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"China's first beautiful woman", 55-year-old beauty pageant won the award
In 1995, a 47-year-old beauty competed in a beauty pageant for Miss Asia in Hong Kong, China. Because of her age and beauty that is completely inconsistent with her age, it has attracted sensational media reports and also made the ratings of this year's Asian sister pageant soar.
In the end, in this competition, the beautiful woman reached the top five, regrettably stopping in the top three.
Eight years later, the beautiful woman reapplyed the powder and put on a robe.
After the competition, the Chinese American group invited the "World Outstanding Chinese" to visit the United States, and she was also invited to be received by then-US President Clinton. And there was also an "intimate group photo" with Clinton holding his arm.
For some young friends, the name Gong Xuehua is a bit unfamiliar, but everyone has more or less seen some of the film and television dramas she has participated in, and one of the most well-known roles is in "Kangxi Dynasty", the mother of the big brother and the sister of the university scholar Mingzhu Huifei.
Isn't that a bit of an impression?
Gong Xuehua, who is 73 years old this year, has a wonderful and bumpy life course.
In 1948, she was born in an ordinary family in Shanghai, Gong Xuehua was her later stage name, and her real name was Jiang Guoyu.
Young Palace Snowflake
But in shanghai, there is no shortage of beauty.
Sometimes beauty is a double-edged sword that can make a woman have all kinds of conveniences and can also make her lose herself in the best years.
In 1967, the 20-year-old Gong Xuehua was the most beautiful moment for a woman. But she met someone unladylike, went astray, and met her first boyfriend. The man gave Gong Snowflake a money-making idea: smuggling gold and selling fake jewelry.
A decade-long campaign followed, with countless young people in Shanghai sent to rural Jiangxi for re-education. After being released from prison, Gong Xuehua was also abandoned by her boyfriend, and it was even more impossible to realize the developed dream she wanted in Shanghai of that era.
Until the 80s, everything rejuvenated, and people's hearts were toward money. At that time, in addition to making money, Gong Xuehua also had a dream to go abroad.
In the early days of reform and opening up, the state prohibited individuals from exchanging foreign currency, and only foreign exchange coupons could be exchanged. It is difficult for ordinary people to buy foreign exchange coupons, so the black market was born, and the price was 30% higher than that of formal channels.
After making money by reselling foreign exchange coupons, she came to Paris, France , the beautiful capital, as she wished, and since then Jiang Guoyu has become a palace snowflake, and in a foreign country, she used her beauty to start a legendary life.
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A beautiful life that begins with a "beauty pageant"
In 1985, Gong Xuehua lived a life of part-time work and study in Paris, France.
At that time, she worked for a Chinese newspaper called the European Times, which specialized in current affairs in Europe, and Gong Xuehua worked as a small editor here. One day, a news of a Miss Chinese beauty contest was to be published in the European Times. As soon as Gong Xuehua saw it, he was moved. She immediately contacted the organizers, submitted her own situation and information, and registered for the competition.
Palace Snowflakes in Paris
During her time in France, Gong Xuehua also met some Chinese celebrities and went to the competition through their borrowed clothing and jewelry.
The day after the competition, she wore a crown on her head, a brocade belt, bright eyes and teeth, and a photo of Gu Pansheng's posture was published in French newspapers, which caused a sensation in this beautiful city for a time. She was also hired as a shopping guide by a luxury store, and for a time the store was full of customers, and everyone rushed to see the Chinese lady's face.
But the flowers, applause and attention that the Chinese lady brought didn't last long. Aside from getting her a higher-paying job, it didn't really change her life — being a "cabinet sister" was far from the life she wanted, even if it was a "cabinet sister" in a Luxury store in Paris.
In 1993, she returned to China for a period of time, and because of the visa, she often traveled to the French consulate in Shanghai, during which time she met one of the consulate's interpreters, and the two fell in love and quickly married. By this time she was 45 years old. Perhaps it was the pressure of age that made her have the urge to marry, but the marriage did not last long, and after giving birth to a son to the other party, the marriage ended.
Hong Kong's beauty pageant entered a golden age by the 1990s. The most famous competition is of course "Hong Kong Sister", sponsored by TVB, but "Hong Kong Sister" must be a Hong Kong person to register. In addition, there is "Asian Sister", hosted by Asian Television, and there is no such hard requirement. "Ya Jie" has also produced many well-known beauties, such as Li Zhi, Yang Gongru, Weng Hong, Ye Yuqing and so on.
But Gong Xuehua participated in the Asian sister, in addition to the age, there is also a fact that she is actually married and has children, and does not meet the conditions for participation. However, ATV saw at a glance that Gong Snowflake could create a gimmick and bring ratings, and when a reporter asked why Gong Snowflake was able to participate in a married person, ATV gave it back: "Then you take her marriage certificate to see." Of course, journalists can't come up with it.
Sure enough, Gong Snowflake did not live up to the high hopes of ATV. On the day of the final of the "Asian Sister Top Ten", the ratings crushed the competitor TVB.
In order to prevent ATV from playing the card of Palace Snowflake, TVB also privately contacted Gong Snowflake to persuade her to withdraw from the game and prescribe conditions: "If you withdraw, then give you 1 million, and there are 3 film contracts."
But what a shrewd person Gong Xuehua was, how could she give up a chance to be in the limelight, that was her wish since childhood. She refused the generous terms offered by TVB.
However, Gong Xuehua still overestimated herself, after all, she is 47 years old, and no matter how beautiful her appearance is, she can't carry the years.
By the way, the champion of that year was Yang Gongru, who was also born in Shanghai, when she was 21 years old.
However, Gong Xuehua also entered the Hong Kong entertainment circle and began to star in some film and television works, officially debuting at the age of 47.
Although he starred in many film and television dramas, including "Bao Qingtian", "Mu Guiying's Great Breaking of the Heavenly Gate Array", "Across the World", "Family with Immortal Wives 2", "Kangxi Dynasty", etc., he even starred in many restrictive movies for the sake of Bo's position: "Jade Futon" and "The Secret History of the Forbidden Palace of the Tang Dynasty".
But unfortunately, this point of the palace snowflake is really a bit "not in time", if she can be a little younger, maybe it will be a legend of a Hong Kong actress.
As she grew older, she also gradually became discouraged in her acting career, and after participating in the movie "Sister Peach" in 2011, she faded out of the entertainment circle.
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70-year-old online "renew youth"
In 2018, Gong Xuehua, who was nearly 70 years old, suddenly began to be fascinated by social networks, created an account on the foreign social platform IG, uploaded a large number of "beautiful photos", released herself on the Internet, and continued her youth.
In her profile, it reads: The First Beautiful Woman. The first person on the mainland to send beauty. Miss French Chinese. Miss Asia. The continent's first American world wife. Won the Chinese National Costume Award, the first person in the qipao... The sprinkling of hers encapsulates the excitement of her life.
Many people have seen the photos posted by Gong Xuehua in the past two years, and have complained about her beauty and thick powder that are difficult to hide the traces of the years.
But I think that an old man in his 70s can still have such a heart of love for beauty, which is also rare, especially for a woman like Gong Xuehua who has been conceited with beauty all her life. Who said that "since ancient times, beautiful people are like famous generals, and they are not allowed to see white heads in the world"?
Such a concept should be changed. With the improvement of Chinese living standards, the attitude towards the pursuit of beauty will also change.
Just as Zhang Xianliang, a well-known writer at that time and Gong Xuehua, also had a "scandal" with Her, commented on her:
At this age, you can still have such beauty and such a mentality, I think most people can't do it, and everyone hopes that when they are old, they can also remain beautiful, right?