Why do those oriental girls become world supermodels when they are not good-looking?

Lv Yan should be an oriental girl. She is not good-looking, but she can be a model of the world's supermodel!

"Not everyone has a chance to be beautiful, but everyone has a chance to live beautifully." I want to dedicate this article to all my traveling companions, who don't want to be abused by prejudice and surrender to fate.

In June 2000, Lv Yan, who has always been criticized for her appearance, stood out among the strong players and won the second place in the Starlight Glimmer World Supermodel Competition. So far, this is the best result of the China model in the world competition. When the news came, public opinion was in an uproar. At that time, she was listed as the "first ugly model" because of her small eyes, flat nose, thick lips, flat face and small freckles ... In the habitual prejudice of the public, these have nothing to do with beauty.

We believe that the world we live in is becoming more and more colorful, but in the definition of beauty, human cognition is far from infinite. When the standard of beauty is unified, there is no personality and edges and corners, the beautiful world appears empty and pale. In this age of entertainment to death, there is never a lack of beauty. What is lacking is often a soul full of interest and escape.

Perhaps at the beginning, this girl who came out of a poor and backward mountain village in De 'an mining area, Jiangxi Province, did not expect that she would strut confidently and proudly on the highly anticipated international runway one day, and even climb stairs to win the highest peak. So she overcame not only herself who once had nothing, but also the world's prejudice against beauty.

2? 1999 One day, a group of photos of "Freckle Lily" were posted on Wangfujing Street in Beijing, which was crowded with tourists.

In the standard sense, this is not a beautiful photo. The truth and personality of naked clothes were not the trend at that time. So, many people were surprised: "There are freckles on her face. This girl is so ugly!" " "In the midst of disdain, doubt and ridicule, Lv Yan became famous in World War I with his distinctive appearance and extraordinary expressive force.

When she looked back on her youth, it seemed like a big dream. Lv Yan's father is a barber, his mother is a housewife, and his brother and sister, a family of five, are trying to make a living. Therefore, Lv Yan's childhood life came from 600 yuan money earned by his father's haircut.

At that time, Lv Yan's ideal was a monthly salary of 800 yuan. In the village where she lives, even if it is closed, compared with girls of the same age, she is still very ashamed, especially when she grows to one meter, seventy or eighty, and she uses her hunchback to cover up her inferiority.

That year, 18-year-old Lv Yan signed up for a beauty class to correct her behavior. As a result, she made a mistake and was taken to the modeling circle in Beijing by her teacher. One day, the model team next door was not enough. Because of Lv Yan's height, she came on as a substitute. She filled the gap. Unexpectedly, this has also become an important turning point in her life.

In the model team with fragrant clothes and dark hair, she became an "alien" without outstanding appearance, but when her mouth slightly rose and her eyes were firmly in full bloom, that distinctive brilliance was suddenly caught by Boya who knew pearls.

This "noble person" who changed her fate is the stylist Li Dongtian. At that time, Li Dongtian was very famous in the industry. After meeting countless amazing people, he was still shocked by the unique beauty of Lv Yan who came for an interview, so he invited her as the image spokesperson of the company.

Beauty is the same, which means that you may disappear from the crowd and stand out from the crowd, so you have a better chance of being seen. So under his ingenious creation, the "Freckle Lily" poster, which was originally thought to be a freckle advertisement, has become one of the signs that people often stop on the streets of Wangfujing. But if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight. She became famous, and because of her ugly appearance, she was placed at the forefront. Some people even thought that she "influenced the city".

When she was young, she just took an uneasy step into this world, and cold rain poured on her face. What is cruelty? When you want to live well for a warm reason, the whole world regards you as a monster.

So when a well-known company invited her to be a model to attend the event, she refused this good opportunity to continue to forge ahead: "I don't think they really appreciate me." A person's value should come from the sincere recognition of the other party, not as a gimmick "selling point" for "clown" to gain benefits.

Naive, she didn't expect that after rejecting this invitation, her career would collapse like a domino, and immediately fell to the bottom of her life after being banned by the domestic model circle.

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However, "water stirs the sound of stone, and people stir up ambition." When she felt cornered, a world-renowned modeling agency in France trained Claudia Seaver and offered her an olive branch.

Cross the rubicon, cross the rubicon. The days of Paris are under siege. But this exotic girl from the countryside who doesn't know English has made a breakthrough in this fashion capital. At that time, she lived in a 9-square-meter room, and for a month, she relied on bland boiled eggs to satisfy her hunger.

A quick translation, a timetable, a subway route map, she is either in an interview or running on the way to an interview every day. One day, Lv Yan got an interview, but she almost missed it because she didn't understand. "I remember the first time I took a photo of VOGUE, the photographer kept saying don't move. I don't know what that means. I kept posing until he got angry and said stop. I don't understand. "

Sometimes we can't take the first step, not that the first step is insurmountable, but that it is difficult to accept the face and confidence lost because of embarrassment and failure when we take the first step. Lv Yan knew that only by facing up to the respect of others can you rebuild your own value. In a season of late autumn and early winter, models are afraid of the cold and don't want to appear in the camera. Only Lv Yan put on a thin skirt and walked on the runway with great aplomb. At that moment, she seemed to automatically shield all unfavorable factors and completed a beautiful catwalk at a high level.

Recalling this difficult time, she said, "I'm not the only China model who went to Paris, and I'm not the first one. Why do many more beautiful and famous models come back soon? Because I can't eat that pain. " Lv Yan never turns down other models who are too tired and tired. Foreign photographers like to cooperate with this optimistic and hardworking oriental girl.

She not only became the most diligent and dedicated "model worker", but also touched the whole industry with her impeccable professionalism. Initially, she took photos for VOGUE; Only a few months later, she walked on the runway of Dior fashion show; Soon, advertising blockbusters and brand endorsements followed.

She turned a dangerous path that was difficult to walk into a sky-high highway. In the eyes of westerners, she became "the most beautiful woman in China". Confident, bold and free and easy, she volatilizes the true beauty of women to the fullest.

The so-called light comes not only from the skin, but also from the inside out!