Recently, a group of old photos of Liu Yan were exposed on the Internet, and the number of hits was as high as 8.5 million within an hour.
At first glance, this set of photos looks unremarkable, but why is it so eye-catching? The key lies in Liu Yan's changes.
In the photo, the beautiful figure outlined by the SpongeBob suspender shirt has not changed much from the hot body after it became popular.
The only difference is that she faced the camera at this time, and she did not have the ambition and urgency that she later had.
After all, at this time, she was just an ordinary nurse, and her plans for the future were simply to get married and have children.
She didn't know that her future self would become a "sexy actress" in the mouth of everyone, and she would be labeled with negative labels such as "borrowing breasts to get on top".
They are popular, but they are also humiliated.
It's just that Liu Yan, who has changed so much before and after, what has happened?
01
Before becoming synonymous with "sexy", Liu Yan was actually a "tomboy" with a straightforward personality.
Born in Hengyang, Hunan Province in 1980, she has vividly interpreted "deviance" since she was a child.
She likes to follow her brother's ass, catch birds, climb high, fight...... Everything.
Later, when she was in elementary school, she was obsessed with martial arts novels, and fantasized all day long that she could go to Shaolin Temple to learn martial arts and become a chivalrous heroine in the future.
When her mother heard this, what could she do?
She was like a "tomboy", but now she has to go to "become a monk", and she will be able to find her appearance as a girl in the future?
At this time, her mother didn't know that Liu Yan would become the envy of even women in the future.
But at that time, her mother still told her seriously that the family had no money now, and she had to wait for the next semester to have money, and then send her to Shaolin Temple to "become a monk".
Liu Yan didn't realize that her mother was "cheating" on her, because her family background was really ordinary at that time.
His father was a construction site driver, and his mother was just an ordinary worker. The parents' monthly salary can barely support the living expenses of a family of four.
At the beginning of each new semester, the family may still owe a debt.
As a result, Liu Yan's "martial arts dream" was shattered in the infinite delay of his mother.
Later, Liu Yan had a reliable dream, that is, to become a host like Yang Lan.
Because from elementary school to middle school, she was an announcer at the school radio station.
However, a sudden car accident shattered all her assumptions about the future.
02
My father was in a car accident, but fortunately he was not killed.
However, the high cost of treatment required in the later stage cast a dark cloud over the family.
In order to reduce the burden on his family, Liu Yan, who had excellent grades, gave up the path of high school entrance examination and university, and went to a health school to learn nursing.
This is the first important choice Liu Yan made in his life.
It was also from this time that her family became the first in her life.
After graduating from the health school, Liu Yan became a nurse. While helping to take care of his father, he also supported the expenses of the whole family.
It was only after helping her family through the difficult times that she decided to regain her childhood dream.
She was first admitted to Hunan Normal University, and after graduation, she entered Guangdong TV and successfully became a decent host.
After a few years, her life is finally going forward according to her vision.
However, fate did not let her get what she wanted.
It was 2002, and she took her mother, who was upset, to the hospital for a check-up.
The doctor pointed to several shadows on the colon lens and said that it was all tumors and that her mother should have rectal cancer.
The mother's illness and tens of thousands of surgery fees made the atmosphere at home gloomy again.
At this time, it was still Liu Yan who stood up. She went door-to-door to borrow money from relatives and friends to raise money for her mother's surgery.
But as we all know, the fight against cancer is a constant battle. After the surgery to remove the tumor, you also need to have money to support the cost of chemotherapy and medicine.
Borrowing money is not a long-term solution, especially at a time when friends and family are no longer willing to give generously.
The cost of medicine is a bottomless pit, who knows when she will be able to pay it back?
Liu Yan couldn't blame them for refusing, so he could only find a way to earn more money.
It's just that what kind of job can pay the fastest?
This time, she set her sights on a competition.
In 2005, for a bonus of 10,000 yuan, Liu Yan participated in a host talent show and won the 7th place in the competition.
Although she failed to get the bonus in the end, she signed a contract with Guangguang Media and stepped into the entertainment industry.
Because she is a newcomer who has just debuted, the company positions her as a "background board".
But Liu Yan was not satisfied with this, she showed her image to be funny and ugly, danced and split, and was even beaten by a qigong master until she collapsed on the stage.
She is also quite desperate, obviously recording 7 shows a week is overloaded, but she is reluctant to let go of any of them.
She needs to earn money, she needs to earn money right away.
But this kind of high-load work made her physical condition light red.
She had a lump on her chest that needed to be surgically removed and tested to determine whether it was malignant or benign.
Thinking of her mother's tumor, she prepared for the worst soon after learning about her condition.
It just so happened that at this time, the magazine "Men's Wear" invited her to shoot.
Liu Yan has a conservative personality and has always stayed away from revealing clothing.
But this time, she didn't know if she would be able to have a full female body.
She thought that she could take pictures of her most beautiful state and keep it as a souvenir in the future.
As everyone knows, this unintentional act of inserting willows brought her an important opportunity.
03
The tumor in the chest was eventually determined to be benign, but it was nothing more than a false alarm.
And "Men's Wear", which wants to be kept as a souvenir, also means that it has received a lot of praise after it was published.
Liu Yan, who was originally just the "background board" of the TV station, has become the "sexiest female anchor".
But this way of becoming famous seems ironic to her.
After recording so many shows, no one can remember her, just because she is very sexy, she is remembered.
She wanted to quietly wait for the limelight to pass, but the agency wanted her to take the sexy route on the grounds that she could become famous quickly.
Becoming famous quickly also means that she can earn her mother's medical expenses for several years in a short period of time.
At that time, she took seven-tenths of all the remuneration for recording the show by Light Media. The rest of the money is barely enough for my own expenses and my mother's medical expenses for a month.
Liu Yan's heart was moved, but he wanted to do a test.
It was 2011, the premiere of the movie "Painted Wall".
She played a small cameo role in the movie, and there were not many scenes, only a few large-scale shots.
But at the press conference, she became the "protagonist", and she was in the limelight.
The black tight-fitting low-cut dress, revealing a deep "career line", became the focus of the media lens.
"Sexy" gave her a taste of the sweetness of fame.
But at the same time, negative comments about her "selling her body" and "borrowing her chest to get on top" are also flooding the Internet.
Although in Liu Yan's view, his sexiness is only out of work needs, just a choice of clothes.
Her speech and demeanor have always maintained the intellectual conservatism of the past.
But her own views have not been able to influence the prejudices of others.
Whenever she attends various public events, either the host openly ridicules her, or netizens she has never met left unsightly foul language.
The biggest side effect of "sexy" is the contempt and casual bullying of others.
In 2017, she was invited to be a bridesmaid at Bao Bell's wedding.
But who would have thought that a group of glamorous male stars would try to throw her into the pool by taking advantage of the custom of making a wedding.
On that day, Liu Yan was not the only bridesmaid.
It's just that among the bridesmaids, she has the best figure, and when the light gauze bridesmaid dress on her body is soaked, it is the most attractive.
But Liu Yan didn't want to be thrown into the water, screaming and resisting. But most of the other guests chose to watch the excitement and pointed the camera at her.
In the eyes of these groomsmen, guests and other netizens, since they chose to be famous for "showing off their figure", it is naturally equivalent to giving up their self-esteem.
She should gladly accept the frivolity of others, rather than resist, which will only make her appear to be very hypocritical.
Of course, not everyone thinks so, and there are many netizens who seek justice for her.
condemned those male stars who didn't know how to measure, and condemned the Bao Bell couple who later accused Liu Yan of ruining their wedding on various occasions.
However, in the end, it was the most innocent Liu Yan who paid for this matter.
She stood up and apologized to calm the public opinion at the time, and then she was suspected of taking the opportunity to hype, and had to swear in public that she would not be good if she did it.
After the whole thing, she was isolated by everyone in the entertainment industry, and later, she disappeared from the public eye, almost nothing.
Some speculate that she may have been banned.
So after this incident, why did Liu Yan suddenly "disappear"?
04
Fate never seems to favor Liu Yan.
The "bridesmaid incident" has just subsided, and her father has been diagnosed with stomach cancer again, and the cancer has spread to the whole body, and there is only one year left to live.
Hearing the bad news, Liu Yan immediately decided to put down all his work and accompany his father to the hospital for treatment.
However, instead of prolonging my father's life, the painful chemotherapy was reduced from one year to six months, and later to three months and two weeks.
Finally, it's been two days.
In less than half a year, her father died of illness.
And just before his father was diagnosed with stomach cancer, coinciding with the 40th anniversary of his parents' marriage, Liu Yan specially held a seaside wedding for them.
At the time, Liu Yan said that he had only seen his father wear a formal suit twice.
One was this seaside wedding, and the other was in the parents' previous wedding photos.
Her father smiled and told her that the next time she would wear a suit would be at her wedding.
It's a pity that both father and daughter left this regret.
In fact, Liu Yan had the opportunity to get married.
She talked to the other party for nearly four years, and the man almost regarded her as the whole world.
In her words, he might not have survived without her. is also because he is very good, his parents and friends recognize him, and they also think that the two will start a family.
However, one time she went to perform in other places, and the man suddenly called her and said in tears that he wanted to break up.
Liu Yan's character never hesitated, since he couldn't go on, he would separate. It's just that what she didn't expect was that only a month after the two broke up, the man started a new relationship.
At Liu Yan's father's funeral, the man also came to attend.
If there was resentment after the breakup, then now this resentment has disappeared.
She should move forward, and she should start a new relationship.
What's more, my mother is also old, and her physical condition has not been very good, and she doesn't want to leave any regrets.
So, she started her blind date journey.
05
Liu Yan went on a blind date, and many people's first reaction after learning about it was almost all:
How could she not get married?
With an angel's face and a devil's figure, her suitors should be in France.
But only Liu Yan knows that it is really not easy for her to find her other half. She wants a stable life, not an insider.
It's just that few outsiders she is looking for are reliable.
The ex-boyfriend who broke up suddenly is one, and the boyfriend who dated before becoming famous is also one.
At the time, both had been separated for almost a year. But one day, the man suddenly found Guangzhou, where she was at the time, to get back together with her.
This feeling of being valued made Liu Yan's heart soften instantly, and he even decided to quit his job at the TV station and go to his city to be with him.
But after she actually went, she realized that the man was not sincere.
Even the better she was to him, the more he despised her.
He once asked her on a high ground, did she want to marry him so much?
It's just that if she marries him, what can she bring him?
Because the man talked about a rich and powerful girlfriend, he later regarded the relationship as a business. However, at that time, Liu Yan quit his job for love.
This love experience made her understand that only by being financially independent can she control her life and relationships.
But she didn't expect that after truly achieving financial independence, she would still be suddenly broken up.
In the blink of an eye, Liu Yan entered the level of forty years old, but he was still single.
In order to get off the list as soon as possible, she decided to go on a blind date show.
It was 2020, she dressed herself up carefully, and met two men in a row on the show.
One of them was 11 years younger than her, and he obviously said in front of her that he accepted the love of sisters and brothers, but when he turned around, he said that he couldn't control her.
This blind date trip ended in failure.
Later, she couldn't even find someone to go on a blind date with.
Perhaps, it was because the blind date failed one after another.
Or maybe she's found the one she's destined for. In the past two years, she has always been photographed in pairs with a mysterious man.
In short, Liu Yan is no longer anxious about his life's events.
Instead, he took his mother to participate in a travel program and visit the great rivers and mountains.
Epilogue:
Someone once said that the reason why Liu Yan failed on a blind date was also a side effect of "sexy".
No one would want to have a wife who is known for being "sexy".
But Liu Yan once said that he is still a good wife and mother in his bones, and he will definitely give his other half a sense of security.
Many netizens have also said that although she has been labeled with various negative labels such as "borrowing her breasts to get on top".
But if you think about it carefully, there are very few scandals about her private life.
Those seemingly innocent female stars have more scandals than her.
It's just that few people want to know the real her.
There is nothing wrong with "sexy" per se, and of course Liu Yan is not wrong either.
What is wrong is the stereotype of others, equating "sexy" with "messy private life" and using this as an excuse to disparage others at will.
Although he did nothing wrong, Liu Yan's choice of dress still tends to be conservative.
And she began to deliberately slim down, so that the "career line" is no longer too obvious.
Now, being a good actor has become her current goal.
The movie "Beneficiary" in 2019, the costume "Menghualu" in 2022, and the suspense "Lighting Store" at the end of 2023......
One work after another, proving her potential in acting.
It's hard to take off the "sexy" label on her body, but maybe there will be other new labels that will eventually take her place.
Looking back on her 20 years of career, you will find that she has never changed.
I chose to be famous by virtue of my figure, because I was for my parents, and I was busy with blind dates to make up for my parents' regrets.
may have taken a detour, experienced twists and turns, and suffered criticism.
But she never regretted it, because there are bound to be many difficulties and challenges on the road to success.