Ming Xi

In this Chinese name, the family name is Xi (奚).
Ming Xi
奚梦瑶
Ming Xi in 2019
Born
Xi Mengyao

(1989-03-18) 18 March 1989 (age 35)
Shanghai, China
Spouse
Mario Ho
​
(m. 2019)​
Children2
Modeling information
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Hair colorBlack[1]
Eye colorBrown[1]
Agency

Ming Xi or Xi Mengyao (simplified Chinese: 奚梦瑶; traditional Chinese: 奚夢瑤; pinyin: Xī Mèngyáo; born 18 March 1989) is a Chinese model. Her professional modeling career started in 2009 after she attended a TV competition. Her international modeling career began in 2011 when she debuted for the Givenchy Haute Spring Show.[3] In the same year, she modeled the Givenchy ready-to-wear collection and appeared as the face of Givenchy's Fall/Winter publicity advertising campaign. Xi also modeled for the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2013.

Career

In 2008, Xi attended a television competition on Dragon Television called Go! Oriental Angels. This was her first notable appearance on television.[4]

Two years after she graduated from college, Xi participated in the Elite Model Look competition, a fashion modeling event held by Elite Model Management. Xi ranked third in the competition. Shortly after the contest, she was offered a contract with Givenchy, and debuted at the Givenchy Haute Couture Show and ready-to-wear shows.[3] She started her international modeling career shortly after in the same year, when she appeared in the Givenchy F/W 2010 campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott.[5] Xi also took part in the Fall/ Winter 2011 New York Fashion Week with other three Chinese fashion models: Shu Pei, Sun Feifei, and Liu Wen.[4]

Xi modeled the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show in 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.[citation needed] In 2014, Michael Kors invited Xi to model his Michael Kors Shanghai Extravaganza with Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Miranda Kerr. Xi also participated in the Met Gala red carpet with Kors and Huntington-Whiteley.[6] In 2015, Olivier Rousteing, creative director of Balmain, invited Xi to model the Balmain 2015 Fall runway along with Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, Constance Jablonski, Taylor Hill, Joan Smalls, Cindy Bruna, Jourdan Dunn, Karlie Kloss, Magdalena Frąckowiak, Devon Windsor, and Lily Donaldson.[7] In 2015, Karl Lagerfeld selected Xi to star in a new campaign for his label, and cooperated with Kendall Jenner and Sasha Luss.[8]

Personal life

In July 2019, Xi married Mario Ho, son of Hong Kong-Macau magnate Stanley Ho, after an engagement ceremony in May earlier in the year.[9][10] She gave birth to a son named Ronaldo in October 2019.[11] In November 2021, Xi gave birth to a daughter named Romee in Shanghai.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "The Society Management Ming Xi". The Society Management. Archived from the original on 18 August 2013. Retrieved Feb 14, 2015.
  2. ^ Ming Xi Archived 2018-11-25 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  3. ^ a b "Ming Xi". Elite Model Look. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-02-27.
  4. ^ a b Lu, Kate (2010-12-30). "5 Chinese Models to Watch in 2011". CNN Travel. Archived from the original on 2018-03-28. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  5. ^ "Ming Xi". models.com. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 Mar 2015.
  6. ^ Chen, Rachel (2014-07-09). "Introducing Ming Xi, One of China's Hottest Top Models Right Now". Audrey. Archived from the original on 2015-01-03. Retrieved 2015-04-01.
  7. ^ Yotka, Steff (2015-03-05). "Balmain Gives You Wings". style.com. Archived from the original on 2015-08-18. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  8. ^ McCarthy, Emma (2015-02-10). "The thing with Ming: the hot Chinese model that might just push Cara Delevingne off the catwalks". London Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 2015-07-06. Retrieved 2017-10-31.
  9. ^ "Mario Ho Is Engaged To Supermodel Ming Xi: Here's What You Need To Know" Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine Hong Kong Tatler [15-05-2019]
  10. ^ "Stanley Ho's youngest son marries model Ming Xi, who famously fell on Victoria's Secret catwalk" Archived 2020-11-07 at the Wayback Machine South China Morning Post [05-07-2019]
  11. ^ "Ming Xi's Instagram" Archived 2023-07-12 at the Wayback Machine [24-10-2019]
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