Victoria’s Secret’s Asian mannequin

Posted on April 10, 2008 by John

I was walking around the Embarcero with a friend this past weekend and noticed as I passed by a Victoria’s Secret that one of the mannequins is Asian. I was so shocked, I just had to take a photo with my camera phone.

I don’t normally shop and visit Victoria’s Secret, so I did a quick Google search – apparently the Victoria’s Secret Asian mannequin has been around since July 2006, since I saw a Hyphen blog posting on the very subject as well as on this blog posting.

I guess I wasn’t the only one who was shocked. Victoria’s Secret had signed up their first Asian model over a year ago – Jarah Mariano, of Hawaiian, Korean, and Chinese decent. I approve! I was thinking when I saw the Asian mannequin modeling the black lingerie would look awfully nice on my girlfriend… my imaginary girlfriend.

About John

I'm a Taiwanese-American and was born & raised in Western Massachusetts, went to college in upstate New York, worked in Connecticut, went to grad school in North Carolina and then moved out to the Bay Area in 1999 and have been living here ever since - love the weather and almost everything about the area (except the high cost of housing...)
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