Evan Low
26 years old, Campbell City Council-elected Mayor as of Tuesday December 1st, Chinese, and gay. Talk about overcoming obstacles in Politics. “It’s about making a difference int he community I live in,” he says. RIGHT ON Evan Low!
Quick Facts about Campbell City:
- 38,000-resident Silicon Valley city
- Average resident age is 35
- Asian Americans are the second most populous demographic in Silicon Valley
Quick facts about Low:
- Campbell City Council promoted Low from Vice Mayor to a one-year term as Mayor
- Currently obtaining MPA from San Jose State Univ (his undergrad alma mater)
- Has undergrad degree in Political Science
- Attended exec program at Harvard Kennedy School of Gov’t
- Works full time as Senior District Representative to Assemblyman Paul Fong, D-Sunnyvale
- Lost in 2004 City Council run
- Won in 2006. Term ends 2010.
More from SF Gate article and Passport
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![Liu Wen
Most recently became the first Chinese (or non-mixed Asian) model to strut the Victoria’s Secret catwalk. This Victoria’s Secret 2009 Fashion Show airs on CBS tonight Dec 1st @ 10pmET/9c. (A total of 3 mixed and non-mixed Asians heat up the runway tonight…post coming up!)
Per Wiki:
Liu Wen was born January 27, 1988, in Yongzhou, a city in the Hunan Province of China. Wen started her modeling career in 2005,[3] when she entered the New Silk Road World Model Contest, a contest previously won by international covergirl Du Juan. Though she didn’t win, she began working after the contest. She became a national success when she landed the cover of Chinese FHM in the beginning her career.[3] She then started working for top Chinese fashion magazines like Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar.[3]In September 2007, Liu caught the eye of the international fashion industry when she shot a Cosmo editorial styled as designer like Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor and Rolf[1][3], and later appeared on the cover. She then was ushered to Paris in 2008, and signed with Marilyn Agency.[3]
In February of the same year, she appeared in four editorials for Chinese Vogue.[3] She debuted on the international runways in the same month, closing the fall Trussardi show in Milan, and also walked for Chanel, Jean Paul Gaultier, and Hermès.[2]
For the Spring 2009 season, she appeared in seven major campaigns[4], including DKNY Jeans, The GAP, and cKone.[4]
In 2009, Liu Wen became the first ever Chinese or non-mixed far east model to walk the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.[5]
More pics of Liu Wen in NYMagKeywords: Asian Models, Famous asian models, chinese models, first asian chinese model in victoria’s secret runwayOther Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ktwfdtIVjn1qa172uo1_500.jpg)
![Judith Hill
is the ROCKIN chick who sang at Michael Jackson’s memorial and was one of MJ’s back up vocalists slated for his This Is It concert tour. Though the movie was supposed to be in theaters for two weeks only since it’s October release, the $101 million worldwide revenue over the first five opening days was enough to steer the SONY bosses to keep it out through Thanksgiving. (Announced Nov. 1)I saw the movie last weekend and reveled in the MJ showmanship and production. Judith Hill was a pleasant surprise. I was stunned by the power of her voice and intrigued by the possibility that she was Asian (scroll below for specific heritage). Hill had a duet with MJ and it was fascinating to see the process of rehearsal and how such a show becomes a show…and how such creativity emerges…
So definitely worth seeing…you might toss and turn in your seat a bit because the movie’s two hours…but stand in the side aisle and boogie if you need to…Also…probably not the best to idea to watch a movie after a night of debauchery…even if it’s after brunch…I’m just sayin’…
Judith Hill was born in LA and grew up in a family of musicians. Her mother was an immigrant from Japan who met her African-American father in a funk band in the 70’s. Dig it.Hill seems to look back on her bi-racial experience with love and a matured, evolved sense of appreciation: [via her website]
“I was a skinny mixed kid with a lot of hair that I didn’t know what to do with (and still don’t know what to do with it). And my mom could not help me with it!”
She lived in a Christian home and embraced Jesus Christ at an early age. She comments, “I had a pretty good life in my childhood. Me and God were friends since the beginning. That helped a lot. But, it didn’t save me from walking a path of pain and asking the deep questions of life.
I was a philosopher as a kid, and in school you could find me in the library.” She admits that she never “fit in”. Depending on the social circle, she was labeled “too quiet”, “too loud”, “too black”, “to asian”, or too something. Judith expresses, “I was a traveler, kind of a drifter. But, looking back I see how all of those experiences, friends, and cultures made me who I am today.”
A sample of her talent below…
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![Russel from Up
Confirmed: Russel from Disney Pixar’s heartwarming, heartbreaking, inspirational Up is an Asian American character.
The character is modeled on Asian American Pixar animator, Peter Sohn (below right). An interview excerpt from the film’s director, Pete Docter:
“There hasn’t been a lot of discussion in the media about the fact that Russell is an Asian-American, which is probably for the best. I know the character was based somewhat on Pixar’s Peter Sohn, but considering Disney has clearly pointed out that Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog” is the studio’s first African-American princess, I’m curious why the topic hasn’t come up.That’s interesting. Obviously Anglo characters have dominated most of media for a long time so it seemed to me, obviously there’s more diversity of people out there. Pete Sohn is such an entertaining character that we thought, let’s just try to grab him and figure out what he was like as a kid, so that’s kind of where that came from and just trying to be specific and different than things we’d done in the past. We talked early on about making some story point about that but I think by not dealing with it it’s more color blind or accepting or whatever, you just cast that character and move forward.”
The character is voiced by Japanese American, Jordan Nagai, who was 7 years old when the movie was made. Watch his interview with Chanel APA below.
We can speculate on why it wasn’t markedly pointed out that Russel is Asian American the same way Tiana was marketed as African American. I think that’s a type of conversation/argument that occurs often. Whether you have an opinion or if you’re indifferent, I’d be curious about why you think you have that point of view, or why you feel that way. Feel free to comment below or email me. Sources: Chanel APA [via]Photos: 1, 2, 3Keywords: Disney Pixar Up Asian kid character, Peter Sohn, Jordan Nagai, Disney Pixar up Russel is Asian, the kid in up](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kswiibw9Be1qa172uo1_r1_500.jpg)
“There hasn’t been a lot of discussion in the media about the fact that Russell is an Asian-American, which is probably for the best. I know the character was based somewhat on Pixar’s Peter Sohn, but considering Disney has clearly pointed out that Tiana from “The Princess and the Frog” is the studio’s first African-American princess, I’m curious why the topic hasn’t come up.![AMERIE
Her 4th album, In Love & War, dropped TODAY, November 3rd
See the you tube video for the Heard ‘Em All single from her new albumAmerie Mi Marie Rogers is a two-time Grammy nominated singer, songwriter, producer, and actress, born January 12, 1980 in Fitchburg, Mass to a Korean mother and Africa-American father. She debuted her first album, All I Have, in 2002. [1, 2]
Check out her song Gotta Work in the video below. PERFECT for a workout playlist. Really gets ya goin.
[via Daily Motion]
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