Amber An

Amber An

An in 2010
Born Liao Ching-ling
September 18, 1985 (1985-09-18) (age 31)
Taichung, Taiwan
Occupation Model, singer, actress
Years active 2008–present

Amber An (Chinese: 安心亞; pinyin: Ānxīn yà), born Liao Ching-ling[1] (Chinese: 廖婧伶; pinyin: Liào jìng líng), is a Taiwanese model, singer and actress.

Career

Amber An entered the showbiz in February 2009 through television program Celebrity Imitated Show: The Largest Political Party, in which she impersonates other celebrities, most prominently singer Yao Yao.[2][3] She gained widespread fame in Taiwan after wearing just a C-string on the cover of Next Magazine in 2009—because of it, she became referred to as "Queen of C-string".[2][4] In 2011, An was voted the world's sexiest woman in the Taiwanese version of magazine FHM.[2] She started her singing career by releasing her first album on August,[2][5] in which "the dancing music was created to guide the viewers to appreciate the charm of a sexy girl."[5]

Later that year, she signed a NT$1 million ($42,500) contract with Reebok to become its Taiwanese ambassador.[4] Then she became part of a polemic when Next reported she was coerced by Reebok's manager Tony Zhao to sprawl on the ground wearing only shoes.[2] It eventually led to a virtual war between fans of An and Malaysian singer Fish Leong, who is Zhao's wife, and Leong manager accused An of creating publicity.[4]

After a year and half in the making, An released her second album in January 2013.[3] As of 2014, she was a Taiwan Fund for Children and Families's Child Protection Ambassador.[6] Her third album was released in October 2014 after An wrote the lyrics in almost half a year.[5] On it, she tried to focus more on "arts rhythm of the steps of a dance" in order to show a varied aspect of hers in terms of style of music and her appearance.[5]

Discography

Filmography

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References

  1. Shu, Catherine (December 24, 2010). "Pop Stop". Taipei Times. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Peng, Kwok Kar (October 31, 2011). "I was not forced to strip: Amber An". Originally published by The New Paper. Republished by AsiaOne. pp. 1–3. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  3. 1 2 3 "安心亞Amber An-性感女神全面升級". Yahoo! (in Chinese). January 17, 2013. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  4. 1 2 3 Peng, Kwok Kar (October 26, 2011). "Is it a publicity stunt?". Originally published by The New Paper. Republished by AsiaOne. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 Fei, Xu (October 27, 2014). "Taiwan Pop Star Amber An Releases New Album". China Radio International. Retrieved May 8, 2016.
  6. Ping-hung, Chen (April 27, 2014). "Group eyes child abuse". Taipei Times. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  7. "Top Five Mandarin Albums". Taipei Times. October 31, 2011. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  8. Adams, Mark (March 18, 2013). "Forever Love". ScreenDaily.com. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  9. Elley, Derek (June 19, 2013). "The Stolen Years". Film Business Asia. Retrieved October 20, 2014.
  10. Amber An at hkmdb.com
  11. Amber An at chinesemov.com

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