Here are the world’s most beautiful East Asian women that I know of. As you will soon be able to tell, I live in America and know next to nothing about film or music in East Asia. I count only women who are famous enough to have an article in the Wikipedia and who are at least part East Asian by blood (but not part black). I count South East Asia as part of East Asia.
1. Patricia Ford (1969- ) was an American swimsuit model from Hawaii. Back in 1995 her pictures were on the Internet like free dollar bills. The pictures from her calendar back then were amazing: I could look at them forever. She is a mix of German, Irish, Portuguese, Chinese and Hawaiian. More.
2. Nicole Scherzinger (1978- ) is an American singer, also from Hawaii. She is best known as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls. Her father is Filipino, her mother is part Hawaiian and part Russian. Whatever she is, she is beautiful!
3. Pia Reyes (1964- ) is a model from Manila in the Philippines. She was the Playboy Playmate of the Month for November 1988.
4. Tia Carrere (1967- ) is an American actress, also from Hawaii. She was Cassandra in the Wayne’s World films of the 1990s. She is full Filipino by blood.
5. Sung-Hi Lee (1970- ) is an American model, best known for appearing in Playboy. She was born in Seoul, South Korea and moved to America when she was eight.
6. Ann Curry (1956- ) is an American news presenter. I used to see her on the morning news on NBC and hear only half of what she said because she was so beautiful. She was born in Guam to a white father (who is part Cherokee) and a Japanese mother. I thought she was ten years younger than she is.
7. Faye Wong (1969- ) is a singer from Hong Kong. She has sold over 97 million records, making her the best-selling female singer of Cantonese pop music. In Japan she is called the Diva of Asia. I am not a fan but I keep running across her pictures on the Internet being struck by her beauty.
8. Nancy Kwan (1939- ) is an American actress from the 1960s. I know her from the Hollywood film, “The World of Suzy Wong” (1960). She was born in Hong Kong. She is half Cantonese and half Scottish.
9. Vanessa Mae (1978- ) is a British violin player. She was born in Singapore to a Thai father and a Chinese mother.
10. Sonia Couling (1974- ) is a Thai model and actress from Bangkok. Her father is English, her mother Thai. I only know about her from seeing her on someone else’s list of beautiful women!
Honourable mentions: Lisa Ling, Vanessa Hudgens.
No, I did not forget Lucy Liu. She looks kind of mean or something.
I love black hair and high cheekbones and East Asian eyes are often pretty, but I do not go for paleness and thinness in women.
Women from the Philippines, Thailand and southern China are better looking to me than women farther north.
See also:
Abagond 
I’ve always had a thing for Joan Chen.
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Nicole Scherizinger (sp.) isn’t pretty at to me. But otherwise, these are some nice looking women. Yet, I think the presence of so many Eurasian women kinda contradicts what you’ve said in the past. You’ve taken white publications to task for not picking enough “real black women” and for only liking the “whitness” in women of color who have Euro ancestry. Are you doing anything different with this list?
Also, why do women have to be in categories and “flavors”, why can’t pretty women just be pretty women?
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Again Myname you said exactly what I was about to write. wow I am impressed this is not the first time. LOL!!!!!!
Nicole from the PCD is overrated in term of beauty even She does have great legs, abs and jet hair.
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Hmm. Shutdown gorgeous Black women blog, and now posting gorgeous Asian women.
I guess everybody wants to try something new every now and then.
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A lot of actresses and models that crossover into the west are often Eurasian. They are popular of course in Asia and they are familiar enough physically for White Europeans. You really have to pay attention to Asian cinema to see a better cross section of diversity. Side note Thailand is considered part of Southeast Asians groups i.e., Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Philippines, and Thailand are usually separated from East Asians that include China, Korea, and Japan.
Some East Asians who are considered quite attractive in parts of Asia include
Gongi Li http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Li she is considered the Meryl Streep of China
Tang Wei http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gong_Li
Shu Qi http://www.shu-qi.com/popup.htm
Those are just a couple.
It’s not hard to find a list of East Asian women since they are the easiest group to eroticize and fetish.
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Asian women age extemely well. Everyone on this list is gorgeous.
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Kristin Kreuk (lana lang from smallville) should be on this list
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Always had a thing for Nancy Kwan and Tia Carrere. The only thing that made watching “High School Musical” bareable is Vannesa Hudgens. Please note I have little sister, so I had no choice.
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Why have an East Asian list? I started out with a list of just beautiful women – of any race. Then I wanted one of black women. And then in fairness I made one of white women. And then people asked me what about Asian women, etc.
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Why so many Eurasians: Half of the women on this list are part white, what is that about? I think that is because I live in America. I have little doubt there are tons of pure Asian women who are better looking than these but I do not know who they are.
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maybe that’s how some white people are when it comes to black women…abagond
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I’m biased towards the full Filipino or part-Filipino actresses as I’m also Filipino…hehe. Regarding Lucy Liu, I’m always puzzled as to why she’s even considered pretty. It’s as if she’s considered pretty by default since she’s one of the few Asian-American actresses who’s fairly known in the US. However, if you talk to people in many parts of Asia, they will strongly disagree with you. The East Asian beauties that are very popular right now are Song Hye Gyo, Lee Hyori (S.Korea), and Liu Yi Fei (China).
Song Hye Gyo
Lee Hyori
Liu Yi Fei
As mayhue mentioned earlier, Thailand and the rest of the Southeast Asians are separated from East Asians. Btw, there is also some sort of hierarchy among Asians as well…the East Asians on top while the Southeast Asians are lower.
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zhang ziyi, i dont know if thats spelled right, but she is really pretty. she was in memoirs of a geisha, house of flying daggers, etc.
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@clovebae:
It’s really interesting that many of my friends from various parts of Asia think Zhang Ziyi is overrated in looks as well as an actress.
@abagond:
I’m curious as to why you think women from Southeast Asia are better looking? I’m a member of a few Asian sites, and let me tell you about the comments. Southeast Asian women are considered less attractive because they’re darker complected, and meatier than their “fairer”, slim East Asian counterparts.
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omg!!! leigh204 formerly L.T. you are sooo pretty!!!
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Aw, gee whiz, Therese. You have me blushing right now. Thank you! 🙂
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@leigh204
i think abagond ha made it pretty clear that he likes dark skin, meaty women. So it makes sense that he would think southeast Asians are more attractive than east Asians.
i don’t like to put one group as being more attractive than the other because that kind of attitude i stupid. beauty is beauty and women are women. Also, I’m not looking at these women in a sexual way, as perhaps a straight male would, but if I were looking at them in that way I would go for the thicker, darker women as well. To me thicker=more voluptuous=more womanly. and I just think dark skin is beautiful, probably because i have dark skin myself.
Really though, beauty is so incredibly subjective that these things don’t even matter.
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I’m curious as to why you think women from Southeast Asia are better looking? I’m a member of a few Asian sites, and let me tell you about the comments. Southeast Asian women are considered less attractive because they’re darker complected, and meatier than their “fairer”, slim East Asian counterparts.
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I agree that there is a hierarchy from what I can see as an outsider. I live around a very large Cambodian population with Vietnamese and Laotians sprinkled throughout and East Asians in that area(they were often highly educated, somtimes very well off)do look down on some Southeast Asians. Blackbodians were used as a slur against Cambodians even though they were not mixed with Black. In addition, Southeast Asians contend with problems of lower educational attainment, gang violence, and poverty that are supposed to be the sole province of Blacks and which may darken the Model Minority image that some East Asians see as that protects them from being seen in the same light as Blacks.
Zhang Ziyi is way overrated. She cannot act worth a damn and there are a lot of Actresses that outpace her by miles working in Asian cinema. I also agree about Lucy Liu—she is not pretty at all and she got where she was by exploiting the Dragon lady and Asian sex kitten stereotypes.
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There is alot of pressure on all races to look more white, as the mixed ones tend to get the majority of media attention.
There was an unbelievable article in the DAILY MAIL (UK) a few days ago where a Black single mother going to university with children went to Panama to get an unsafe surgical procedure to turn her brown eyes permanently blue. She wasted thousands of pounds only to almost go blind in the process.
All of the comments posted mainly spoke about how reckless,vain and irresponsible she was( she also had a long black weave, breast implants, etc)
It’s obvious to me that she obviously felt that pressure to look more white. So while she was obviously low income( being a single mother in uni) she was willing to spend the money not on her kids/charity but on herself to conform to societies ideal. Very sad Asian girls go through this as well
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@leigh204 – I think it is so fitting to see your picture for the first time on a post titled “The most beautiful East Asian women”
@Abagond – I was about to suggest that you could look up Asian beauty pageants – god knows there are way too many of those – but then I thought, they do tend to try to fit to a “white” ideal and a slim supermodel type one at that so I don’t think you’ll find beauty pageant type women to be to your “dark + thick” women preference.
However, I do have to add that your list seems to consist of mostly Eurasians who really are beautiful but there are also Asian women of no European ancestry who are just as gorgeous with or without dark skin + curviness. I believe this is partially due to the lack of Asian representation in Western media. Western cultures are only fed the pale+slim+androgynous shaped Asian female (and male for that matter) when East Asians come in ALL shades (ok, maybe not palest pale and darkest dark, but most shades in between lol) and sizes.
You should check out Racialicious – there’s been a few discussions on East Asian topics lately.
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Racialicious is a great blog.
Western cultures are only fed the pale+slim+androgynous shaped Asian female (and male for that matter) when East Asians come in ALL shades (ok, maybe not palest pale and darkest dark, but most shades in between lol) and sizes
That makes sense, unfortunately – unfortunately for those of us in the West who are fed just one kind of whitened Asian beauty.
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leigh204:
Court had is right: meatier and darker is better. South East Asians also seem to have thicker lips, also a good thing. Light skin to the degree that Swedish women have it or Japanese women seem to have it is a turn-off to me.
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I do not follow Chinese cinema so the mere fact that I know who Zhang Ziyi is means she must be overhyped.
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leigh204:
Thanks for list of current beauties!
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Sherry said:
maybe that’s how some white people are when it comes to black women…abagond
Right. A good example is Nia Long: I think most whites would say she is pretty but she is not well known to them.
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why isn’t GONG LI on here?? or Xiang Xiyi??
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To Monica:
why isn’t GONG LI on here?? or Xiang Xiyi??
Abagond mentioned earlier that this was not an inclusive list.. merely the Asian women with which he was familiar. It’s very US centric.
For reference:
Xiang Xiyi (Zhang Ziyi)
http://www.helloziyi.us/Galleries/pictures.htm
Gong Li:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&source=hp&q=gong+li&um=1&ie=UTF-8&ei=XRmfSoDBAdOwmAfR5qD0DQ&sa=X&oi=image_result_group&ct=title&resnum=1
One of my favorites is Maggie Cheung:
http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&um=1&ei=iRmfSq7bBozflAfGscDuDA&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=0&ct=result&cd=1&q=maggie+cheung&spell=1&start=0
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@court:
“i don’t like to put one group as being more attractive than the other because that kind of attitude i stupid. beauty is beauty and women are women. Also, I’m not looking at these women in a sexual way, as perhaps a straight male would, but if I were looking at them in that way I would go for the thicker, darker women as well. To me thicker=more voluptuous=more womanly. and I just think dark skin is beautiful, probably because i have dark skin myself.
Really though, beauty is so incredibly subjective that these things don’t even matter.”
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I totally agree with your post. A beautiful woman is a beautiful woman regardless…
@mayhue:
Being Filipino, I know all too well about many, though not all, East Asians looking down on Southeast Asians. One time, in elementary school, I was invited by a Chinese friend to play at her house. She was one of the few Asians around in a predominantly white neighborhood. Well, her parents took one look at me, and yelled at my friend, and kicked me out of their house!
And then the next day, my Chinese friend’s father forbade her to play with me. I was so sad. I didn’t know what I did wrong until I realized I wasn’t the “right” person according to their culture.
Where I come from, I’ve heard time and time again that Filipinos as well as Cambodians and Thais are thought of as the black people of Asia. We’re looked down upon as dirty, dark, and inferior. That’s really effed up!
@Therese:
“I think it is so fitting to see your picture for the first time on a post titled “The most beautiful East Asian women”
Oh, go on! Shucks, girl! I mean, please…do go on! lol! J/k! You’re far too generous with the compliments, and very sweet to say so. 🙂
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What about Kelly Hu. She’s hot.
leigh204 formerly known as L.T. looks fine as well.
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I think lucy lui is beautiful and personally find lisa ling unattractive.
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kristen kreuk is also very pretty
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Being Filipino, I know all too well about many, though not all, East Asians looking down on Southeast Asians. One time, in elementary school, I was invited by a Chinese friend to play at her house. She was one of the few Asians around in a predominantly white neighborhood. Well, her parents took one look at me, and yelled at my friend, and kicked me out of their house!
And then the next day, my Chinese friend’s father forbade her to play with me. I was so sad. I didn’t know what I did wrong until I realized I wasn’t the “right” person according to their culture.
Where I come from, I’ve heard time and time again that Filipinos as well as Cambodians and Thais are thought of as the black people of Asia. We’re looked down upon as dirty, dark, and inferior. That’s really effed up!
That is a horrible experience! But unfortunately it jibes with some of the things that I see and the slurs—the strong demarcation of East Asian and Southeast Asian. I am sure it’s different on the West Coast since stats tend to show more intra-marriages among Asians groups—especially Pinays and Pinoys, but on the East coast it’s a lot different. It would help if Blacks could see similarities with South East Asians, but the Model Minroity meme tends to block that area.
I will say that form a personal perspective the warmest Asians that I have ever met have usually been Filipinas. I don’t know whether it’s because Pilipino culture tends to be more matriarchal but I have never felt less than or seen as dirty and inferior as a Black women when I dealt with Filipinas compared to East Asians. Very eye opening.
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@mayhue:
I have always felt a sense of solidarity with black people. I’d say it all started with my mother. Years ago, when she immigrated to Canada (where I’m from), the first friend she made was a wonderful African-Canadian lady. When I was little, my mom always told me to refer to her as ‘Tita’ which means “aunt” in Filipino. I remember asking her why because she didn’t resemble any of my actual aunties. And she said, in a strong Filipino accent, “Becoz she iz one of dee pamily.” And to this very day, they’re still very good friends. I’ve learned a lot through my mother and I thank her for teaching me that we are more alike than not. 🙂
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Amen.
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I think this beauty of SE Asian descent, Filipina-American actress, Joanna Bacalso, may be more to your liking, abagond…I hope. :)She appeared with Cuba Gooding Jr. in Snow Dogs.
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What about Ziyi Zhang??? She’s really really pretty, especially in the Rush Hour movies.
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Wow, so blacks are universally seen as dirty, dark (is this a bad characteristic?) and inferior? Really? This breaks my heart.
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have always felt a sense of solidarity with black people. I’d say it all started with my mother. Years ago, when she immigrated to Canada (where I’m from), the first friend she made was a wonderful African-Canadian lady. When I was little, my mom always told me to refer to her as ‘Tita’ which means “aunt” in Filipino. I remember asking her why because she didn’t resemble any of my actual aunties. And she said, in a strong Filipino accent, “Becoz she iz one of dee pamily.” And to this very day, they’re still very good friends. I’ve learned a lot through my mother and I thank her for teaching me that we are more alike than not
I admit to being very ambivalent to East Asians due to personal experiences and some histories, even though I follow Asian cinema and read some Asian history and sociological writings, but some groups are easier to approach and relate as a POC than others and that usually includes Filipinos and Pacific Islanders like the Samoans, the Tongas, etc. The Asian/Black dialogue is not there simply because our histories and experiences with the dominant culture are different; however it is always a positive to meet someone like yourself who is very understanding and receptive to dialogue. I truly value your input and appreciate your perspective. Take Care.
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Thank you, mayhue. The person I am today, well, I owe it all to my mother. She was always the one insisting that people of all races need to do more and educate themselves and try to end racism. I’m simply continuing what I’ve been taught…that I should love and respect others as I would love and respect myself. Cheesy, I know. 🙂
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mynameismyname,
Unfortunately, yes. I have asian/middle-eastern friends who allude to stuff like that. One, while describing her country in order to dispel stereotypes, said “our neighbors, Pakistanis, say that we’re dark and ugly, and when they find that I’m not like that, they’re like shocked.”
Didn’t respond to that, but it was illuminating.
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abagond:
Please check out this link and behold the beauty of my fellow Filipinas. People from the Philippines have varied looks via hundreds of years of colonization, inter-marriage, etc….although, I must admit, ashamedly, that the ideal look there is Eurocentric.
http://www.asiafinest.com/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t156869.html
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Thanx for the link leigh204 formerly known as L.T. Now I’m hard!!!
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@Vindicator:
Um, you’re welcome…I think. lol!
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Leigh204,
Some are goddesses.
Some could pass for mixed black women or black women.
I always found some asian do share some similar features with afro descent.
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@nubiah:
If you don’t mind me asking, but which ladies did you find to be goddesses?
In the Philippines, it’s a sad fact that Filipinos who appear white or are mixed with a European heritage are placed on a pedestal. I find this way of thinking absolutely ridiculous as nearly all the populace are fairly brown complected. (Thank you so much colonial mentality) *sarcasm*
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the ones I found gorgeous were Lina Alagado, jamilla Obispo, precious lara quigiomon and I like Charo Monguillo for her freshness and natural
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Leigh204:
Thanks for the pictures!
To me Patricia Francisco was by far the best:
OMG. A shame she is not in the Wikipedia – she would have easily made the list above.
I have long been a fan of Nikki Cash – those are hardly her best pictures. She would have made the list above too but, again, she is not in the Wikipedia either.
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Its nice to see Asian beauty being celebrated. Nice going abagond.
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Here’s one of Christine Mendoza. She’s a Filipina-American import model. She’s considered “fuller-figured” due to her chest (all natural) and fleshier body. I think she’s beautiful, imho.
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“No, I did not forget Lucy Liu. She looks kind of mean or something.”
LOL! I agree. I have read that she can be a real biyatch.
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You forgot my girl Kimora Lee Simmons. (Since you put some eurasians up there why not some african/asians).
I think darker asian women are more beautiful compared to the pale-skinned ones.
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Here’s another pretty woman imho of Afro-Asian descent…Denyce Lawton.
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@ Abagond:
I’m coming very late to this thread, but one thing that stared me straight in the face (and what some other commenters have hinted at) is how you have in many ways embraced a Eurocentric standard of beauty here.
Given how you have previously championed the beauty of the kind of black women who don’t fit the typical Western standard of beauty, I found it strange that your list of beautiful East Asian women was almost completely Eurasian.
I’m not going to argue against the beauty of Eurasians, given that I am one myself. And I can’t say these women aren’t beautiful. But your list seems to reflect the sort of Westernised lens that I suspect you would rail against if it were about black women.
I’m not trying to having a pot shot at you, because you admit that you have a US-centred perspective on this, and I respect that you always strive to be intellectually honest.
But this is the second post I’ve noticed where your take on East Asian beauty seemed a little, well, ignorant. (The other was about black and Asian women on TV.) I think that is perhaps something you should think about.
(That said, I dig your appreciation for SE Asian women. In Asia, their darker skin and facial features are seen as undesirable, but that’s crazy.)
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@Eurasian Sensation:
I’m all for SE Asian beauty. It really saddens me that many of my SE Asian sisters are bleaching their skin and having plastic surgery on their noses because they think it’s flat. Btw, do you have any other gorgeous East, SE, South Asian in mind?
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@ Leigh204:
To be honest, in terms of SE Asian beauty, I’m thinking more of the Filipino, Malay and Indonesian women I see in my day-to-day life. Plenty of stunning people who would be considered too dark for popular Asian standards of beauty.
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Eurasian Sensation:
I do not think it is so much a case of embracing a Eurasian standard of beauty as just flat-out ignorance on my part. If I spent just a year anywhere in East or South East Asia, I am sure my list would be way different – but it would heavily favour the women in whatever country I lived.
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@Eurasian Sensation:
I hear you. I know plenty of goodlooking, everyday SE Asian beauties who have knocked people’s socks off, but because they don’t possess the so-called Asian standard of beauty, they would be discounted.
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Leigh, one of my personal faves is Kathleen de Leon, an Australian TV host of Filipino background
Should be able to see her here:
http://northstandchat.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=8550&stc=1&d=1228681561
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Thanks, Eurasian. She is quite pretty. Go Filipinas! 😉
Oh, how I wish I could post a picture of my lovely friend, but this is the internet after all.
So you can get the idea of what my friend looks like, here’s smiling Filipina actress, Nikki Gil. My friend bears quite the resemblance to this woman.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/62557846@N00/103596270/
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@ leigh204:
very nice! The Philippines seems to have a goldmine of beautiful women.
I’m also a big fan of US actress Grace Park (Korean background):
Even Michelle Wie is blossoming into a real beauty
these days as well.
@ abagond:
I guess what I was trying to get at was that a post titled “The most beautiful East Asian women” that includes mostly those who are half-Western, is a bit odd.
I guess a parallel would be a post called “The most beautiful African women” that included mostly people like Halle Berry, Alicia Keys, Rashida Jones and the like; it would in once sense be implying that to be truly beautiful they have to have some white in them.
Obviously then we are getting into a murky question of how you define an Asian and whatever. And of course, the women you listed are East Asian. But yeah, if you look at it from a certain perspective it sends a mixed message about Asian beauty.
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@Eurasian Sensation:
I think so, too. It’s a shame many SE Asian women, well, women in general, aren’t appreciated for their natural born looks.
OKay, I found this person’s blog, and she sums up the desired East Asian esthetic perfectly. Btw, East Asians seem to prefer delicate features while SE/South Asians seem to prefer prominent features.
http://wieniawski.blogspot.com/2009/11/asian-aesthetic-what-people-in-east.html
There’s a picture of a Japanese actress named Yukie Nakama and it doesn’t do her any justice so here’s one that showcases her beauty.
http://tinypic.com/via10
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I have to say I prefer the looks of Southeast Asian women/people to that of East Asian. But Yukie Nakama is very pretty, leigh.
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leigh,
Thanks for the explanation on East Asian vs South East Asian women. I didn’t know a thing like that existed. 😦 What’s wrong with darker skin? I mean, nothing against light skinned East Asian women, they can be really gorgeous, but saying Southeast Asians look “ugly” is horrible (and untrue).
Natasha W
I have to say I prefer the looks of Southeast Asian women/people to that of East Asian.
Same here. Then again, maybe I have some prejudice about light/pale skin, but I do find Southeast Asian women (in general) more beautiful. Same goes for men!
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I’ve seen some absolutely fine Turco-Mongolian/Central Asian women!
Just thought I’d mention them! Nobody else was going too!
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The darker skin of SE Asians is gorgeous, but that’s not why I prefer their looks. I would try to explain why, but I’m afraid it will sound offensive to East Asians.
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@Natasha W:
Yeah, I think she’s very pretty overall whether she’s East Asian or not. 😀
@Mira:
The BIG thing in all of Asia is to be light-skinned. I’ve been on Asian forums where some East/SE Asians, too, put down other SE Asians saying the tanned/dark skin is hideous and unattractive. I remember one forum where many members called SE Asian women “primitive” due to the tanned or dark skin and features!
Personally, I have found darker skin more attractive. It looks healthier to me. When I was younger, many of my relatives chastised me for playing out in the sun because I had this nice, light-to-medium beige skin. I always thought it was so cool how my skin darkened in the summer and I get this nice tan. I love it!
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leigh,
The BIG thing in all of Asia is to be light-skinned. I’ve been on Asian forums where some East/SE Asians, too, put down other SE Asians saying the tanned/dark skin is hideous and unattractive. I remember one forum where many members called SE Asian women “primitive” due to the tanned or dark skin and features!
Sheesh, those Asians are utterly insane (no offense). There is absolutely nothing wrong with the darker skin of some SE Asians. Some people would say that’s what’s right with them (although I don’t care much for skin color, either way). White supremacy has people the world over hating their skin, apparently. Quite sad.
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@Vindicator:
Yes, you’re absolutely correct. Central Asian women represent! Here’s one beauty from Turkmenistan.
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@Natasha W:
I wholeheartedly agree. There’s nothing wrong with darker skin of some SE Asians or darker complected people in general. Why? Just because you’re light-skinned, you’re automatically deemed beautiful? It’s similar to the blonde, blue-eyed concept. It’s really silly.
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@Natasha W:
I’m wondering. What do you mean exactly?
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I’m not trying to offend anyone. I have mild foot-in-mouth syndrome, so I’ll pass.
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Re: pale skin preference…
This is found all over Asia, especially in South Asia, where it has links to caste and ethnicity.
In East and SE Asia, it is primarily linked to social class. A dark-skinned person is seen as low-class, because they must have to work out in the sun. Someone of a more noble class can stay inside and preserve their light complexion.
There is a secondary element to it, in that people in the richer East Asian countries do tend to see themselves as better than the SE Asians, who they consider less refined and more primitive. So similarly to in the West, darker skin can be associated with “wildness” and a less civilised nature.
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leigh, do you have some goodlooking SE Asian male celebrities you could post? I’m trying to think of some and I can barely think of any.
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@ Leigh
leigh, do you have some goodlooking SE Asian male celebrities you could post?
I second this!
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@Eurasian Sensation:
Co-sign with everything you mentioned in your post.
@Natasha W:
Admittedly, a lot of the celebrities in the Philippines, and in many parts of SE Asia, are of half-Asian and half-European extraction. These are the faces you see on the covers of magazines and tv over there. Eurasian Sensation can back me up on this one. There are goodlooking, full-blooded SE Asian men. Trust me. It’s just sad you don’t see them that often in the media. And I have difficulties looking for their pictures as well.
Hmm, well, here’s a couple of guys considered particularly “goodlooking” in the Philippines, but I think it has to do with their bodies more than anything. Mind you, some of these guys are mixed. Oh, and they look better on tv than in these pics.
Carlos Agassi (Half-Filipino & Half-Iranian)
Diether Ocampo
Piolo Pascual (Half-Filipino & Half-German)
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@leigh204:
Thanks for the link! She is hot! 🙂
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Leigh are there any specific stereotypes or veiws about Thai people? If so what do these veiws consist of?
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Thanks for the pics, leigh! They are appreciated (trust me). To be honest, I don’t find Carlos Agassi particularly attractive (too muscular for my taste), but Diether Ocampo and Piolo Pascual are hot.
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Thanks for the pics, leigh! They are appreciated (trust me). To be honest, I don’t find Carlos Agassi particularly attractive (too muscular for my taste), but Diether Ocampo and Piolo Pascual are hot.
Just what I was going to say. I’m not fond of the bulky look. I like the effects in the last picture.
And hapas are very attractive and all, but I’m sure there are many attractive full SE Asians they could be promoting.
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@Leaveumthinking:
Hmm. Good question. I have heard of images applied to Thai people generally the women as working in prostitution/sex trade, and becoming mail-order brides. I also have heard the same thing said of Filipino women. Mind you, these women are almost always from the rural parts of the country and have no education. What else are they supposed to do?
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Mind you, these women are almost always from the rural parts of the country and have no education. What else are they supposed to do?
Stereotypes I find the most harming are those who are 2% true. Those who are completely made up are harmless. But if you take something that is true in some low percentage of the cases, and made it look like 100% true (in all of the cases)- those are the harmful ones. So, if there are some poor women in SE Asia or anywhere in the world who choose to become mail order brides, there are so many others who don’t. But people (westerners) don’t pay any attention on those “others” who are majority!
In case of America: everybody out there is a redneck. Those people have sex with their cousins, can’t read properly, are smelly, ugly and uneducated.
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I mean, I don’t think all Americans are like that. I was just trying to give an example of a harmful stereotype of this kind.
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@Mira & Natasha W:
Ladies, I have to say the Western media has stereotyped Asian men or, in this case, some half-Asian men as scrawny, geeky-looking guys. When I see characters like Long Duk Dong or that Willie Hung fellow, it’s freaking annoying as hell.
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@ Leigh
I agree with Mira. These stereotypes are harmful and are only true for a few not the majority. It is disgusting, unfair, and wrong to assume a woman is a prostitute or willing to be a mail order bride just because she is of a certain ethnicity. My boyfriends mother who is Thai is a classy very diginified lady. She told me when she first came to America she believe because her English was not that great she was discriminated against and looked down on by Americans. She said she related more to blacks because they treated her better and shes had to deal with racism too. She later became a US citizen, owned a downtown restarant in which was shut down by the white building owners to be turned into a parking lot. She then became a RN nurse now retired. She do not look like any of the Asian women on TV. I’ve seen younger pics of her in her twenties she was gorgeous and had an hourglass shape too.
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@Leaveumthinking:
I also concur with you and Mira that the stereotypes are only true for a few. For example, I’ve mentioned several times on Abagond’s blog that I’m a Canadian of Filipino descent. However, I’ve lost count the times I’ve been asked if I’m a domestic helper. And not to mention, there have been men who’ve approached me and done the whole “Me rove rong time” routine thinking I’m some easy piece of tail. It’s creepy and disgusting.
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Correction. I meant, “Me rove you rong time”.
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not to mention, there have been men who’ve approached me and done the whole “Me rove rong time” routine thinking I’m some easy piece of tail.
That is just downright disrespectful. Those men deserve to be cursed out. Ive witnessed too many times men (white) harassing young Asian women. I mean following them in stores, constantly staring at them, lurking around them, forcing conversation on them. Just pathetic. Theses men need to get a life.
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Hot East Asian man — Takeshi Kaneshiro (Japanese/Taiwanese):
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@Natasha W:
He’s hot indeed. Go hot men everywhere!
Even though there’s still the controversy regarding Oh Ji Ho having the top spot in the “Most Gorgeous Man In The World”, he’s still mighty fine to me.
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More Oh Ji Ho. *drools*
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leigh,
Oh Ji Ho is handsome, but Takeshi is number one. He just does it for me. Probably because he looks like an Asian version of my SO. 🙂
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I find a lot of the Korean actors to be well built and handsome.
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^Such as? Don’t leave us hanging, Herneith!
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lol! Say no more ladies. I present to you Kwong Sang Woo.
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Here he is once again in his topless glory. 😉
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I’m not very attracted to muscular men. Takeshi would be more of my body type.
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Oh, that’s okay, Natasha. Hehe. More for MEEEE! 🙂
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Lol, as long as I get Takeshi!
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By all means. He’s yours for the taking. lol! 😉
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^Such as? Don’t leave us hanging, Herneith!
Google Korean Actors. I, personally like well built, muscular men. I am not talking of the freakish cartoonish body builder types either, just well muscled. But there are always exceptions to my preferences, LOL!
http://star.koreandrama.org/?p=988#more-988
only joking!
Bae Yong Joon:
I’m not one for ‘pretty’ men, but this sucker rubs me the right way! He is one of the exceptions to my rule! Here’s what ‘persuaded’ me:
http://www.korean-fashion-online.com/korean_actors_pictorial/bae_yong_joon/2006/links/0002_byj.htm
There are plenty more where he came from, just Google it, Google it! Hahahaha!
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Ladies,
Don’t turn this post into a sausage fest! 😦
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Sausagefest? Lol.
Abagond needs to do a “Most gorgeous ____ men” series, and I’ll contribute. 🙂
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Here is my list of The most beautiful East Asian women:
In no particular order:
1. Tia Carrere (My god I get hard from thinking about her)
2. Kelly Hu
3. Joanna Bacalso
4. Gong Li (I don’t know or care if I’ve been influenced by hollywood standards of beauty. She’s hot!)
5. Diana Zubiri (Lord have mercy!)
6. Nancy Kwan (In her younger days………… drool!)
7. Jeri Lee (stereotypical black american Damnnnnnnnnnnn!)
8. Zheng Jie (Just the finest tennis player!)
9. Hikaru Utada (A bit skinny but so pretty!)
10. I can’t remember her name. All I can remember is she was a very rare “specimen!” An East asian girl with a black girl’s booty! She was hot! I remember leigh204 showing a link of her!
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Oh yeah my number 10’s name was Annie Thao (That East asian girl got back!)
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@ Vindicator: TMI about Tia Carrere, dude!
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@ Herneith:
Oh…my…goodness. Yes! He has an incredible body. What a fine man he is. Herneith, thank you for the links! I appreciate it very much! 😀 *salivates*
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Apparently this man is extremely popular in Japan with some soap opera he starred in. Of course he is popular in South Korea to! I’m off to Google some more beefcake!
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His body…is crazy! Just looking at that made me feel like I was cheating! 😉
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Ladies, I give you former Japanese soccer star Hidetoshi Nakata:
http://www.angryasianman.com/2010/04/by-popular-demand-that-hot-japanese.html
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i wish i knew about more asian male celebrities. I know Russel Wong and Jackie Chan and that’s pretty much it. I think alot of asian men are very attractive, they’re masculine looking. I like the darker asian men the most though. Dark, thick hair, brown skin and nice eyes…reminds me of a black man actually.
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see now this guy daniel henney is hot, i seen him before i forgot about him.
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A bit on the skinny side, but I wouldn’t kick him to the curb!
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this thai guy is hot too: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_PYpYC4f_ins/SgR-T-euVTI/AAAAAAAAbsU/vxTWa1upvug/s320/thai+man+-+singto.jpg
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Some singer called Rain:
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Here’s Paolo Montalban. He played opposite Brandy in Cinderella.
An old pic of him on People magazine.
As he looks today. 🙂
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Im glad we are giving Asian men some love over here.
Although Asians arent my personal preference there are plenty of attractive, masculine Asian men in America and abroad. I believe they are the severly under looked in the West
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OMG
Eurasian that guy is FIIINNNEE. I remember seeing that commercial on YouTube last week and specifically commenting on him.
He was the sexiest one(tied with the black guy) in that commercial
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Oh damn…
My friend just studied a whole year in Japan, why didn’t she bring him back??? Oishiidesu!
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Korean actor Won Bin, if you like the pretty boy look:
He is in the awesome movie “Mother” which I just saw last week.
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Bi Rain is so fine, he got so cut and buff when filming Ninja Assassin. I like like some of his song too he did a tune with Omarion and Usher (one of his influences) appeared at one of his concerts
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@Eurasian Sensation:
I like! I LIKE! Thanks for including him, ES! He’s one of my faves! 😀
Co-sign!
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Getting even further off topic – did y’all see the rivalry between Rain and Stephen Colbert? Culminating in a dance-off. Real funny.
http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/168351/may-09-2008/stephen-vs–rain
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rofl! Yeah, that was hilarious! 🙂
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Why is this becoming a sausage fest!?
I don’t like sausage fests! 😦
Yes, the east asian men being shown are handsome and buff! (Not as handsome and as buff as me though! LOL! 😉 )
However this is a post about East asian “women”!
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Good point Vindicator, although I think you may have contributed to it by pointing out the effect Tia Carrere has on your sausage 😉
Back to girls then:
Malaysian model Carmen Soo:
Mixed Indonesian-Australian Nadya Hutagalung, a model and MTV VJ:
One more for the ladies: Filipino singer Christian Bautista
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see now this guy daniel henney is hot, i seen him before i forgot about him.
http://images2.fanpop.com/images/photos/3200000/Daniel-Henney-daniel-henney-3268143-1024-768.jpg
Good one, Peanut!
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Wooow! Hidetoshi Nakata is fine!
Vindicator, sorry that we are taking over this thread with gorgeous men.:) But we have very few outlets on this blog until more post about men are created.
It’s a very fun topic for us! What’s wrong with a “sausage fest”?lol
Now back to Hidetoshi~
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Won Bin is really cute too! Really sweet face.
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@Abagond:
Perhaps we should have a thread for the most beautiful East Asian Man, yes? Make that The Most Beautiful Asian Man. Period. 😉
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@leigh204:
That’s a pretty good idea. Make sure to cast your vote for me, girls!
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@Eurasian Sensation:
lol! Of course! The “Most Beautiful Asian Man”, I mean, MEN, would be incomplete without you in it. 😉
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You are ca-ute Eurasian, a sensation indeed!
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Eurasian,
You’re on the list, too!
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haha, Well, Islandgirl, I love these rampant “sausage fests” that you ladies get into on here.
I like to hear how women think about men , it gives a lot of insight into what you all like.
You all definitly deserve equal time with men for expressing who you are attracted to…
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Okay, okay. I couldn’t resist. 😉
This is for Herneith. I hope you like it. 😀
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4 out of 10 of these women are East Asian. The majority are Eurasians/Amerasians. They do not belong to one race, but are a hybrid of two. They are as much white as they are Asian and therefore you simply cannot deem them East Asian.
I find it quite sad that the women you’ve picked to represent the women of East Asia are mostly part white. Young East Asian women already have enough of a hard time with the influence of mixed Asians in their media; it’s almost as if their media industry refuses to use their own people.
As an Eurasian woman myself, I also find the ignorance slightly offensive. This kind of attitude only further instils in impressionable, young Asian girls that they have to be part white to be considered beautiful. If the title of this post had been ‘the most beautiful Eurasian/Amerasian women’, we’d have a slightly different story. But grouping these women under ‘East Asian’ and then deeming them the most beautiful whilst they are actually as white as they are Asian doesn’t really give a great boost to REAL Asian women’s self-esteem and identity.
There is already an on-going problem with Westernisation in Asian media, hence why there is such a massive plastic surgery business out there. I visited a forum just the other day and the question that was asked was literally: “Would you rather look Eurasian or Asian?”. The majority (70%) of users said they wanted to look half white, instead of appreciating their own beauty. Posts and attitudes like these do not help.
Eurasians should not and do not represent East Asia. They are not East Asian women and should not be considered as such.
One thing I do agree with is that South East Asia is no different from East Asia. Why the need for people to separate them, I have no idea!
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@ Asia:
Tell it, sister!
Despite also being half-Asian and feeling very Asian in many ways, I would find it strange if anyone saw me as being representative of Asia in any kind of context.
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@Asia:
Co-sign with everything you mentioned!
Asia, I think I know this site. Is it Soompi? It’s one of the top Asian/Korean forums around. And you do see a lot of young Asian women wanting to look Eurasian. That’s what’s selling in Asia…you see it in the magazines, on tv, ads, etc.
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I find her more pretty and at times cute, but here’s another Filipino beauty : Maja Salvador
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Pretty Maja
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More Maja Salvador
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@ leigh204 – yes it is Soompi! I didn’t want to mention the forum in case people felt like their privacy was being violated 🙂
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People that are saying that Lucy Liu isn’t pretty. Must be blind or sipping on some strong hater-aid. She is sexy and gorgeous.
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Lucy Liu – Yeah really ugly
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Here’s a cutie pie that I wouldn’t kick out of my bed! Also she can kick my arse anytime!
Ana Julaton:
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@Asia:
I’m not surprised that it was Soompi. I used to have a couple of younger cousins on that forum and they told me to check it out. Sadly, a lot of those young women want to change their looks so much that they have surgery on their eyelids or wish they could be Eurasian or look like some white celebrity.
@Joe Clyde:
With all due respect, her looks are dime a dozen if she were in Asia. Anyway, she is American of Chinese descent. Hollywood wouldn’t know about really pretty Asian girls if they were bit on the butt. Sure, looks are subjective. However, I’m not convinced that Lucy Liu is gorgeous compared to this Asian woman.
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I wouldn’t say Lucy Liu is ugly at all. Mind you, she’s not all that great either; as Leigh204 says, she wouldn’t stand out in Asia. But she does come across as quite sexy IMO.
On the other hand, Lee Hyori is sensational.
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@Eurasian Sensation:
I remember when Lucy Liu was extremely popular in the States during her Ally McBeal and Charlie’s Angel days. All my Asian guy friends didn’t understand how she was considered hot. Sexy, yes, due to the strong, forceful characters she played. However, my guy friends said she was quite plain in looks. They admitted there were “uglier” Asian women in their eyes such as Margaret Cho and especially Sandra Oh.
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@leigh204: I’m with you on that one … Hyori Lee is absolutely stunning! I’ve never understood the fascination with Lucy Liu. She’s not hideous looking, but I wouldn’t even consider her attractive. She’s very average in the looks department; there are so many more celebs in the Far East who are actually pretty.
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@Asian:
Exactly! There are so few Asian/Asian-American actresses in Hollywood and they aren’t as well known as Lucy Liu. So what does Hollywood do? They promote her as if she’s this gorgeous Asian woman and that’s bullcrap. The only Asian-American actress in Hollywood I find stunning is Kelly Hu. Personally, I know some truly beautiful Asian women who can blow Lucy Liu out of the water.
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Oops, my apologies Asia. I mean Asia not Asian. 😉
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@Leigh 204
I have always found Lucy Liu to be very sexy but we all have different perspectives as to what constitutes beauty.
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I’ve always noticed that quite a few guys from the West find Lucy Liu all that. I agree with Asia. I honestly don’t understand the fascination with Lucy Liu.
@Pierre:
True. I keep seeing/hearing that Lucy Liu has nice, almond-shaped eyes. I happen to think she looks cross-eyed.
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I think “sexy, but not pretty/special” is accurate. At least that’s how I see her. Now, I can’t really judge what men find sexy in women, but I’d say she’s reasonably attractive. But that’s all. As for her eyes, leigh is right, she does look a bit cross-eyed, but it’s not that bad. I mean, the woman is not ugly or anything, I can see she’s attractive. Still, I don’t think she should be praised as the most beautiful Asian woman.
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@Mira:
This reminds me of the Halle Berry is not the most beautiful black woman in the world post. Time and time again especially in the Western media, Lucy Liu is lauded as this great Asian beauty and I’m left thinking, “What is it others see that I’m not seeing?”
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I think it’s all about (silly) whites not being exposed to more non-white people, I think. And white ideals of beauty. (That work more on Halle than Lucy, I think… I don’t think Lucy is particularly “European” looking). I think she was just lucky to be chosen for the roles in mainstream movies and TV shows (she played tokens, right?) Nothing horribly wrong about it, and like I said, the girl is not ugly, but there are many better looking Asian women, and better actresses (not that she’s untalented, but I still have to watch her in a serious movie to see about her acting talent).
And, if I may to add, Asian men- especially good looking ones- have less chance of appearing in mainstream movies and shows for some reason.
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I guess the attention Lucy Liu gets is because prior to her, there were very few Asian women featured in a prominent role on mainstream TV. And I doubt there were any who played the confident vixen-type role that Liu became known for. So perhaps she lingers in people’s minds because she was a trailblazer of sorts for Asian female sex appeal in mainstream entertainment.
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@Eurasian Sensation:
It’s interesting you see Lucy Liu in that way. Personally, I think she perpetuates the stereotypical b!tchy dragon lady in her roles.
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Well, it’s always a fine line, isn’t it? One person’s confident and assertive woman is another person’s nasty b!tch.
What I mean is that prior to her, most of the Asian women I remember from TV/film were sort of docile and compliant.
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@Leigh
I think actress Kelly Hu is better looking than Lucy Liu imo
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@Eurasian Sensation:
Well, perhaps we watched some different shows/movies. The ones I saw mostly portrayed Asian women as domineering and overtly sexual. Hmm. It could be the Filipino shows/movies I watched years ago.
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@Leaveumthinking:
I think so, too. Kelly Hu’s much better looking indeed.
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@ Leigh:
It shows that there are two sides to the stereotype.
Likewise, Asian men can be portrayed as meek and nerdy, yet also martial artists and gangsters.
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Yeah, but AM are more likely to be portrayed as meek and nerdy.
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To be honest, I can’t think of any mainstream show/movie with a decent (not nerdy or martial artist) Asian male character. (I know there were some ok Asian characters in recend TV shows, but I didn’t watch any).
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Gran Torino, Mira.
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I said: I did not WATCH any. I did hear about a few recent ones, but I didn’t watch, so when it comes to me, all images of Asian men in mainstream movies are nerdy/martial artist types.
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@Eurasian Sensation:
Oh, how did I miss this. Yes, Carmen Soo! She’s gorgeous!
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Carmen Soo’s so naturally beautiful in my eyes.
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Mariana Renata – model/actress from Indonesia. She’s part French. (Any girl who can speak French is automatically 20% sexier according to me.)
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(Any girl who can speak French is automatically 20% sexier according to me.)
lol
Especially given the fact French is extremely difficult to learn, so those who are not native speakers can bet bonus points for being smart and persistent enough to learn it! 😉
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@ Mira:
that’s all well and good, but smartness is irrelevant here!
Some languages are just intrinsically quite sexy. French and Portugese for example. Tagalog and Indonesian are quite nice too. Punjabi, Vietnamese or Dutch… not so much.
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but smartness is irrelevant here!
Wha… Nooo!
Actually, I don’t buy the “quite sexy language” narrative. I mean, maybe, but it’s all subjective. Personally, I don’t find French or Portuguese sexy at all. Spanish is ok to me, and so is Italian. When it comes to English some (stereotypically seen- or in this case, heard) accents are sexy: Australian, or several British. I have no idea about other languages. It’s all individual, I guess.
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Australian accent sexy? Take it from me, an Australian – it’s not!
This conversation reminds me of that bit from “A Fish called Wanda” where the chick gets turned on by guys speaking foreign languages to her.
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lol, I know. Well, I know people laugh at Australian accent but it sounds good to me.
And Wanda liked Russian, which is a special case in this story. 😛
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@ leaveumthinking: Only problem is that again, Kelly Hu is actually mixed.
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@Asia:
You’re right! I forgot she’s Chinese, Hawaiian, and English descent. Still really pretty, though.
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That picture of Tia Carrere doesn’t do her any justice. What I love about her is that she’s has a beautiful, creamy bronze skin, and a great figure. In Asia, the desired look is to not only look pale, but be super willowy.
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White men who romance Asian or Eurasian women obviously haven’t read “The health consequences of race mixing,” at Majority Rights.
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Lol, whot?
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[After looking at the report]
Man, that is some truly inspired racist bullsh@#!
It’s interesting to see how scientifically sophisticated racists are getting. It would be more worrisome, however, if their science didn’t have holes in it wide enough to drive an 18-wheeler through.
Racial classifications are based on self-report…
Oh? So we’re acribing genetic causality to social-psychological self-definitions.
Interesting.
Next!
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Samuel, I can assure you I am feeling quite fine, thank you.
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White men who romance Asian or Eurasian women obviously haven’t read “The health consequences of race mixing,” at Majority Rights.
Yes it’s too bad. Maybe you should read Mad magazine. You will see many parallels to your comical absurdities.
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To Samuel:
White men who romance Asian or Eurasian women obviously haven’t read “The health consequences of race mixing,” at Majority Rights.
Ahh… yes… my sister is more stable and less depressed since she married my Japanese/Irish brother in law. Thanks for the reminder.
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Joan Chen is THE most beautiful East Asian woman I’ve ever seen. She’s older now, so I don’t know how her beauty has stood through time, but I was struck by her in the old movie Tai Pan.
Also want to mention the really lovely girl from The original Karate Kid. I have no idea what her name is but she is lovely.
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@poetess:
I remember her. She’s actress, Tamlyn Tomita.
Then
Now
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Not only was I told I resembled Lucy Liu countless times, I was also told I looked like Lisa Ling. Really? I just don’t see it at all.
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@ leigh204:
dunno about Lucy Liu, but Lisa Ling? I can almost sorta kinda see it. But you know, sometimes when people say that you like someone, they might be talking about one particular aspect or feature, rather than the whole picture. Sometimes I see similarities between people who overall look completely different – like a black person and an Asian person could have a very similar smile, for instance.
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@Eurasian Sensation:
In the past, I always found it annoying when people said I resembled Lucy Liu and/or Lisa Ling as if it were a compliment.
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HALF OF THE PEOPLE ON YOUR LIST ARE NOT EVEN ASIAN! THEY ARE EURASIANS, HALF WHITE, HALF ASIAN AND THEREFORE TO CALL THEM ‘ASIAN’ IS TO CALL THEM ‘WHITE’! I cannot believe you have actually added more, though I do agree on the Lucy Liu comment … she does look kinda mean.
In any case, it is disparaging and insulting to Asian women, and only proves one thing in their minds: that they can only be attractive with European heritage, something that their media constantly shoves in their faces already. Asian women do not have direct European heritage. Asian women do not have a White parent. That completely disqualifies a person from being Asian. Ask any Asian person in ASIA and nobody considers an Eurasian Asian. They consider them what they are – mixed individuals of dual heritage. If you want to pick beautiful women to represent East Asia, you have mostly failed in doing so.
Calling Nicole Scherzinger ‘Asian’ is like calling her ‘Black’ or ‘White’. She is none of those things alone, but all three. Calling Vanessa Hudgens ‘Asian’ is like calling her ‘White’. It would be exactly the same as me listing VH on my list of ‘Beautiful White Women’!
Why don’t you do everyone a favour, actually immerse yourself into the Asian media and find ASIANS for your list, instead of people who are just as European as they are Asian!
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@ Asia:
If you could redo this list, do you have any full Asian women in mind?
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@ leigh204
I’d definitely add Chuong Tu Di to the list.
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@ King:
You mean, Zhang Ziyi? I’m not familiar with the name so I googled it and Zhang Ziyi popped up.
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That’s it! yes!
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This is Anggun, an Indonesian pop star. She is exactly my type, looks-wise. Or one of my types, anyway, I have several!
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I’d love to see Gong Li and Yuri Ebihara on this list. I think they are incredibly beautiful.
Yuri Ebihara:
and as for race mixing being “bad” I’m perfectly healthy…..
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I agree with Asia on this one. She’s on the money.
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Joan Chen,Gong Li and Tamlyn Tomita are three of the most gorgeous Asian women I have ever seen.
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I admit I found this point interesting (and a bit disturbing) too.
“East Asian” includes people who are of Southeast Asian origin, or part Caucasian, but not part black (which I assume, according to Abagond, should be classified as black.)
I guess this is consistent with an American definition of East Asian people.
But, it may indeed make Southeast Asians or Eurasians uncomfortable to be labelled as representing East Asians, and not the other things that they are.
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I like Japanese the best in Asia.
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To a degree, I think light-skinned Asians are quite attractive. But that does not mean that Asians with a healthy, beautiful tan aren’t attractive, either. To me, I just don’t find how extremely pale that some Japanese folks’ skin tones as being attractive at all. Some of them are so pale that they either look like albinos and/or dressed up in full make-up as a geisha, which to me looks no different than the same make-up that are worn by circus clowns. As for those with medium-light to even a slightly darker, olive complexion that are often found among Thais, Vietnamese and some Filipinos (not the Filipinos that are way too dark who look like Samoans), I find them to be the most attractive among East and Southeast Asians.
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