Shi Hengxia: Encyclopedia II - Shi Hengxia - Fame

Shi Hengxia - Fame

Sister Furong "did not have an easy time with the country's college entrance system. It took her three tries to get into college, and since graduation, she has set her eyes on two of the country's best schools". [7] Over several years, she tried but failed to gain entrance to either of two top Beijing universities (Tsinghua University and Peking University) for postgraduate studies. She posted the story of her determination and pictures of herself on the Internet bulletin boards of those universities and touched a nerve among students. She responded to the attention by adding a quest for a boyfriend to her postings. Her narcissistic self descriptions provoked controversy and the question, "Is she funny simply because she doesn't know she is?".

"Sister Furong's fame arose soon after her photos - with farcical poses to highlight her S-shaped curves - accompanied by her narcissistic words from the Tsinghua University BBS were posted onto tianyaclub.com, one of China's largest online forums." [8]

There was blanket coverage in early 2005 by newspapers, magazines and television about her.

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "Fame", under the G.N U Free Docmentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki