How did Lu Yan come out of the mountains and become a world famous model?

Ugly is the first impression many people have of her. Because she is completely different from the public aesthetics, with squinty eyes, high cheekbones, flat nose bridge, and thick lips, Lu Yan has become the "ugliest one" in everyone's mouth "Supermodel", even though she debuted 20 years ago, there is still a lot of criticism about her.

But she is the first Chinese model to be recognized internationally, and her road to becoming an international supermodel has been very bumpy. Lv Yan's career as a model

Lv Yan was born in the De'an mining area of ??Jiangxi Province. That place can be said to be a barren land. "You can't be beaten to death, you can't be crushed to death, you can't be killed by fire." Her family's conditions are not very good, and her father He is a hairdresser, and his mother is a farmer through and through.

Since she was a child, she followed the boys in the village up the mountains and down the river. She has a lively and energetic personality. "No one treats me as a girl." For a long time, she was the only girl in the local game arcade. .

After graduating from junior high school, she went to Nanchang to study finance and accounting. When she was about to graduate, she saw a bodybuilding training class enrolling students. She was tall and hunched, and she was a little moved.

After joining this class for a while, it happened that the model class next door was going to Beijing to compete, and there was one person missing. Lu Yan, who is 178cm tall, was roped in to make up the numbers. She was not interested in modeling, but the fact that food and accommodation were included attracted her, so she treated it as a free trip.

Unexpectedly, she later fell in love with the modeling profession, and a month later, she met Bole Li Dongtian.

Originally, she thought that models only needed to wear beautiful clothes and walk on the catwalk, but after training, she gradually gained a clearer understanding. Although she was eliminated in the preliminary round, she did not choose to leave, but continued to stay in Beijing to seek development opportunities. She began to go to major clothing magazines recruiting models for interviews.

One day, she met a photographer named Feng Hai during an interview at a magazine. He was taciturn and only said to her, "Take a look around." She was wearing a Short sleeves, baggy trousers, earthy feeling. After reading it, he remained silent. Then a little fat man came in. He looked around and said happily: "You are very beautiful, so beautiful!"

She was flattered. It was the first time in her life that someone called her "beautiful". And this little fat man is now the father of domestic makeup, top makeup artist Li Dongtian.

He said to her: "You will definitely be famous, and you will be famous for a lifetime."

For this reason, he designed a look for her, a very simple and casual look, just in the Dozens of "freckles" were dotted on both sides of her nose. Feng Hai took this photo of her and later made it into a huge poster, which was hung on Wangfujing Street, the busiest street in Beijing.

Passers passing by began to comment. Some said he was really ugly, while others said he had a lot of personality. But no matter what people think, Lu Yan is famous. She went to Paris alone

A year later, she met two agents from the French Metropolitan Model Agency. They were attracted by her unique temperament and felt that her "oriental face" had an Unique beauty. So he stopped her and asked her if she was a model and if she would be willing to go to Paris to develop her career.

When she heard it, she replied without hesitation: "Okay." She thought to herself that she was just starting out, so there was nothing wrong with going out to make a living. A model who has already established a foothold in China may hesitate when faced with the requests of foreign model agencies, but she has nothing, so she has nothing to fear. Two months later, she came to Paris alone. At the end of the same year, she participated in the International Supermodel Competition, where she shined brilliantly and won the runner-up trophy. Lu Yan became famous in one battle! Lu Yan is the first Chinese model to win the runner-up of Supermodel, and is also the highest ranking ever achieved by a Chinese model.

With the strength of the supermodel runner-up, she became a favorite in major shows in the following years. She has appeared in major international fashion magazines and has been a spokesperson for brands such as Hermès, Benetton, and L'Oréal. With an annual salary of US$6.5 million, she has become a role model for Chinese models, and her name is famous both at home and abroad. Restless, she began to create her own brand

In 2013, Lu Yan stopped modeling and returned to China to set up a personal brand studio in Shanghai. But the studio is not as simple as imagined.

In order to understand the entire industry chain, she had to start with fabrics, so she went to the fabric wholesale market, but hit a wall. The shopkeepers were either too busy with themselves or ignored her, and she felt very disappointed. . When she was a model, everyone was surrounding her and she didn't need to do anything by herself. But starting a business is different now. She has to figure out the entire process and do it herself. But Lu Yan was not discouraged. She quickly adjusted her mentality and re-entered the battle, learning step by step and step by step.

Now the fashion brand "COMME MOI" founded by Lu Yan has entered its eighth year. Her team has grown from three people at the beginning to dozens of people now. More and more people like her brand design, including many domestic and foreign celebrities, including Sun Li, Zhang Ziyi, Yu Feihong, Hai Qing, Qu Ying and other celebrities who are her regular customers.

Many people say that Lu Yan is lucky, but her success is definitely not luck. Part of my luck was meeting Li Dongtian and Feng Hai, and having their first acquaintance. Later, I met a French agent and got a chance to be promoted. But everything else is due to her hard work.

There are many Chinese models who also have the opportunity to go to Paris, but Lu Yan is the first to persevere despite all difficulties.

From being ridiculed as "ugly" by Chinese people, to becoming an international supermodel, and now a designer and founder of a fashion brand, Lu Yan's counterattack is enough to give strength to ordinary people.

She is well-deserved China's number one supermodel!