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The latest cam-whoring starlet is voluptuous Chinese model-actress Viann Zhang Xinyu, who is better known as TVB actor Ron Ng's girlfriend. She is the latest in a line of starlet wannabes who have latched on to the huge fan following of their famous ...
As a string of small-time models have shown, just make sure you find yourself a dashing, popular Hong Kong boyfriend and have racy photos splashed in magazines and on social media platforms.
The latest cam-whoring starlet is voluptuous Chinese model-actress Viann Zhang Xinyu, who is better known as TVB actor Ron Ng's girlfriend.
She is the latest in a line of starlet wannabes who have latched on to the huge fan following of their famous boyfriends to gain prominence.
You might not remember the 24-year-old Jiangsu native for any of her film projects, but you would most likely have read about her in the gossip pages of showbiz rags.
Before her, there was the buxom, small-time Chinese model Mavis Pan Shuangshuang, 24, who became a household name after bedroom photos of her and her ex-flame, TVB leading man Raymond Lam, made their way to the blogosphere in April.
Pan became such a talking point that director Christopher Sun - who helmed the erotic flick 3D Sex And Zen: Extreme Ecstasy - even thought of casting her in the film's sequel.
Last month, salacious pictures of her and a bare-bodied Edison Chen smooching were leaked online, creating another round of Chen-centric ruckus.
The busty showbiz newbie has scored only small roles in movies this year. They include romantic comedy If You Are The One 2 (2011) and wuxia flick Flying Swords Of Dragon Gate, which opens here on Dec 29.
But she beats veteran actresses hands-down when it comes to the number of appearances in the media. She claimed the Weibo incident was an "honest mistake" - she was so tired, she mistakenly used Ng's account instead of her own.
Until then, Ng had been keeping their romance under wraps, but after that, he was forced to admit to reporters that he was dating Zhang.
Zhang, who is working on actor-director Eric Tsang's Chinese New Year ensemble comedy, I Love Hong Kong 2012, appears to be enjoying her newfound infamy.
Earlier this week, she gave Hong Kong reporters a rundown of what she liked about Ng -"he's suave, filial, a very good friend (to others)".
There is talk that Zhang has had cosmetic surgery and that she earned an unsavoury reputation while in an arts college because she was flirtatious.
One news report even claimed that she was once married and that, after her divorce, she dated a movie director so that she could snag acting roles.
She has dismissed the marriage gossip as "ridiculous". Zhang has also brushed aside comparisons between her and fellow Chinese model-actress Pan.
One thing's for sure: Her star is on the rise. She has four films lined up for release next year as well as a pictorial book and a music single. Do Singapore models suffer similar backlash when they date celebrities?
The New Paper New Face 2011 finalist Jayley Woo, 19, admitted that she received "negative comments" on Twitter and social Q&A site Formspring after she and rising star Edwin Goh went public with their romance in October.
She said isn't worried about saucy photos leaking on the Internet as the couple "don't take intimate photos". "The shots we take are usually casual, funny ones," she said.
TNP could not reach celebrity blogger, model and part-time actress Melissa Faith Yeo, 25. She is better known as MediaCorp artist Andie Chen's girlfriend.
"But to be fair, I'm not very famous. Plus I've always been a rather unconventional celebrity... If I were (popular MediaCorp actor) Elvin (Ng), there might have been more chatter behind our backs."