Eurasian Beauties

[Xena]

And who could forget, one of the most notorious eurasian models of all: Michelle Leslie/Michelle Lee



photocredit: http://www.metimes.com

She is Australian/Filipino

(sorry if this has been posted, I did search the thread but nothing came up)

[Boluda]

Originally Posted by sexydaydreamer

Btw, does anyone know if Sophie Marceau is Eurasian??? She's gorgeous!!!


google

She looks like she could be Eurasian.

she is gorgeous! but she's not eurasian as far as i know. though this issue has been brought up severral times (she looks she like could be about 1/6 asian or smtg like that)

check out my thread about her
http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums...sophie+marceau

[SiennaInLondon]

With reference to the poster who said Nina B was half Chinese half Russian and to the poster who said Juliana Imai was half Japanese half Brasilian -this doesn't make sense. Brasilian and Russian aren't ethnicities. You can be pure Japanese and be Brasilian -there are a lot of Japanese in Brasil. You can be Chinese and live in Russia -the more east you go in Russia, the more Chinese people look. There were a lot of orientals in Moscow and St Petersburg even though they are west. These people are Russian for many many many generations.

[SiennaInLondon]

Originally Posted by nanker_phledge

Maybe you shouldn't study actually.
I'm Lebanese. Lebanon is in Asia (Hello geography ! The Middle-East of what ? Of Asia !).
Asian names ? What the hell does that mean ?
God, people are so stupid sometimes.

Agreed! Very stupid.

[fip]

Maggie Q (Quigley)

She's Polish-Irish and Vietnamese. She's also an actress and is in the new Mission Impossible movie.

maggieq.net

[bleuFunk]

Originally Posted by SiennaInLondon

With reference to the poster who said Nina B was half Chinese half Russian and to the poster who said Juliana Imai was half Japanese half Brasilian -this doesn't make sense. Brasilian and Russian aren't ethnicities. You can be pure Japanese and be Brasilian -there are a lot of Japanese in Brasil. You can be Chinese and live in Russia -the more east you go in Russia, the more Chinese people look. There were a lot of orientals in Moscow and St Petersburg even though they are west. These people are Russian for many many many generations.

I can speak on Nina - it's not that it doesn't make sense, it just doesn't clearly indicate her ethnicity. I think the reason it is often left at simply "Russian" is because they left Russia (for Israel) because of Communist oppression (against Jews). Nina was born in Israel - another melting pot.

[Melisande]

Originally Posted by SiennaInLondon

With reference to the poster who said Nina B was half Chinese half Russian and to the poster who said Juliana Imai was half Japanese half Brasilian -this doesn't make sense. Brasilian and Russian aren't ethnicities. You can be pure Japanese and be Brasilian -there are a lot of Japanese in Brasil. You can be Chinese and live in Russia -the more east you go in Russia, the more Chinese people look. There were a lot of orientals in Moscow and St Petersburg even though they are west. These people are Russian for many many many generations.

Thank you Sienna, I'm glad someone finally sees what I'm talking about! Same goes for American, Australian, whatever.

The Time article on the previous page actually called Devon Aoki a "concoction"...

Anyway sorry to harp on it but would someone please merge the two threads and call it "multiethnic" or "multiracial" models to at least minimize confusion and argument?

Edit: Oh, Hi again Bleu! I see what you mean about Nina, I think it makes sense if we're discussing her parents' nationalities...but I think Sienna is saying it doesnt make sense to call her Eurasian...what this thread is about, as it were...because like you say, she's a) from Israel, and b)her parents' nationalities say little about her ethnicity. Complex.

[BaroqueRockstar]

Not quite eurasian but Naomi!!!
ethnically, she's half chinese and half jamaican

[oxymoron]

Originally Posted by BaroqueRockstar

Not quite eurasian but Naomi!!!
ethnically, she's half chinese and half jamaican

I think she's only 1/8 (or mayber 1/4) Chinese.

[donner]

My first post--obviously haven't figured out how to format a url from an image hosting site so that it shows up as a thumbnail, but this is a wonderful topic and one I wanted to add to. The ethnicity of the model/actress in question either their website of one devoted to them. This doesn't include a few of the most obvious ones, like Keanu Reeves and the Tilly sisters (Meg and Jennifer)

Jaymee Ong—listed as Chinese/Causasian





From www.hapas.com/people/


Kelly Hu—listed as Chinese/English



From www.kellyhu.net/gallery/

China Chow--listed as Chinese/English on father's side, Japanese/German on mother's side




From www.aahceleb.com/ pic/chinachow

Yasmeen Ghauri Her mother is Pakistani, her father is German.





From www.yasmeen-ghauri.com/

[SiennaInLondon]

Originally Posted by bleuFunk

I can speak on Nina - it's not that it doesn't make sense, it just doesn't clearly indicate her ethnicity. I think the reason it is often left at simply "Russian" is because they left Russia (for Israel) because of Communist oppression (against Jews). Nina was born in Israel - another melting pot.

Hey Bleu -ok in which case I suppose Nina is half Jewish as I Jewish is an ethnicity. That would do better than Russian.
Thanks!

[oolie coco]

I love when this thread has pictures

[sexydaydreamer]

Originally Posted by Melisande

Well, do you want to clump or not?

If you want to divide by continents, Asia is Asia, Africa is Africa.

If you want to go by culture, do get your facts straight before you cry racism: India/Pakistani culture is completely different from Middle Eastern culture. Which is, as you say, completely different from Japanese and Korean East Asian culture.


The Maghreb countries like Morocco use Arabic and have a Mediterranean/Islamic/Arab culture, and along with their Napoleonic invasions and Spanish influences, make them, again, completely different from southern and central African cultures. Countries situated between cultures, like Turkey, are bound to be a mix.

You either go with the contintents and stick with it, or discuss the cultures knowledgeably. It's got nothing to do with racism.

Eurasian is a confusing term to begin with, and rather outdated...

Technically, I rather not clump anyone together. However, me being mixed with Indian, I find it rather odd that we are clumped with the Chinese, the Japanese, etc. We're so different.

And when I meant that separated Africans was racist, I was referring to the colonial times when Europe would use division and differences to divide and conquer people. And then there is the whole "claiming the Egyptians weren't black" thing. But you didn't catch that did you? Judging by your post, no.

Please, re-read my posts before you go jumping all over me. India and Pakistan are consider M.E. I was arguing that they shouldn't be mixed togehter along with Eastern Asians because of their difference. Again, you misinterpret my posts, but whatever.

P.S. Eurasian is too broad of a term to use. At least in my opinion. Btw, we should stick with countries AND culture. Not just clump one continent together and say that is that.

[bleuFunk]

I think you are taking it the wrong way saying you are being "lumped" with any group. Yes, it is a broad term, and it's meant to be! Think about it, we can all be defined in broad terms. Is that bad? I don't think so. At least it doesn't offend me - it shouldn't offend anyone who's not ashamed where they come from (and no one should be). I am from Earth, i'm North American, American, Caucasian, British, French, Dutch, Cherokee blah blah blah - from general to specific, you can call me anything and i won't mind. Just don't call me George.

[sexydaydreamer]

Originally Posted by bleuFunk

I think you are taking it the wrong way saying you are being "lumped" with any group. Yes, it is a broad term, and it's meant to be! Think about it, we can all be defined in broad terms. Is that bad? I don't think so. At least it doesn't offend me - it shouldn't offend anyone who's not ashamed where they come from (and no one should be). I am from Earth, i'm North American, American, Caucasian, British, French, Dutch, Cherokee blah blah blah - from general to specific, you can call me anything and i won't mind. Just don't call me George.

True, but I think this whole "lumping" business gets out of hand from time to time.