I can see why Hollywood would embrace her look, shd resembles Lucy Liu, the Asian, exotic look. However, is it safe to say she would not be recognized if shd were to pursue an acting career in east Asian countries (HK, Korea etc) as she does not really fit their standard of beauty. I know many Asian considered Lucy liu as unattractive. Attractive ones would be Michelle Wie, Cecilia Cheung, Honey Lee etc.
Would anyone here agree?
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shareEven though that idea seems to be true, I think it's completely ridiculous.
It seems like the standard of beauty in Asia is for girls to have more western features, which I think is kind of offensive. And on the reverse side, girls who have more archetypical Asian features are considered in Asian countries as looking bland and boring, like Zhang Ziyi and Chinese top model Liu Wen.
How can any Asian person (unless s/he's mixed) have 'Western features'?
Those are Asian features.
We have just as diverse features as other races. I know. But in all the Asian actor forums I go to, whenever mainlanders post pics of actors they consider attractive, they usually post pics of girls with lighter skin (in regards to Indians), euro-centric features or look like they are mixed. Koreans were constantly telling Yunjin Kim to get a nose job because they hated the roundness of her nose.
I'm usually the first to tell people that beauty is all to do with facial symmetry, like I did on the imdb Zhang Ziyi boards, but their response was that she's boring looking.
I think it's unlikely, that they would post that in a public forum, or even think that way. Heck yes they did. When that Yunjin Kim fashion spread was posted on a Lost forum, these people mostly responded by saying how gorgeous she looked. When those same pics were posted on a Korean site, it people mostly went on and on about how awful her nose looked. I'd dig up these links from five years ago if I had the time. Sites like Popseoul were far more critical of her looks than most websites.
Are you even Asian?Yes. Note my username.
There is nothing called 'archetypical Asian features' or 'Western features' on Asians. You sound like an idiot.I'm not the one sounding idiotic, because these aren't my opinion (just ones I've taken from other message boards), so you are getting your panties in a wad for nothing.
But like it or not, there are standard features that separate all ethnicities. Despite the various looks (in your words) no one will ever mistake me for an Indian or Japanese person.
And yes, famous icons are constantly being told that they are only famous because their features appeal to the west. Iman was accused of looking like "a white woman dipped in chocolate" (google it if you don't believe me) and there have been many commenters who say that Taiwanese-Canadian actor Godfrey Gao is only successful because he "doesn't even look that Asian".
Like I keep telling you, all races have VARIOUS looks to them, including Asians, why do I even have to keep telling you this?Obviously. No one is saying otherwise, so you're wasting your breath by constantly mentioning it.
Why are you buying into the 'White racism'? I'm not. Just like the OP said, it is usually Asians who are incredibly narrow-minded in terms of standards of beauty.