Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na

This pretty lady is Chinese-American actress Ming-Na. She also goes by the name Ming-Na Wen. She was born in China in 1963, but came to the USA at age 4. Do the math and you will see yet another example of how many Asian ladies seem to hardly age at all!

Ming-Na caught the acting bug at an early age and eventually earned a BA degree in theatre (with high honors) from Carnegie-Mellon University. As you can see in her IMDB Profile, she has numerous movie, television and theatre credits to her name.

The first role to bring Ming-Na notoriety was her part in the film The Joy Luck Club. She also had a long running role as Dr. Chen on the popular television show ER. More recently, she is the voice of Mulan in the film Mulan II.

To see a few more pics of lovely Ming-Na Wen, just click on

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Links for Ming-Na Wen

Ming-Na’s Official Website
Ming-Na’s IMDB Profile
Ming-Na Google Image Search

Miss Jenny Chu

Jenny Chu (Photography: Jen Han)

Today I just thought to myself: time for an import model*. The real Asian-American model lovers will probably allready know her: Jenny Chu. Jenny is half Chinese, half Vietnamese. There is a lot to be found on the web about her (interviews, photo-galleries, member-sites), so enjoy yourselves with the following links I have selected for you. I am a bit pressured for time right now, so feel free to add more in the comments section.Gallery @ MissJennyChu.com
Jenny Chu Official site
Jenny Chu Official site #2
Jenny Chu @ ModelGraphy.com
Jenny Chu @ PureHotModels.com
Jenny Chu @ ImportCreationOnline.com
Jenny Chu @ Tunerzine.com
Jenny Chu @ Nguoimau.com

Some facts:

Name: Jenny Chu
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
Ethnicity: Chinese/Vietnamese
Date of birth: 1985-10-17
Height: 5′ 3″ / 160 cm
Weight: 115 lbs / 52 kg
Eyes: Brown
Hair: Brown
Measurements: 32B-24-36
Dress Size: 3-5
Shoe Size: 7

* Somehow the term ‘import model’ just doesn’t sound right to me… I mean, to associate a person, in this case Asian-American, with an import car? (thanx Lee, for the clarification! ;-)) Here in Holland people sometimes even use the term import as a joke; “He has an import wife”. Ah well, who am I to judge.

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Kristin Kreuk

Kristin Kreuk

When I first saw this gorgeous girl in Smallville, I thought “wow, she’s one of the prettiest non-Asian girls I’ve ever seen”. Little did I know she actually was Asian – well half Asian anyway, and half Dutch. In a sense this is even better for me, as I am half Dutch myself (not to mention the fact that both Marco and Robin are Dutch too)! I am of course talking about Canadian actress Kristin Kreuk.Born in Vancouver to a Dutch father and an Indonesian Chinese mother, she continues to work from there today. She got her big break when a casting director sent a fax to her high school asking for an exotic looking girl to star in a new TV series. Kristin certainly fit the description and landed a lead role in the hit Canadian teen show Edgemont – from her first ever professional audition!

It was her lead role in Smallville, however, that really brought her to the attention of the rest of the world (including me!). As both series are shot in Vancouver, she has been able to work on both shows simultaneously. More recently, she has appeared in the Sci Fi channel mini series Legend of Earthsea, the comedy film Eurotrip and also as Snow White – it’s hard to imagine any one better suited to this role!

She’s also had some other notable achievements outside acting. In 2002 she became the newest spokesmodel for Nuetrogena and was #10 in Canadian FHM’s “Hottest Girls” list (she was #71 in the US edition that year). In 2003 she was #24 in FHM’s “100 Sexiest Women” list. In 2005 she was #67 in Maxim’s “Hot 100” list, #18 in askmen.com‘s “Most Desirable Women” list and #1 in Femme Fatale’s “50 Sexiest Women of the Year” list. In other words, she’s hot!

Here’s a few fan sites (with photos):

http://www.allstarz.org/~kristinkreuk/
http://kristink.fanwired.com/
http://www.kristinkreuk.net/

Plus another nice gallery:

http://www.hottieking.com/2004/12/kristen-kreuk.html

Thankyou to VietnameseCritic and badboy for bringing Kristin’s Asian heritage to my attention!