When you invite Ann Kok for a photo shoot, expect heads to turn.

The petite actress shows up in a pair of denim shorts and a sexy tank top that show off her sun-kissed tan and cellulite-free legs to good effect.

The ensuing four-hour photo shoot, with four clothing changes, sees her morphing from sophisticated glamazon in a striped jumpsuit with a plunging neckline that reaches down to her navel, to a Lolita schoolgirl in a bright yellow top and shocking pink feathery skirt.

Despite her age-defying features and well-endowed figure, the 38-year-old Mediacorp thespian is quick to downplay mention of her sexy image.

In fact, Ann doesn't even consider herself sexy - though many will beg to differ. Back in 2009, ratings reportedly shot up - to 977,000 viewers - after she appeared in a skimpy bikini in one scene in TV drama Housewives' Holiday.

She was also once voted among the world's Top 10 sexiest women in a local men's magazine poll.

Beyond her sex symbol image, Ann also made the headlines for another reason - her supposed dalliance with TV hunk Dai Yang Tian, who is 11 years her junior. So does she consider him marriage material? It's a question which makes her break into peals of girlish laughter and she stops short of giving me an answer.

She does, however, tell us that she doesn't believe in the concept of Mr Right. Her ideal partner?

She says: "No one is inherently bad, as long as the person does not have a bad habit or vice, such as gambling or smoking."

She then wistfully adds: "If given a choice, he would be someone with the looks of Johnny Depp and be a devoted husband like Hugh Jackman."

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