Woman Who Got Plastic Surgery to Look Like Fan BingBing Gets Mistaken For the Real One
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By Ryan General
When international news outlets covered the story of Chinese actress Fan Bingbing’s alleged tax evasion controversy, it was another person’s photo which made headlines.
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Instead of using the actress’ image, publications such as the Financial Times and South China Morning Post featured a photo of 23-year-old He Chengxi.
It is worth pointing out, however, that the mistake is actually an easy error to make, considering the two women look similar.
Chengxi, who is also a known figure on Chinese social media, became popular after going through multiple cosmetic surgeries in the span of eight years to look just like the actress.
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It was reported that her boyfriend even opened his own plastic surgery clinic to support her dream.
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Capitalizing on Chengxi’s own fame, the clinic now specializes in turning clients into celebrity lookalikes.
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Chengxi, who now works at the clinic, also manages her social media presence. With over 1.2 million followers on Weibo, she has become an online celebrity on her own.
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According to Shanghaiist, an AFP photographer mislabeled a photo of Chengxi after capturing her image at the Cannes Film Festival which both she and Fan attended earlier this year.
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“I always said to them: I like Fan Bingbing, and I look like her, but I am not Fan Bingbing,” Chengxi later told Inkstone News, one of the publications which carried her photo.
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“On the international stage, I hope people see me as an independent person.”
The international star, who played the character Blink in 2014’s “X-Men: Days of Future Past,” is currently being investigated for tax evasion after she was accused of hiding her income.
Featured Image via (left) Weibo / A何承熹, (right) Instagram / bingbing_fan
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