Former Miss China Du Juan has proved her appeal in her native Shanghai. But how well does her charm translate to the catwalks of New York? Not too badly, apparently.
Since appearing with Australian model Gemma Ward on the cover of Vogue China’s premiere issue last September, Du has been in constant motion. She has graced Paris and Italian Vogue, too. In Paris and Milan earlier this year, Du sizzled on the catwalk at Marc Jacob’s Louis Vuitton show, as well as for Hermes, Yves Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and a few others. That led the editors at Style.com Vogue and W Magazine’s website to name her as one of autumn’s top 10 new faces.

But Du Juan is more than just the next big Asian model. According to the China Daily, her success, in many ways, reflects the changing attitude towards Asian beauty in a globalizing world. Buoyed by interest in Asia and movie stars with a growing international presence, China’s potential as a land of buyers of luxury goods has made Chinese beauty matter.

The daughters of the East, therefore, have an even more prominent role to play in the fashion industry, in which a convergence of taste has been emerging. All this makes Du Juan hot property.

More proof of the 178-centimetre model’s rising status was her appearance in Models.com’s top-50 female models’ list (at this moment on rank 27).

Interest in the Asian region has grown. China’s rise, Japanese economic resurgence and the spreading popularity of Korean pop culture have had attractions: More people want to read about, write about and watch Asia. In the United States, the number of Asian women in the news, commercials and TV shows has risen, even if only slightly.

Then there’s the rise of Asian actresses. Lucy Liu is the most famous Asian-American actress today, with several blockbusters on her resume.

Riding on more mainstream movies such as “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” and “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and the proliferation of Asian film festivals across the world, China-born actresses such as Zhang Ziyi, Gong Li and Maggie Cheung have been propelled into international magazines and endorsements.

Zhang Ziyi and Gong Li both have appeared in People magazine’s 100 most beautiful people list, with Zhang making her third appearance this year.

The rise of these Chinese actresses has helped fuel a surge of Western interest in Asia, Hong Kong-born New York-based designer Vivienne Tam told the China Daily.

Source:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/

Selected links:
http://iamfashion.blogspot.com/
http://www.style.com/
http://www.perlesdetahiti.net/
http://models.com/

Thai cuty Irene Fah (May 18, 1985), also known as Opal or Opal Lee, is a very recognizable face to many surfers. She has been featured on a number of major Asian sites (including Asian4You). When she first appeared on the internet a few years back, she became an instant hit with surfers. I just got an email from Da Ole Guy about his interview with Irene Fah.

Pictures taken from:
http://www.thaicuties.com/

Interview from:
http://www.webnetladies.com/

Some other selected picture galleries:

http://www.legalasianteens.com/wp-gallery2.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=64
http://www.legalasianteens.com/wp-gallery2.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=513
http://www.legalasianteens.com/wp-gallery2.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=719
http://www.legalasianteens.com/wp-gallery2.php?g2_view=core.ShowItem&g2_itemId=874

http://www.turkstreet.com/a4u/vidpromos/irenedance/index.html
http://www.turkstreet.com/a4u/gals/irene1/index.html

An a short videoclip:

The first well known pictures of Francine Dee (aka Djhoanna Dee, Holly, Chase, Joy), were taken about 10 years ago – possibly still in highschool. She made the cover of Oriental Dolls and quickly became the buzz in the school halls. At that time, Francine already had her breasts enhanced and was sporting blonde hair. Now 10 years later at the age of almost 28, Francine has long, soft, black-brown hair and is on her 6th enhancement (?). Still an incredible body, a beautiful face, and a very nice gal – you couldn’t ask for a better combination.Francine Dee (Filipina/Chinese) was born 21 July 1978 in Hong Kong. She was and is an only child. Her astrological birth sign is Cancer; her Chinese sign is the Year of the Horse; and her birthstone is Ruby.

At a few months old, her family moved to the Philippines. Her and her parents moved to the U.S. in 1983, and lived in the Orange County area. When she was approx. 10 years they moved to the mid-Wilshier district. Her parents divorced soon after this move. Francine attended catholic school her whole life. Highschool was an all girls Catholic school.

Her first modeling job turned up in Oriental Dolls. At that time she just turned 18 years old. These are the infamous blonde pics. Francine was quite surprised to see herself on the cover. This proved to be a litte overwhelming. She took a break from modeling for a year.

About one year later she did a photoshoot for a calendar featuring black women. Francine can’t even explain how she got in this one. Feeling more comfortable with this type of work, Francine continued doing more calendar work, then started doing posters, and studio shoots. Around this time period she started her business major.

At the age of 20 the nude work seemed to be coming a little more comfortable with Francine. She went under contract with Dave G. from Hollywood Asians and sponsored her fan site at Vivid Dreams. She even made 2 nude live video appearances on Hollywood Asians.

She started doing the import car show scene mid 1998. The first known appearance by the site editor of Visual Cafe (not online anymore) is the Import Nationals in August 1998.

Around that time she was majoring in business and has transfered to USC in June 1999. At the age of 21 she decided to tone back the nude modeling but fortunately for her fans she came back a few years later and opened her website at francinedee.com.

In 2004, Francine made an appearance on Blind Date, an American reality television dating series. In addition, she has made an appearance as a stripper in the movie Soul Plane.

She is single, after he recent break up with Hip-Hop Honeys CEO, Jonathan Shecter, and currently resides in Las Vegas, Nevada, where she lives with her two dogs Samantha and Chayse.

I’m sure you will find tons of images of Francine Dee when you do a simple search in Google. For the lazy guys, you can find some nice shots of Francine here, here and obviously at her official site francinedee.com.

If you have a good link on Francine, please don’t hesitate to post it here in the comments. Thx!