During the Beijing Olympics, a 9-year-old girl who sang a patriotic song at the opening ceremony, was revealed to be lip-syncing. The real singer was a 7-year-old girl who was kept backstage, because she was considered not. good looking enough and that might’ve damaged China’s image.
Because nothing screams “Ode to the Motherland” like telling a 7-year-old she’s too ugly for national pride.
INFO: This incident occurred during the 2008 Beijing Olympics opening ceremony. The 9-year-old girl, Lin Miaoke, was seen singing “Ode to the Motherland” on stage, but it was later revealed that she was lip-syncing to the voice of 7-year-old Yang Peiyi.
This switch was reportedly made because Yang Peiyi was deemed not visually appealing enough for the ceremony, and the organizers wanted to present a more polished image.
This incident sparked controversy and debate about the ethics of the decision and the importance of appearance over talent.
I worked in a Chinese school. Had to fight with another teacher because she refused to allow one child to sing in a New Year’s concert choir because the girl was fat. She was singing better than some thinner kids, but it didn’t matter. I won that fight, hosted the concert and quit right after it.
Let’s act like having a child doing the work behind the scenes doesn’t perfectly represent China.
That’s what damages China’s image……
> **Yang Peiyi** (born 21 February 2001) is a Chinese former child singer. She graduated from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
* Excerpted from [Yang Peiyi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Peiyi) at the English Wikipedia
For those wondering, the left is the original singer and the right girl is the lip-sync singer
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That’s sad.
Ummmm
She didn’t even look ugly. Even saw a pic now and she looks very pretty!
They were both very cute, but i think the girl on the right is the one on the stage because China prefer small and petite face aesthetically, and, well, she got more uniformed teeth i guess
I can’t tell which little girl is who— neither is bad looking they’re both cute little girls. I mean if one looked like an ogre ok but wtf is this.
Then why does their president looks like Winnie the poop
You have to be a special type of asshole to do this kind of discrimination with children.
I don’t get it, they’re both cute !
I can’t tell which is the ‘ugly’ child because they’re both absolutely adorable.
You would think that a country with a population of 1.3B people (in 2008) would have been able to find a young girl that they could consider both pretty and vocally talented enough.
Fucking hell this is pretty upsetting
So which one is even considered the not good looking enough here, they both look like cute girls
China’s image? You mean pure fakeness? Yeah, they definitely didn’t damage that image.
I genuinely can’t tell by looking at the photos which one was kept backstage
That sucks, it has nothing to do you looks , it’s all about talent these days I thought.?
Lol, but faking it and it coming out, will surely help with their image …
Don’t worry China, we already thought you were shit
Well the situation did end up damaging China’s image, but not for the reason that they expected lol
Lmao. I bet they told the girl and her parents straight up to.
Is this 2 pics of the same girl, or did they massively exaggerate the “ugliness” of one girl, or am I racist because I can’t tell 2 Asian children apart? Genuinely asking.
And now it has damaged their image even worse since this info came out. Beautiful fail.
They’re racist like India
Poor little ugly girl… who gives a shit what she looked like (outside the CCP). Most would have just been blown away with her great singing if she was that young.
Classic China.
this mentality persists into the modern day. it’s all about the appearance of something rather than its actual qualities.
Which one of those two is prettier?
Ok we get it china bad but seriously to pretend that this vacuous bullshit doesn’t happen the world over in fashion/ media etc etc is to be wilfully ignorant at best
Both those kids are cute as heck! Both have kiddo teeth which adds to the charm and adorability. Both of their features are equally as cute.
I have zero idea of which girl they had an issue with, and don’t desire to know. Because it’s enough that I know the organisers are fucking insane.
They’re both so cute! Who’s the real singer here?
I genuinely can’t say who’s who
Fucking what? She looks like a normal little girl you dolts.
Do you think here in the United States, they would have picked an “ugly” child to sign the national anthem? 😂
You got 50 billion people in your country and you couldn’t find ONE cute kid who could sing? The fuck happened China, you set this up the week of or something?
“Okay, we’ve got our 5000 drummers all beating in rhythm…anything we’re forgetting? Ah FUCK. FUCK!”
Omg…