Amanda Ling

Amanda "Mandy" Ling is a minor character in the Crazy Rich Asians book series by Kevin Kwan, only appearing in the first book.

Background
A childhood friend of Nick Young and Colin Khoo, Amanda is the daughter of Jacqueline Ling, and one of Nick's many ex-girlfriends along with Francesca Shaw. She and Nick were quite close when they were younger, being each other's first kiss and even having pet names for each other, with her still calling Nick, "Nico."

Like Nick and Rachel, she resides in New York, where, according to Eleanor Young, she is currently dating a "Jewish banker twice her age."

Crazy Rich Asians
Despite being known as Araminta Lee's "archrival," she returns to Singapore from New York to attend Colin and Araminta's wedding. Eleanor hopes that she can break off the relationship between Nick and Rachel, as she believes Amanda is a better match for him than Rachel.

Mandy "coincidentally" meets Nick and Rachel at Nick's childhood hideout in Fort Canning Park, where she and Nick had their first kiss, much to the embarassment of Nick.

Mandy is friendly to Rachel at their first encounter but then makes pointed remarks to Rachel detailing her own relationship with Nick, who is now Rachel's boyfriend.