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Invincible Ugly Woman

Published by
Steve
at March 11, 2008 in China and TV. 1 Comment

Ugly Betty - Invinceble Ugly WomanIt appears that Hunan Television is going to be producing a Chinese version of “Ugly Betty.”

“Ugly Betty” is learning to speak Chinese.

A Chinese TV station says it plans to make a Chinese version of the Colombian series about a plain woman trying to fit in at a fashion company, which also spawned a hit version on U.S. television.

Ugly Betty was inspired by the Colombian telenovela, a Latin American soap drama, Yo Soy Betty, La Fea, which translates as I Am Betty, the Ugly One.  the story

Reports say that the show has a budget of 150 million yuan ($21 million USD), and shooting is slated to begin in April. It will run for five seasons, or a total of 400 episodes.

It will be interesting to see if it is as successful in China as it has been in the US and Columbia.

Survivor China Just Next Door!

Published by
Steve
at September 13, 2007 in China. 0 Comments

Survivor China LogoThe production for Survivor China will be based in Jiangxi Province on Lake Poyang, due east from where we live in Hunan Province on the Dongting Lake (China’s second largest lake.)

Survivor MapLake Poyang, the largest freshwater lake in China, is 105 miles long from north to south. The widest point is 46 miles, the average width of the lake is 10 miles from west to east. The lakeshore is 750 miles long, and has a surface area of 2040 miles.

Survivor China premieres next Thursday, September 20!

World’s Best Whiskers Vie for Honors

Published by
Steve
at September 10, 2007 in Webel and funny. 2 Comments

This made me think of my cousin Lance, formerly of Hunan Province, China;

Whiskers CompetitionLONDON — One contestant had a mustache twisted into the shape of London’s Tower Bridge; others sported bushy beards that would make Grizzly Adams envious. In the end, Beard Team USA nabbed four of the top honors — by a whisker — at the World Beard and Mustache Championships.

About 250 shaggy men from around the world competed Saturday in 17 different classes of facial hair at the competition in Brighton, England.

The event had long been dominated by German beard clubs, but the Americans made a strong showing at this year’s competition, taking victories in four categories.

Jack Passion, a 23-year-old from San Francisco, won the highly competitive “Full Natural Beard” competition with his flowing orange fuzz.

“I feel fantastic,” he told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. “I’m 23 and I have the best beard in the world.”

He attributed part of his success to his outfit, a blue tuxedo and bowler hat, which helped bring out the red in his beard.

“I looked like a groom,” he said. “Too bad you never get married when you have a huge beard.”

The mustache categories include the “Dali” — slender with long tips, straight or arching up — and the big and bushy “Hungarian,” while the beard categories ranged from the shorter “Verdi” to the rounder, more expansive “Garibaldi.”

Those with particularly fanciful fuzz — like the man with the Tower Bridge growing from his face — competed in freestyle categories.

Competitors were barred from using extensions or hair pins, although wax and hairspray were allowed in some cases.

The first World Beard and Mustache Championship was held by beard enthusiasts in Germany in 1990. The next championships in 2009 will be held in Anchorage, Alaska.

“Anchorage knows how to put on a show,” said David Traver, 42, who is organizing the 2009 event. “And they have a fantastic appreciation for whiskers.”

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On the Net:

World Beard and Mustache Competition: http://www.handlebarclub.co.uk/wbmc.shtml