Bikini in
winter, snowball fight on Korean island.
Even though no one would try
it, the model Vivian Hsu did it. For "beauty" she made the ultimate
"sacrifice," without force or bribe. Like a flower, Vivian Hsu wore a
thin bikini swimsuit and sometimes sat by a swimming pool, sometimes swam in
the water.
As long as the
photographer's camera clicked, she got no rest. Not even a temperature
of zero degree Celsius could move her.
Is Vivian Hsu superman?
She's not afraid of cold?
"Who says I'm not afraid of
cold? I'm freezing!" Vivian Hsu said loudly, "Korea is too cold!
I will never have a marriage where I need to live in Korea."
After her trip to Korea,
Vivian said, "I still like Taiwan better."
After bikini photos in the
swimming pool, the team went on the mountaintops.
Korean mountaintops in
December are covered with snow, so wherever you look you see a beautiful
silver world. Vivian Hsu shouted excitedly and ran straight off the
car to start a snowball fight. "This is the first time I've ever
played with snow!"
Vivian Hsu began her career
as a singer. When she first entered the entertainment business, she
was a member of Shou Nu Duey (Girl Group). Unfortunately, after
singing for 2 or 3 years, nothing much happened. As a result, not many
people knew whom she was. Only until she did a photobook called
"Angel" did she receive fame and became a household name.
"A photobook," Vivian Hsu
said, "when I first heard it I was really shocked. I thought, for me
to take nude pictures, that's impossible."
Famous photographer
behind camera, nude angel famous as the sky.
Vivian Hsu said she
struggled for 2 months before she agreed. "The biggest factor to my
agreement lied in the fact that Chen Wen Bin was the photographer."
"He told me that people
asked him to work on photobooks before, but he refused because he didn't
think the timing was right. Now he felt it's time and he wanted me to
not worry at all, because hurting me would be hurting him."
"I thought, my career
reached no height, why not try something new as a challenge."
When the photobook reached
the market, it immediately sold more than one hundred thousand copies and
Vivian Hsu was a winner both in terms of money and fame.
She not only acted in films
like "Angel Heart" and "Shoulin Poppy," she even got an offer to work in
Japan.
"They invested one billion
yens on me," Vivian Hsu felt herself to be a very lucky girl! "Because
a lot of people wanted to work in Japan but can't even go!"
Vivian Hsu's Japanese
agency is SKY. Other Chinese entertainers under the same agency
included Joey Wong, Yea Yun Yi, Vivian Chow, and Maggie Cheung.
"This was also the first
time a Japanese company invested this much money on a foreigner," Vivian Hsu
said happily, "they are very kind to me!"
In December of last year,
Vivian already started her first phase in Japan. Her first assignment
was to face the Japanese media.
"I'd see reporters from
more than a dozen places per day. One magazine let me be on its cover
twice in one month!"
Anada is kawaii, career
goes smoothly in Japan.
Vivian Hsu is the type that
Japanese people like. Most people think that she looks rather like a
Japanese girl and feel close to her, sometimes people compliment her as "kawaii"
(cute). Vivian Hsu said she'd hear that word more than ten times per
day.
She hasn't been in Japan
for more than a few days before Vivian Hsu got quite a bit of popularity.
Now when she walks on the street, many younger students recognize her and
ask her for autographs and photos. Some even ask for a hug. "I'm
really happy that I'm already known."
Right now working in Japan
is the center of Vivian Hsu's career. "I have confidence but also lots
of pressure." Vivian Hsu wanted to be like Judy Ong, a star that every
Japanese family knows. "First I need to try hard and learn Japanese."
Vivian Hsu said that learning Japanese was her first priority.
Her Japanese agency told
her that a while back Joey Wong was very popular in Japan, but because she
refused to learn Japanese her popularity in Japan has dropped dramatically.
After hearing this, Vivian
Hsu told herself that she must always remember this lesson.
Currently Vivian Hsu is
studying Japanese all the time. Although she has only stayed in Japan
a little while, she can already understand simple greetings.
"My biggest dream is to be
an international star." It appears that Vivian Hsu's dream is within
reach.
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