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'Artificial beauty' may sue pageant organizers
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-05-27 16:08
Yang says she would consider a lawsuit if the
competition's Beijing organizing committee refused to recall their
decision. | A pretty Chinese girl has been barred
from competing for Miss Beijing in the 2004 Miss Intercontinental competition
because her beauty was not born, but artificially made.
Yang Yuan before the plastic surgery
Yang Yuan after the plastic
surgery | Known in China as an "artificial" or
"man-made" beauty, Yang Yuan, an 18-year old model, said she would consider a
lawsuit if the competition's Beijing organizing committee refused to recall
their decision.
In February this year, she spent 110,000 yuan (13,250 US dollars) on cosmetic
surgery in Beijing to change her plain-looking face as a way to brighten her
future modeling career.
Chen Huagang, Yang's lawyer, said Yang would be the first person who received
cosmetic surgery to safeguard her legal rights.
As not a single regulation of the competition read that such people could not
take part in the contest, Chen said he would help Yang in fighting for her
rights, claiming that the wording of calling Yang "an artificial beauty" in the
organizing committee's notification was a personal insult to Yang.
But sources of the Beijing organizing committee said candidates should
demonstrate their real beauty. It would be unfair to the other candidates if
they allowed a "man-made" beauty to participate.
The final decision has yet to be made by the international organizing
committee, said the sources, who refused to comment if there would be any
actions against Yang's possible lawsuit.
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