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Paris Fashion Mag Features China’s Famous “Facekini” In Photo Shoot

Posted: 08/14/2014 3:24 pm

cr fashion book pool mask facekini Chinese auntiesAunties of China: you never cease to amaze. Known for their propensity to public dance in squares and buy up vast amounts of gold, they may be most famous for encouraging the use of facekinis, a beach accessory used to keep the sun away from their faces.

Since they first appeared in the public eye in Qingdao in 2012, Facekinis have been the talk of summertime in China. But they’ve never really gotten the attention they’ve deserved… until now.

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As reported by Sina, fashion magazine CR Fashion Book has published a pictorial featuring the facekini. Photographed at Piscine Molitor, the pictorial centers on the concept that a “deep tan is the enemy”:

While our summer beauty routines are devoted to bronzing, self-tanning, and tan-extending, in Asia, beauty-seekers are more likely to center theirs around lightening and brightening… These beautiful eyes are peering from behind a mask—still enjoying summer, but avoiding a summer glow at all costs.

CR Fashion Book is run by Carine Roitfeld, former editor-in-chief of Vogue Paris. Who knows? Perhaps the facekini is set to take the world by storm.

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Photos: CR Fashion Book

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Netizens Blast Guangzhou Miss Asia Contestants in Ugly Online Comments

Posted: 08/8/2014 5:00 pm

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When women enter beauty pageants, they are essentially putting their bodies out there for judges to render their verdict. But some might not be aware the judging doesn’t stop at the official judges table.

Netizens have ganged up on contestants for the Miss Asia pageant in Guangzhou, with many ugly comments circulating online. So many people have taken part in the bashing that it’s become a trending topic on Sina Weibo.

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Here are some of the comments about the photographs (placed here in no particular order unless a contestant’s number is specifically mentioned):

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老佛爷来了来了:
Each one is scary. [sweat.emo]

南粤乔木:
Unemployed workers in Dongguan changing careers and looking to become the new Miss Asia?

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miss asia guangzhou preliminary swimsuit beauty pageant bikini model

Parker-Ave:
Is it just me who lingered on #2 for a while, and then quickly browsed through the rest?

王思聪外甥:
Contestant #2 is alright.miss asia guangzhou preliminary swimsuit beauty pageant bikini model

芬尼杨格:
(Allow me to bring up the) crackdown on Dongguan. So, what do you guys want to do: still want to continue looking, or not?

很明显是我:
These are all without make-up, right? Sooo beautiful. [cool.emo]miss asia guangzhou preliminary swimsuit beauty pageant bikini model

宇宙无敌小蛮吉:
Husband, based upon the the quality seen here, you’re able to marry a champion and bring her back home.

Varuni-Koo:
Who was it that tricked me by saying beauty pageant contestants all have hot figures?

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广州城堡堡主:
I couldn’t help myself from clicking on the picture, and now I strongly suggest other users to never ever do the same. [sick.emo]

鹏城曹鹏:
Who was it that said that Chinese men aren’t good looking?miss asia guangzhou preliminary swimsuit beauty pageant bikini model

LEODANLING系长裙控:
Guangzhou has lots of beautiful girls, its just that none of them are interested in participating in a beauty pageant.

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逸绝尘-snda:
This is the last stop for my cheap hand. (Meaning that since the hand is cheap, it has clicked on something a non-cheap hand wouldn’t have.)

cheerysky111:
All I can say is that they are very ugly.miss asia guangzhou preliminary swimsuit beauty pageant bikini model

yl安晴:
Would a true beauty have to lower herself to participate in something like this?

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荷塘夏色柳林风声:
They look like men.

辣椒和薄荷叶:
They’re fat. It’s clear that they aren’t in the habit of exercising.miss asia guangzhou preliminary swimsuit beauty pageant bikini model

穿马甲的小羊:
Disaster.

枝丸子丶:
They’re ladyboys.

And so, it seems like the most empowering thing about putting on a swimsuit and having your picture published online in China is to become a subject for complaints.

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Photos: Weibo (2, 3)

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Netizens Upset at “Blasphemous” Combo of Chinese Opera and Bikinis

Posted: 07/28/2014 4:47 pm

swimsuits traditional headdress fujian chinese traditional operaModern China can be described as a country rushing headlong into the future while keeping one foot in the past. Sometimes, though, this makes for an uneasy alliance.

Netizens are furious after pictures of a private fashion show in Fujian appeared online that showed models clad in bikinis and swimwear while wearing traditional stage headdresses from the local Fujian Chinese opera.

Linzi, an organizer of the show, explained they wanted to create something fresh, so they combined swimwear with traditional opera headdresses as something ”old and new”. Linzi said the performance was just a one-time small-scale fashion show, and she said she’s sorry if any netizens had their feelings hurt.swimsuits traditional headdress fujian chinese traditional opera

The response to the photos has been overwhelmingly negative, calling the fashion show “blasphemous” and “a violation of China’s innocence”.

Here are some netizen comments over the controversy:

钟泳林:
Are they all prostitutes?

JCheng1012:
They should wear the dudou (an undergarment that covers the chest and abdomen). That way it’s sexier.

Chok蓝人:
Historic traditions are for remembering, not to be remade! Don’t destroy several thousand years of Chinese history!

硬虎无变鹿:
In order to made the anhiliation (of history) all the more thorough, is this some kind of draft (to work in) Dongguan?

请叫我fan_Fundy:
This is a violation of our country’s innocence

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肖哈哈哈哈哈哈哈哈:
So hard on the eyes! Nothing good will come of this!

Cacuts_s:
Nothing wrong here

叫我健叔叔_Ken:
The design composition of those pieces of cloth is not enough, I feel as though the top and bottom are not coordinated. The headpieces are too solemn and grandiose, while the clothing is too spartan.

周游You-Chow:
Do you fucking take this to be a Category III film? Businessmen will do unscrupulous things for money; before long, the several thousand years of culture left to us by our ancestors will be completely destroyed by this scum.

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明翔熙:
What a tragedy… people from generations past are more innocent. It never would have occurred to me that people of this generation would destroy the image of our country’s innocence.

-溧歆:
Very ugly, including the faces. [happy.emo]

summer馮馮:
It has lost the feeling of beauty.

猴年马月的牛头马面:
I feel as if I’m watching the Golden Lotus (a notorious Ming Dynasty known for its sexual content), but is an updated modern version!

Rowckee:
I’d say I can accept this because this involves cultural content, and so will multiply without end.

Helyn_Lam:
A day without selling meat spells the end of your days.

Here are more photos from the fashion show:

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Photos: Guangzhou Daily

Haohao

Bigwigs Demand Bikini-clad Babes Buff BMWs in Beijing

Posted: 07/24/2014 4:52 pm

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A car wash in Chaoyang District of Beijing is now offering its clients a special, priority service. For the low low price of RMB 880, clients can watch as bikini-clad attendants wash the car, providing care and attention to all of your tailpipes and rims. The catch? It’s by appointment only.

One could see this as a shrewd marketing move, but the origins of this service are much more humble: it started because clients wanted it.

We’re sure there’s some logic there, somewhere: you’ve amassed a fortune in order to purchase an extremely expensive luxury item, and now you want to pay top dollar to have someone take care of your investment based upon how skimpy their work uniform is.

Check out the photos below.

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Haohao

Bikini Babes Welcome Summer at Guangzhou Water Park Promotion

Posted: 05/20/2014 12:12 pm

guangzhou bikini swimsuit guangdong summer waterparkThe recent rain in the PRD has been dreadful, but the sun took time to come out on May 18 when Chimelong Water Park kicked off its 7th Annual 10,000 Bikinis event.

The focus of the event was a leaping dolphin comprised of several hundred bikini-clad women.

Last year’s event had used the gathering to draw “2013″ using the silhouette of a snake, the animal totem for last year’s zodiac. Being an unpopular year and avoided by pregnant mothers, next year’s animal zodiac, the sheep, is likely never going to be associated with anything sexy.

RELATED: Bikini Babes Gather for Scantily-Clad Photo Stunt
at Guangzhou Water Park

Anyone thinking that this is simply bush league should make note of the foreign models in attendance who took time off from hiding when a crackdown on improper visa use targeted the industry weeks ago.

We’ve included a number of photos of the event for inquiring minds…

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PHOTOS: Bikini-Clad Beauties Advocate the Use of Breast Milk
at Hong Kong Border

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VIDEO: Bikini-Clad Shenzhen Girls Call for “Rational” Protest
Against the Japanese

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And here’s the snake rolled out from last year’s event:guangzhou bikini swimsuit guangdong summer waterparkguangzhou bikini swimsuit guangdong summer waterpark

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Dongguan Plumber Proposes to Girlfriend in Bra and Panties

Photos: QQ, Yancheng Evening ReportiFeng 

Haohao

Photos: Shenzhen Lingerie Supermodel Contest

Posted: 05/7/2014 1:33 pm

shenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageantA supermodel lingerie pageant called “Beautiful Chinese Dream” was held on May 5 to kick off a SIUF 2014 brand exhibition as well as to celebrate China-international Lingerie Week.

Organizers emphasized that the 50 contestants taking part in the competition are all comprised of top-tiered, elite models who all embody the vanguard of lingerie modelling and culture in China.

To underscore this claim, the models are all said to be the pedigree of top modelling agencies and noteworthy post-secondary institutions that include Beijing Academy of Fashion, Tianjian Engineering University, Shenyang Normal University, Sichuan Media Academy, and Guangdong Engineering University. As there were originally 2000 applicants to this competition, we can see that only the cream rises to the top, if but with the aid of a little underwire.

The winner of the pageant receives a contract with a famous Shenzhen lingerie brand, but we all know the real winner is each and every one of us.shenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageantshenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageantshenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageantshenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageantshenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageantshenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageantshenzhen lingerie model fashion week competition pageant

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Photos: Yangcheng Evening Report

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Bikini-clad Shenzhen girls call for “rational” protest against the Japanese

Posted: 08/22/2012 5:19 pm

This one can be filed under “bizarre”.

Shenzhen has been dealing with the aftermath of large-scale protests on Sunday, in which Japanese cars were burned and the windows of Japanese shops were smashed.  Amid the melee, some called for more rational ways to express disapproval over Japan’s claims to the Diaoyu Islands.

The call for more sober-minded protest was articulated yesterday by a man and two young women in their bikinis.  They staged a “protest” in the crowded area outside of Shenzhen Book City with signs reading “Civilized Patriotism – Rational Anti-Japanese Protests”.  They had Japanese knives between their legs and held toy rifles.  (WTF?)

Anyway, their attention-grabbing performance drew quite a crowd, as you can see in the video below.

(Thanks again to @MissXQ for the story.)

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