Rappelez vous, je vous avais dit que Phi Thanh Van était le seul mannequin au Vietnam qui n’avait pas cherché a cacher que pour en arriver la , elle était passer par le cabinet Troy-Mc Namara (reference a la serie Nip Tuck). Pour preuve, un article de la version anglaise de Thanh Nien a une interview (source) dont voici un extrait :

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How do you feel if someone asks you how much of your body is fake?
Some have even asked me more shocking questions like “Is any part of you real?” At first, I felt hurt.
But now it has become part of my life, so I just smile and show them the fake ones and tell them how much I paid to upgrade them.
Fake can never become real. But I esteem the fakes, which changed me into an attractive woman and helped me succeed.

It seems that you fear ugliness?
If I had lived in the countryside or not performed when I was small, I might have been content with what god gave me.
I started acting on stage when I was 12. I always played the sorcerer while my beautiful friends got the parts of queens and princesses.
As I got older I realized the stage was not a place for such an ugly duck like me.
After attending an acting class at Ho Chi Minh City’s Movie Association, I was asked to play a minor role in a film and I decided to pull out my two irregular teeth to make my face brighter.

In 2000 when I first walked on the catwalk the money I made was all spent on books about cosmetic surgery.
Three years later, I had my first operation – enlarging the breasts.
Since then, the other minor surgeries have been easy.

But will those who are not beautiful still get success?
It might be right for those who are business people. I am a model and want an acting career, I have no way other than being beautiful.
I did not have close friends when I was small because I was so ugly, it is a constant obsession.

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You became famous for modeling. Now you say you don’t like this career. Do you mean you want to abandon all the benefits modeling has given you?

I am still working as a model. But I am straightforward enough to say I don’t like the models’ world. Movies and stage are my lifetime passion.

In the modeling world, discrimination is serious. A top model never makes friends with lesser models.
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Source: Thanh Nien News: “Ugly Betty”

Pour resume: Reflechisser a 2 fois avant d’ aller dire a une demoiselle qu’ elle ressemble a un crapaud ;). Au fait les photos de marriage sont ici et la.

Ps: Alors Thierry, tu l’ avais cette photo ^o^??? Elle est en ligne sur le flickr de Duy.