“America’s Next Top Model” may be in its 14th season, but the hit show has yet to pick an Asian winner. It looks like Cycle 14 won’t be any different, since there was not one Asian face among the 32 selected for the semi-finals during the premiere, which aired last week.
In previous seasons, Sheena Satana and Jennifer An both came close to winning the Top Model crown (and with that a lucrative $100,000 contract with CoverGirl cosmetics, a six-page spread in Seventeen magazine, and representation by a top New York-based …

As the largest lingerie show, it’s quite a big deal to walk down the annual Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, which has been graced by the likes of supermodels Gisele Bündchen, Heidi Klum and Tyra Banks. So it’s very exciting to hear that Liu Wen has been added to the model lineup for this year’s show on Nov. 19, making her the first Asian model to ever participate in the show.
Born in Yongzhou, China, 21-year-old Liu Wen has had a very successful career so far, as she was named one of …

Makeup is magical in its ability to make us something we’re not, but can it go too far? Enter the recent trends of “blackface” and “colorface,” where white models or artistes are painted to impersonate other races.
This resurgence began with the Australian show “Hey Hey It’s Saturday” in which a cover group called the Jackson Jive performed in blackface, to mostly negative feedback. The trend is resurfacing in fashion as well: the Oct. 2009 French Vogue edition has Dutch model Lara Stone painted to look black (and dressed in requisite …