Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Jimmy Lin and Barbie Hsu Named Biggest Earner

The Two Stars Are Biggest Money-Makers In The China Market.

Taiwanese celebrities Jimmy Lin and Barbie Hsu are certainly getting a fat paycheck this year.

In a recent research conducted by a Taiwanese magazine, both Jimmy and Barbie are champion moneymakers in the male and female category respectively.

Jimmy Lin had raked in an estimated TWD 120 millionSGD 6 millionfrom an upcoming clothes endorsement deal, where he replaces Andy Lau as the new spokesperson, as well as two drama and movie projects in China.

Popular idol drama actor Mingdao took second place with an income of TWD 100 millionSGD 5 millionwhile model-actor Peter Ho came in third, earning TWD 85 million (SGD 4.25 million).

On the female celebrities side, actress Barbie Hsu took home the throne, reaping an estimated fortune of more than TWD 80 million (SGD 4 million) from three movie projects and nine endorsement deals.

Actress Joe Chen from the popular Taiwanese series Fated to love you and Ady An ranked second and third, earning TWD 77 million (SGD 3.85 million) and TWD 48 million (SGD 2.4 million) respectively.



Friday, September 3, 2010

Sonia Sui Wins Barbie Hsu In Endorsement Fight

Supermodel Breaks Actress's 3 Year Reign As Spokesperson For Lingerie Brand...

Contrary to her conservative nature, Taiwanese model Sonia Sui has broken free from her fears, signing on a TWD 2.5 million (SGD 125,000) Lingerie Commercial Deal.

According to reports, the svelte model had been more willing than Barbie in acceding to demands of the commercial shoot, which required one to pose in sexy corsets and lacey lingerie alluringly.

Despite so, Sonia still admitted to having cold feet on site... "This is the first time in my entire modelling career, where I have gotten more nervous over a photo-shoot than walking down the runway."

Would Sonia's boyfriend, Yao Yuan Hao, mind her revealing commercial shoot then?

"It hasn't been easy for someone of a shy nature like Sonia to overcome her boundaries. I assume that others would be happy for her in clinching this deal..." responded her manager.