A woman in China, who spent eight million yuan (US$1 million) on cosmetic surgery to make her look like the actress Fan Bingbing, has been forced to change her life after the star’s reputation collapsed.
The woman even married a man who had surgery so he could resemble Fan’s then boyfriend, Li Chen.
He Chengxi, 31, is from a wealthy family in Shenzhen, southern China, and underwent 37 cosmetic procedures, mainly on her face, between 2008 and 2016, the news outlet Sina.com reported.
The operations cost her a total of eight million yuan.
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“I want to be like her,” said He, pointing to a picture of Fan when she was a teenage girl. She said she was not satisfied with her mediocre appearance.
Fan, 44, was among the highest-earning stars and one of the best internationally known artists from China more than a decade ago. She has been celebrated for her “flawless looks”.
At first, He’s parents did not support her, but she insisted and threatened to commit suicide if they stopped her.