Liu Wen
Liu Wen
Liu Wenis a Chinese fashion model represented by The Society Management and based in New York City. She is the first model of East Asian descent to walk the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, the first spokesmodel of East Asian descent for Estée Lauder and the first Asian model to ever make Forbes magazine's annual highest-paid models list. In 2012, The New York Times named her "China’s first bona fide supermodel"...
NationalityChinese
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth27 January 1988
CityYongzhou, China
CountryChina
Liu Wen quotes about
I like clothes - I like to play with clothes. I like DIY; I like to make outfit.
The challenge for me, and for Asian models in general has been convincing editors, stylists and photographers that we can have mass appeal, but Asian, especially Chinese models have become a stronger presence. Just a season or two ago, there weren't many models for me to talk with backstage in my native Mandarin. Now I usually have no trouble finding someone at any show.
I never wore high heels in my hometown.
In my school days, everyone thought I'm too tall for a Chinese girl.
I used to see Estee Lauder's ads everywhere in the subways of Beijing, and I thought how wonderful it would be if the model on them was myself!