Zhang Xiaoyu


Zhang Xiaoyu is a Chinese internet celebrity who has been described as "China's first nude model."

Early life and education

Zhang attended Beihua University in Jilin City, Jilin, where she graduated with a bachelor's degree in biological sciences in 2007.

Career

She did softcore erotic modeling for METCN.com, an affiliate of MET ART, from 2007 to 2009, and until the Chinese government initiated a crackdown on online erotica at the beginning of 2009, her name was amongst the most searched for queries on the Chinese search engine Baidu, receiving an average of 650,000 searches a day throughout 2008.
The Chinese online game Dàhuà Xuānyuán became a hit in December 2009 after the game's producer hired Zhang as its spokesperson, a marketing maneuver that received official disapproval in 2010 as the Chinese government sought to curb the use of "vulgar marketing" by online game companies.