Whenever “vase” is mentioned, people always connect beauty with lack of acting skill. That’s probably true, but maybe these beautiful women actually aren’t as bad as you imagine. But in the face of commercial interests, they still have to keep playing their vase roles. Beauty is innocent, money is justified!
10 Gigi Leung
GIGI is of course very beautiful, but for some reason she always gives people a rather flat feeling. It’s like that when she sings, and it’s like that when she acts too. It’s not that being understated is bad—Zhang Aijia and Rene Liu, whom I like, also give people that feeling—but rather that she still lacks a bit of confidence and ease in performance, meaning she still can’t bring out the charm of a role itself in the most moving way. She lacks the ability to truly amaze people. So at the current stage, GIGI really still belongs to the vase category of actresses, and among the many films she has appeared in, the one that can be considered passable is still Zhang Aijia’s Tempting Heart.
09 Kelly Chen
Kelly Chen became famous to a large extent thanks to her beauty. When she sings, her voice is too thin and delicate; when she acts, she always wears the same cold expression, playing every role in the exact same way. If you disagree, then think about every movie she has acted in—has any one of them left a particularly deep impression on you? But beauty is capital, so KELLY still doesn’t have to think too much about acting skill for now. After all, beauty can still be exchanged for money!
08 Cecilia Cheung
Scandal is also a kind of capital to some extent, and Cecilia Cheung is exactly the sort of person who knows that rule best, which is why she has stayed popular all the way until now. But saying she has no acting skill at all would really be a bit unfair to her. Her performances in King of Comedy and Fly Me to Polaris really did move quite a lot of people. But what film investors value is still her idol appeal, so most of the roles she plays have no depth at all. Because of that, for a long time to come she will still have to keep being a beautiful vase!
07 Kristy Yang
Although Yang MM has been in the business for many years, she still can’t break into the first-tier ranks. Of course we can’t say she isn’t beautiful, but beauty seems to have become her only capital. After so many years in the business, she still doesn’t have a single outstanding work. What are you planning to use to become popular!
06 Sharla Cheung
Actually this senior, now already getting on in years, has more or less faded out of the film world. The only chance we have to see her now is in those cosmetics commercials on TV every night where she comes out of the bath. After so many years in film, this big sister could also be called the ultimate vase. Among all her works, there actually isn’t a single movie that wasn’t a commercial film. But having said that, when I was little I really did like this beautiful auntie, hehe
05 Christy Chung
First there was The Bewitching Braid, then Naked Ambition, then Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. For a while Mother Zhong’s **** limelight was beyond anyone else’s reach. Who would have thought the story of becoming famous by taking it off would play out once again on a woman who had just become a mom****. Just a few minutes of revealing performance was enough to make all the men in China watch with nosebleeds. This second-tier actress, who had earlier appeared in countless low-grade and boring films, turned things around this time largely because she understood the principle that the more of “beauty” you reveal, the more valuable it becomes. Actually she didn’t sacrifice all that much—Sophie Marceau showed more than she did—but she seems to understand better how to make men’s hearts pound. It’s just hard to say how long this “exposed vase” will last!
04 Joey Wong
Flowing elegance, a sexy figure—no wonder Brother Qi was smitten for so many years, suffering all the big and small losses yet still unwilling to let go. I have to admit that Sister Wang’s female-ghost look is the most heart-stirring image in the film world. Last year’s Peony Pavilion may have helped her shake off a little of the bad name of being a vase, but since she immediately announced her retirement, it seems the image she leaves us with will still be that of a beautiful vase!
03 Michele Monique Reis
Li Jiaxin’s beauty has been famous for a long time. Otherwise, back then Heavenly King Leon Lai and Heavenly King Andy Lau wouldn’t both have ended up in scandals with her. Put such a heart-stirring beauty into any movie and men would still fall madly for her! Although she’s no longer the innocent MM she used to be, and doesn’t appear on screen as much now, I saw her a while ago in Perfect Match—wow! She was simply too much! Although she started out looking frighteningly ugly in it, later on she was still so beautiful it made your legs go weak!
02 Athena Chu
A single Zixia Fairy made countless men, overnight, take Athena Chu as their dream lover. Hers is the kind of beauty that makes it very easy for men to lose control. Of course film investors understand that too, so she always appears at just the right time in those entertainment films that need a vase. Damn that Stephen Chow—such a lovely beauty and he didn’t want her, just handed her straight over into Paul Wong’s arms. What’s wrong with your head!
01 Rosamund Kwan
Auntie Kwan, now already at the grand old age of 40, still keeps selling her beauty all across the country every night. On that point alone she can take the top spot. From being the most beautiful vase of the 1980s all the way into the new century—is that easy? In Big Shot’s Funeral she got to be beautiful all over again, and weren’t there still just as many people showing up to support her!
Of course there are more beautiful actresses than just these, and of course there are more vases than just these. People like Carina Lau, Chingmy Yau, Carman Lee, Shu Qi, Ng Sin-lin, and Kelly Lin originally all had hopes of being “gloriously” selected, but for various reasons—such as their acting being still just acceptable, not being quite beautiful enough, or their fame still being a bit too small—they’ve been temporarily placed in the waiting line. Everyone still has a chance, so don’t get impatient!
10 Gigi Leung
GIGI is of course very beautiful, but for some reason she always gives people a rather flat feeling. It’s like that when she sings, and it’s like that when she acts too. It’s not that being understated is bad—Zhang Aijia and Rene Liu, whom I like, also give people that feeling—but rather that she still lacks a bit of confidence and ease in performance, meaning she still can’t bring out the charm of a role itself in the most moving way. She lacks the ability to truly amaze people. So at the current stage, GIGI really still belongs to the vase category of actresses, and among the many films she has appeared in, the one that can be considered passable is still Zhang Aijia’s Tempting Heart.
09 Kelly Chen
Kelly Chen became famous to a large extent thanks to her beauty. When she sings, her voice is too thin and delicate; when she acts, she always wears the same cold expression, playing every role in the exact same way. If you disagree, then think about every movie she has acted in—has any one of them left a particularly deep impression on you? But beauty is capital, so KELLY still doesn’t have to think too much about acting skill for now. After all, beauty can still be exchanged for money!
08 Cecilia Cheung
Scandal is also a kind of capital to some extent, and Cecilia Cheung is exactly the sort of person who knows that rule best, which is why she has stayed popular all the way until now. But saying she has no acting skill at all would really be a bit unfair to her. Her performances in King of Comedy and Fly Me to Polaris really did move quite a lot of people. But what film investors value is still her idol appeal, so most of the roles she plays have no depth at all. Because of that, for a long time to come she will still have to keep being a beautiful vase!
07 Kristy Yang
Although Yang MM has been in the business for many years, she still can’t break into the first-tier ranks. Of course we can’t say she isn’t beautiful, but beauty seems to have become her only capital. After so many years in the business, she still doesn’t have a single outstanding work. What are you planning to use to become popular!
06 Sharla Cheung
Actually this senior, now already getting on in years, has more or less faded out of the film world. The only chance we have to see her now is in those cosmetics commercials on TV every night where she comes out of the bath. After so many years in film, this big sister could also be called the ultimate vase. Among all her works, there actually isn’t a single movie that wasn’t a commercial film. But having said that, when I was little I really did like this beautiful auntie, hehe
05 Christy Chung
First there was The Bewitching Braid, then Naked Ambition, then Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils. For a while Mother Zhong’s **** limelight was beyond anyone else’s reach. Who would have thought the story of becoming famous by taking it off would play out once again on a woman who had just become a mom****. Just a few minutes of revealing performance was enough to make all the men in China watch with nosebleeds. This second-tier actress, who had earlier appeared in countless low-grade and boring films, turned things around this time largely because she understood the principle that the more of “beauty” you reveal, the more valuable it becomes. Actually she didn’t sacrifice all that much—Sophie Marceau showed more than she did—but she seems to understand better how to make men’s hearts pound. It’s just hard to say how long this “exposed vase” will last!
04 Joey Wong
Flowing elegance, a sexy figure—no wonder Brother Qi was smitten for so many years, suffering all the big and small losses yet still unwilling to let go. I have to admit that Sister Wang’s female-ghost look is the most heart-stirring image in the film world. Last year’s Peony Pavilion may have helped her shake off a little of the bad name of being a vase, but since she immediately announced her retirement, it seems the image she leaves us with will still be that of a beautiful vase!
03 Michele Monique Reis
Li Jiaxin’s beauty has been famous for a long time. Otherwise, back then Heavenly King Leon Lai and Heavenly King Andy Lau wouldn’t both have ended up in scandals with her. Put such a heart-stirring beauty into any movie and men would still fall madly for her! Although she’s no longer the innocent MM she used to be, and doesn’t appear on screen as much now, I saw her a while ago in Perfect Match—wow! She was simply too much! Although she started out looking frighteningly ugly in it, later on she was still so beautiful it made your legs go weak!
02 Athena Chu
A single Zixia Fairy made countless men, overnight, take Athena Chu as their dream lover. Hers is the kind of beauty that makes it very easy for men to lose control. Of course film investors understand that too, so she always appears at just the right time in those entertainment films that need a vase. Damn that Stephen Chow—such a lovely beauty and he didn’t want her, just handed her straight over into Paul Wong’s arms. What’s wrong with your head!
01 Rosamund Kwan
Auntie Kwan, now already at the grand old age of 40, still keeps selling her beauty all across the country every night. On that point alone she can take the top spot. From being the most beautiful vase of the 1980s all the way into the new century—is that easy? In Big Shot’s Funeral she got to be beautiful all over again, and weren’t there still just as many people showing up to support her!
Of course there are more beautiful actresses than just these, and of course there are more vases than just these. People like Carina Lau, Chingmy Yau, Carman Lee, Shu Qi, Ng Sin-lin, and Kelly Lin originally all had hopes of being “gloriously” selected, but for various reasons—such as their acting being still just acceptable, not being quite beautiful enough, or their fame still being a bit too small—they’ve been temporarily placed in the waiting line. Everyone still has a chance, so don’t get impatient!
