Case in point. Amai Liu who while being Hawaiian with likely some Asian ethnicity was marketed as Asian, Indian, African American and just plain old American.
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| Panoramata Senior Member  16210 Posts 11/06 |  Posted - Dec 16 2019 : 8:16AMThere is already a topic for Half-Asian models , but the situation is that there are many models who have so many different backgrounds that they don´t look really Asian anymore ( like is the case with a half-asian like Mi ha Doan who has still recognizable Asian roots ) . An interesting case is Liv Revamped , one of my fav stars of all times , who say she is mostly Filipina , but doesn´t like to be labelled as Latina , even though she has some Mexican in her ( She definitely looks Latina to me and most fans ) . But since it is her wish be called either mixed or Asian , so be it . ( She also has Native Indian admixture ) . Another case would be Emily Parker , who is more often labelled Caucasian than Asian . She might be 1/3 or 1/4 Asian . ( Irish, Japanese, Spanish )
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| pat362 Senior Member 10087 Posts 3/10 | Posted - Dec 16 2019 : 9:10AM Case in point. Amai Liu who while being Hawaiian with likely some Asian ethnicity was marketed as Asian, Indian, African American and just plain old American. [Link] |
| Panoramata Senior Member 16210 Posts 11/06 | Posted - Dec 16 2019 : 12:03PM Many of my favourite models and women types have some Asian admixture or look somehow Asian ( Latinas due to Native Indian roots , Mediterraneans due to Turkic influence , East Europeans due to Mongol infl. , Balcanics due to Romani infl. , North Europeans due to Inuit infl. etc .... ) . So it´s lot of fun to sort that out , starting with guesswork and later reasearch . i also like to check out how other fans or companies perceive certain models . I have seen some Czech and even Italian women being identified as Asian for the above-mentioned reaons . I don´t like that at all , neither does Liv .However going by looks can be sometimes practical , but just for the sake of an approximation ( on databases or websites ) , but not for a definite market strategy . I would be ok with Iafd putting " asian-look " or " latina-look " for Scarlett Bloom underneath her Black ethnicity . She has insisted that she is black and don´t likes to be labelled otherwise , even though she looks more Asian ( 1 ) or Latina ( 2 ) to me and others .
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Flash  Golden Age Classic 11019 Posts 5/01 | Posted - Dec 16 2019 : 5:00PM We aren't going to have another of these who is whatever enough or not enough threads. [Link] |
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