Chen-yi Lee (or Li,

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: ''李建伊'', born March 14, 1990), better known as ,"Model profile : Leena"
, February 2011, ''

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'' is a Japanese

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best known for her regular appearances in the ''

'' women's

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Early years

She was born in

Tai'an Tai'an () is a prefecture-level city in Western Shandong Province of the People's Republic of China. Centered on Mount Tai, the city borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the north, Zibo to the east, Linyi to the southeast, Liaocheng ...

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. Her father was an engineering professor and her mother was an elementary school teacher."The next Gakky is an 18-year-old trilin-gal, Chen-yi Lee, a national-university student" (1/2)
14 October 2008, ''

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'' She lived in China until she was 9 years old before immigrating to

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with her family after her father was employed as a mechanical design engineer by a Japanese company."Born in China, making an impact in Japan"
22 June 2010, ''

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Education and career

At the age of 18 when she was an engineering student at

Ibaraki University is a Japanese national university located in Ibaraki Prefecture, with campuses in the cities of Mito, Ami and Hitachi. It was established on May 31, 1949, integrating these prewar institutions: Mito High School (Mito Kōtō-Gakkō), Ibaraki Nor ...

, she began her

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career after winning a large modeling contest, "LesPros Girls Audition 2008", held in

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and

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among several other places. She was dubbed the "next Gakky". She became an exclusive model for the ''

'' magazine. She has also worked irregularly in the professional

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scene and for several TV advertisements. She resides in Ibaraki and commutes between Ibaraki and Tokyo for between 10 and 15 fashion shoots / runway shows each month. As of September 2012, she is one of CanCam's twelve exclusive models along with

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, Shizuka Kondo,

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, Aiku Maikawa,

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, Hazuki Tsuchiya,

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, Hikari Mori, Kaede, Naomi Trauden and

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."Exclusive models"
, '' CanCam.TV''

References

External links

Official profile by her modeling agency

Official blog

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leena Chinese emigrants to Japan Japanese female models People from Tai'an 1990 births Living people