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255:, was born and raised in Vancouver's working-class Eastside. In the past few decades, he has witnessed the demographics of the city's 400,000-strong Chinese community shift. He grew up with second-generation immigrants from Hong Kong like himself, then noticed another generation of people flowing into Vancouver: ones who were more affluent, with much more money to spend. Inspired by his curiosity about those ultra-rich people's lives, Kevin announced a casting call for his series 97: 22: 269:-speaking girls, who Li describes as "having fun, spending daddy's money... enjoying life and funding an economy" and follows them as they shop, dine, and attend social functions. The show offers a unique perspective of the lives of ultra rich Asian girls—specifically examining the new-money class of 318:
Florence was graduated from the prestigious master's program in the school of fashion design at Istituto Marangoni in Milan. She speaks English, Mandarin, French, and a little Italian. She is an entrepreneur and owns her own fashion line, "Flo.Z". She shows her reflective, thoughtful side in the
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features a cultural drama, girls in the show are not trying to be anyone else, they are trying to be Chinese. Moreover, the show was larger than fashion, wealth and reality TV. "I soon discovered issues of race, culture and gender were also present." said R!c, the editor at Asian Pacific Post. The
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Joy is an international student focusing on fashion marketing. She walked her first runway show in September 2014 and showed up during the Opening Gala of Vancouver Fashion Week in Summer 2015. Her goal is to become a model.
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series targets on the issues of cultural identity and changing trends in Chinese immigration, and the social value in the show "puts a certain group of people on the radar in a different way". (Alden Habacon, Oct 2014)
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Peter Guy of the South China Morning Post called the show a "case study in how not to flaunt wealth," citing the anonymous quote "You show me a highly unequal society and I'll show you a revolution or a police state."
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This series has exploded both in Canada and overseas Asia and has raised social discussion on Asian immigration to North America, and the unique problem of capitals concentration in a communist country like China.
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Nineteen-year-old Coco is Taiwanese and aspires to become an entertainer (singing, dancing, and acting). Coco has studied musical instruments since she was seven years old; she can play the
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Weymi graduated from Blanche Macdonald with a Fashion Marketing degree. Her parents gave her half a million dollars, and she plans to launch a bilingual luxury-lifestyle magazine.
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Pam is the Founder of PLY Talent Management, a local modeling agency. She also started a flower business, Concept Floral Vancouver.
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Diana is a student at the University of British Columbia and is talented in languages - she speaks English, Chinese,
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Season 2! In this season, she shares her excitement about being pregnant, welcoming her baby and new life.
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series. It is produced by Veyron Media, Kevin K. Li, and Desmond Chen.
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Ray holds a degree in Finance and Marketing from the
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