The Power List

This year, we celebrate Singapore's comedy queens and funny girls who have captured our hearts, tickled our ribs and got us thinking and reflecting on ourselves and society at large. Whether it's through stand-up.sketches.or film, these funny girls have the courage, flair and smarts to not only succeed in the world of comedy, but to also thrive in it.

XIXI LIM, 35 actor, host and personality

To meet Lim in person is to experience the uncontained joy and effervescence that has made her-to her own confusion-naturally funny to everyone she meets. "Even when I'm being serious everyone is laughing," she quips. Still beneath her quick wit and bubbly persona lies a steely determination to succeed. Her comedy hero is actor Mark Lee, someone who she feels is still going strong in his 50s. When Lim, a child actor, first made the decision to move into performing full-time as an adult, she was initially met with scepticism as she did not fit the mould of what a celebrity should look like. "I wanted to show people that being different, or being me, I could still create a career for myself. If people can see the good in me, perhaps I can forge another path for the younger generation. I want them to think "If Xixi is doing it, so can I."

FARAH LOLA, 31 comedian and actress