Liu Wen: China Supermodel's New Year Message Sparks Row

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BBC, Feb 20, 2018.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-43127128

Note:
(a) "Liu was the first Chinese model to walk in the catwalk at the Victoria's Secret fashion show [2009, 2010-2012, and 2016; en.wikipedia.org]."

(b) "Chinese model Liu Wen 刘雯 [1988- ; height 5'10"] has sparked a backlash after sending a new year's message to fans on Instagram.  Liu used the phrase 'Happy Lunar New Year,' rather than 'Chinese New Year,' prompting some Chinese social media users to accuse her of neglecting her heritage.

() "Liu, who features in Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid models, had posted a photo of herself celebrating the new year with businesswoman Wendi Deng in front of a festive Kumquat tree."

Note:
(a) She greeted in ENGLISH (not Chinese), and "Happy Lunar [now: Chinese] New Year" is all she wrote. Click the photo showing she and Wendi Deng in
Liuwenlw
https://www.instagram.com/liuwenlw/?hl=zh-cn
(b) The World's Highest-Paid Models. Forbes.com:
* 2017 No 8 ($6.5 million)
* 2016 No 8 ($7m)
* 2015 No 12 ($4.5m)
* 2014 ($7m)  
http://www.vogue.co.uk/gallery/f ... 014-gisele-bundchen
(2014: Gisele Bündchen ($47m) > Nos 2/3 Doutzen Kroes (Holland, $8m) =  Adriana Lima (Brazil, $8m) > Nos 4-6 Kate Moss, Kate Upton, Liu Wen ($7m each
* 2013 No 5 ($4.3m)  (That year, the top earner, according to Forbes.com, was Gisele Bündchen ($42m; higher than her husband, quarterback for New England Patriots Tom Brady, $38.3m.)

(Ms Liu did not show up in the list in or before 2012.)