Ming Xi or Xi Mengyao (; born 18 March 1989) is a Chinese model. Her professional modeling career started in 2009 after she attended a TV competition. Her international modeling career began in 2011 when she debuted for the

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Haute Spring Show. In the same year, she modeled the

ready-to-wear Ready-to-wear (or ''prêt-à-porter''; abbreviated RTW; "off-the-rack" or "off-the-peg" in casual use) is the term for ready-made garments, sold in finished condition in standardized sizes, as distinct from made-to-measure or bespoke clothi ...

collection and appeared as the face of Givenchy's Fall/Winter publicity advertising campaign. Xi also modeled for the

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in 2013.

Career

In 2008, Xi attended a television competition on

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called ''Go! Oriental Angels''. This was her first notable appearance on television. Two years after she graduated from college, Xi participated in the

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competition, a fashion modeling event held by

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. Xi ranked third in the competition. Shortly after the contest, she was offered a contract with

, and debuted at the Givenchy Haute Couture Show and

shows. She started her international modeling career shortly after in the same year, when she appeared in the Givenchy F/W 2010 campaign, shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. Xi also took part in the Fall/ Winter 2011

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with other three Chinese fashion models: Shu Pei, Sun Feifei, and Liu Wen. Xi modeled the

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, 2016,

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and 2018. In 2014,

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invited Xi to model his Michael Kors Shanghai Extravaganza with

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Rosie Alice Huntington-Whiteley (born 18 April 1987) is an English model and actress. She is best known for her work for lingerie retailer Victoria's Secret, formerly being one of their brand "Angels", for being the face of Burberry's 2011 bran ...

and

Miranda Kerr Miranda May Kerr (; born 20 April 1983) is an Australian model and businesswoman. Kerr rose to prominence in 2007, as one of the Victoria's Secret Angels. Kerr was the first Australian Victoria's Secret model and also represented the Australia ...

. Xi also participated in the

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red carpet with Kors and Huntington-Whiteley. In 2015,

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, creative director of Balmain, invited Xi to model the Balmain 2015 Fall runway along with

Alessandra Ambrosio Alessandra Corine Ambrósio (; born 11 April 1981) is a Brazilian-American model. She is known for her work with Victoria's Secret and was chosen as the first spokesmodel for the company's PINK line. Ambrosio was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 20 ...

Adriana Lima Adriana Lima (; born 12 June 1981) is a Brazilian model, who was a Victoria's Secret Angel from 1999 to 2018. She was the longest-running model and named "the most valuable Victoria's Secret Angel" in 2017. She is also known as a spokesmodel fo ...

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, Taylor Hill,

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Jourdan Dunn Jourdan Sherise Dunn (born 3 August 1990) is a British model. She was discovered in Hammersmith Primark in 2006 and signed to The Squad Management in London. She began appearing on international runways in early 2007. In February 2008, she was t ...

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, Magdalena Frąckowiak, Devon Windsor, and

Lily Donaldson Lily Monica Donaldson (born 27 January 1988) is an English model. Career Donaldson was born in London, and educated at the Camden School for Girls, living in Kentish Town with her parents. She has a younger sister named Aurelia. She was scou ...

. In 2015,

Karl Lagerfeld Karl Otto Lagerfeld (; 10 September 1933 – 19 February 2019) was a German fashion designer, creative director, artist and photographer. He was known as the creative director of the French fashion house Chanel, a position held from 1983 u ...

selected Xi to star in a new campaign for his label, and cooperated with

Kendall Jenner Kendall Nicole Jenner (born November 3, 1995) is an American model, media personality, and socialite. She is a daughter of Kris Jenner and Caitlyn Jenner, and rose to fame in the reality television show ''Keeping Up with the Kardashians.'' Je ...

and

Sasha Luss Alexandra "Sasha" Alexeyevna Luss (russian: Александра "Саша" Алексеевна Лусс; born 6 June 1992) is a Russian model and actress best known for portraying Anna Poliatova in the 2019 film '' Anna''. Early life Luss ...

Personal life

In July 2019, Xi married Mario Ho, son of

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magnate

Stanley Ho Stanley Ho Hung-sun (; 25 November 192126 May 2020) was a Hong Kong- Macau billionaire businessman. His original patrilineal surname was Bosman, which was later sinicized to 何 (Ho). He was the founder and chairman of SJM Holdings, which ...

, after an engagement ceremony in May earlier in the year. She gave birth to a son named Ronaldo in October 2019."Ming Xi's Instagram"
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References

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