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Mo Wandan, the showstopper
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However, Mo has emerged more than just a Chinese face. During her first appearance on the international fashion fete in the Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week of February 2007, it was Mo's verve and composure that impressed John Galliano, the designer of Dior. So much so that he decided to add a special number "2A" (an unusual position between number 2 and number 3 model) to introduce Mo to the fashion pundits as all the other slots were filled.

Mo attributes her confidence to her early experiences in life as an athlete, a career she was engaged in before entering the world of showbiz.

As a model, one issue that really moves Mo is the fact that models in China are not so popular and not used for representing brands, unlike the West.

"There is hardly any cosmetic brand or costume brand represented by a model; a large majority of them choose film stars or popular singers as their image representative which I think should be a model's duty." Mo said.

Her eagerness to create a favorable opinion about models among Chinese people shows through when she says, "In China, people's understanding of a model's career is still untrained." One way of gaining more recognition, in Mo's view, would be a movie depicting the life of a model. "I would love to play the role," she says.

As for the future, she has no roadmap ready. Neither is she perturbed by the short life of a modeling profession. "It depends on one's attitude. Take Kate Moss, who though a mother, is still active on the ramp. And I will continue to do fashion shows as long as I can," she says.

(Global Times June 26, 2009)

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