunephan.blogspot.com/}}
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