Artificial beauty a sheer fraud

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Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, March 09, 2004

Artificial beauty a sheer fraud

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Hao Lulu became a household name last summer when she volunteered to be completely "remade" by a Beijing plastic surgery clinic. Press coverage of her public emergence following serial operations at the EverCare cosmetic surgery clinic was equally massive.

Hao Lulu undergoes the procedures last summer. After a few months out of the spotlight, however, Hao, 25, is again the subject of intensive public scrutiny, not because of her new looks, but as a result of doubts over her background.

In a personal resume distributed to the media before her face and body were altered, Hao claimed to have done so well in primary and junior high school that she finished the normally nine-year course of study in a mere six years. She said she graduated from the China University of Geosciences at the age of 19 and then spent three years in the UK studying jewelry appraisal.

Over the past several months, however, a few people who knew Hao before she went under the knife have contacted Beijing Youth Daily to refute her claimed background. The newspaper's reporters have subsequently conducted interviews with former classmates and teachers and with Hao herself to determine the veracity of her claims of scholastic excellence.

According to a report published Tuesday, the Beijing Youth Daily reporters found Hao's records from her tie at Dongzhimen Middle School indicated she was an average student and did not graduate faster than normal. When the reporters contacted the China University of Geosciences, they were quickly told that the university had no records on Hao Lulu, as staff had been searching their files for information on the young woman since her claims were first published and turned up nothing

Moreover, Hao's poor English has generated doubts over her alleged study in the UK. EverCare marketing director Bao Huai told Beijing Youth Daily, "I never doubted her at first, but later I had to serve as her interpreter when she talked to foreign media. In fact, I've never heard her speak English. "

Source: bjtoday.com

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