Barbie Knows Best

After catching the 2004 edition of MR CON AND MISS CSI (a curious crib for the considerably cleverer KANG XI LAI LE) on Channel U last Saturday evening, I found myself falling in love with Taiwanese beauty Barbie Hsu all over again.
You'll remember her as Shancai, the plucky female protagonist from the 2001 'idol drama' METEOR GARDEN - a show I followed religiously because of her.

These days, Barbie is the busy spokesperson for practically every brand/line of beauty products/services in her country. She even released a book entitled Beauty King (note: not 'Queen'), educating contemporary women on the relevance of, well, looking beautiful. Kinda like our own Fann Wong (or Jacelyn Tay), if you would.