(Agencies) Angelababy is to become the first Chinese star to feature on the cover of American Vogue.
She's one of the women featured in a group double Vogue cover celebrating talented women globally in the April issue.
She will be the second Asian star after South Korean actress Doona Bae to grace the magazine's cover.
The April issue of Vogue Magazine, which comprises of two different covers featuring a total of seven actresses, focuses on the theme of "global talent." Other cover stars are American actress Scarlett Johansson, Australian actress Elizabeth Debecki, Indian actress Deepika Padukone, French actress Lea Seydoux, and Nigerian actress Adesua Etomi.
It is the first time in American Vogue's 127 year history that so many talents will be featured in one edition.
While this is a great achievement for Angelababy, many Chinese netizens are questioning the 30-year-old's qualifications to be on the cover.
Netizens argued that compared to other actresses on the cover, Angelababy has not done any work in the film industry. Scarlett Johansson's credits include Black Widow from The Avengers film franchise and Doona Bae has multiple Best Actress wins, while Angelababy's representative work is Running Man, a variety show. Foreign media also likes to dub Angelababy as "the Chinese Kim Kardashian."
"She's not a suitable actress to represent China," said netizens.
Angelababy is the first Chinese star to be on the cover of Vogue, but not the first to be featured in the magazine. In 2005, Gong Li (巩俐) and Zhang Ziyi's (章子怡) interviews for Memoirs of a Geisha were published in the December 2005 edition of Vogue.
Source: Agencies/China Plus
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