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21, 2000 VOL. 26 NO. 28 | SEARCH ASIAWEEK
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The
Babes Have It
Pixel
vixens, bendy notebooks and cyberspace avatars
Compiled by STUART WHITMORE
Plus:
Get Animated
She's fashionable, single and calls herself a "Cyberbabe." She's LiLi
and she's MTV Asia's latest VJ. She's also not real. LiLi is the star
of a weekly, interactive request show airing region-wide called LiLi:
Version 1.2. She plays viewer requests and answers questions on what's
hip in music, fashion, technology and youth culture all in flawless
Mandarin, Hindi or English depending on where you're watching. With her
better-than-life body and dreamy doe-eyes, LiLi is also representative
of a new breed of pixelated temptresses a bevy of biology-defying
beauties that do little to dispel the impression that software engineers
are a bunch of terminally single males who like to view Baywatch with
the sound turned down. What's with these cyberbabes and are they
a good role model for young girls? Asiaweek.com investigates:
Ulala
www.spacechannel5.com
Occupation: Space reporter-cum- new Sega spokesperson
Pulchritude: An ooh-la-la 8 out of 10
The spin: An ace reporter for Space Channel 5, Ulala gets a scoop
when aliens invade and, er, challenge her to a funky dancing contest
What she's really like: Britney Spears on acid
A good role model for your daughter?
No. Makes Barbie look butch. Get her to dance the funky chicken and she'd
break at the waist
T-Babe
www.t-babe.com
Occupation: Singer
Pulchritude: A nubile 18-year-old with a melting-hourglass 38-24-38
figure. Docked points for her bad taste in clothes: 7 out of 10
The spin: A manufactured pop star who will never disobey her svengali
What she's really like: Peroxide blonde Madonna wannabe. Looks
like she fell off the back of a motorbike
A good role model for your daughter?
In that skirt? When her debut single fails to chart, expect a slow
descent into alcoholism and drug addiction
Webbie Tookay
www.illusion2k.com
Occupation: Super Virtual Model
Pulchritude: A 10. Even virtual models need the legs for the job
The spin: Available 24/7, Webbie is a professional who will never
throw a tantrum or bring her interfering mother along to a shoot
What she's really like: As eerily vacant looking as the real thing
A good role model for your daughter?
No. It's no fun being a supermodel if you have to get out of bed for less
than a million
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