Meet CNN reporter Veronica De La Cruz who also happens to be Filipina. Some searching showed Veronica already has quite a fan base including an unofficial fan site and a Yahoo Group. Nice looking Asian reporters like Veronica (and Sharon Tay) always make watching the news a little more enjoyable!
Before beginning her career in journalism, Veronica spent about 10 years as a figure skater. Here are a few more shots of Veronica.
Marco, just in case you havent seen this already. Nevertheless, every update on “JJH” surely deserves mentioning here for all to see, right?! 🙂
TV Spot Piches Korea’s Sexiest Against Each Other
To make the hot summer months even hotter, Jeon Ji-Hyun and Lee Hyo-Lee are engaged in a battle over the title of Korea’s sexiest woman, pitted against each other to hype satellite DMB phones in a commercial.
TVB, a local television channel, is hosting its annual Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Unfortunately, the website/page is in Chinese. Anyway, you can click on each picture for additional details and wallpapers (the only english button in topmenu).
The contest will be broadcast tonight (Saturday, August 12, 2006 – 8:30pm) on TVB Jade.
Source: See Lai
Another nice videoclip from the 80’s. “I Want Your Sex” by George Michael. I’ve read that at the time this Asian lady was his actual girlfriend… Quite ironic now that we all know he is gay. Does anybody have more info on the model?
Kinda weird looking at this now, and realising how controversial this song was back in 1987. I remember some tv stations wouldn’t even play this video, while others played it only during late hours. Seems quite tame by today’s standards, but still very sexy.
We’ve all heard the classic song China Girl by David Bowie. I just heard it on the radio again, and thought: let’s do some research! As always Wikipedia answers a lot of questions.
“China Girl” is a track on David Bowie’s album Let’s Dance. Bowie originally co-wrote the song with Iggy Pop for the latter’s 1977 album The Idiot, and decided to re-record it for his 1983 album. An edit of the 1977 version was also released as a single. Under the auspices of Nile Rodgers, the song was given a much more commercial sheen than the sinister Iggy Pop version.This song is arguably about heroin addiction; “China white” is a street nickname for heroin, and based on the following lyrics in the song:
I could escape this feeling, with my China girl
I feel a wreck without my, little China girl
…
I’m a mess without my, little China girl
Wake up mornings, where’s my little China girl.
The song also concerns commercial imperialism, and as such continues the theme established in the video for “Let’s Dance”. It was again edited for single release, but attracted more attention for its striking video. David Mallet’s clip, shot in Australia, featured Jee Ling (actually it is Geeling Ng) as a Chinese Goddess, and also lying naked in the surf with Bowie (a visual reference to the film From Here to Eternity). The latter’s bared buttocks saw the video generate some lurid tabloid headlines, though the clip as a went on to win an MTV award. The UK single release reached #2 in the charts, and the US release #10.
Source: Wikipedia.org
Model Geeling Ng’s performance in David Bowie’s “China Girl” made her a lightning rod for controversy. Today, she’s positively suburban, living in New Zealand, raising orchids, running marathons, and managing a restaurant. Source: vh1.com
Trivia
In the Family Guy movie titled Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story David Bowie tells Asian Reporter Tricia Takanawa “Just you shut your mouth.”
China Girl
Words and music by David Bowie and Iggy Pop.
Oh oh oh ohoo little china girl
I could escape this feeling, with my china girl
I feel a wreck without my, little china girl
I hear her heart beating, loud as thunder
Saw the stars crashing
Im a mess without my, little china girl
Wake up mornings wheres my, little china girl
I hear hearts beating, loud as thunder
I saw they stars crashing down
I feel an tragic like an marlon brando
When I look at my china girl
I could pretend that nothing really meant too much
When I look at my china girl
I stumble into town just like a sacred cow
Visions of swastikas in my head
Plans for everyone
Its in the white of my eyes
My little china girl
You shouldnt mess with me
Ill ruin everything you are
Ill give you television
Ill give you eyes of blue
Ill give you men who want to rule the world
And when I get excited
My little china girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
She says … sh
She says
And when I get excited
My little china girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
And when I get excited
My little china girl says
Oh baby just you shut your mouth
She says … sh
She says
Jewlery giant MIKI Corporation has released their latest campaign commercials for the company’s exclusive Camellia Diamond brand. The commerical shorts star the lovely Ryoko Yonekura.
Yonekura was born in 1975 in Yokohama. She studied classical ballet for fifteen years from the age of 5. She won a national young beauty award in 1992. In 1993 she started her career as a model, working for fashion magazines such as CanCam. She announced her intention to start her acting career in June 1999.
