of celest chong: 'i was insulted in taiwan'

'I was insulted in Taiwan': Celest Chong recounted the venomous remarks she had to put up with when she moved to Taiwan, in an interview with The New Paper.


'It was inevitable that I was bullied. Everyone became territorial - they think that a foreigner is vying for a piece of their livelihood,' said Celest Chong. -- PHOTO: THE NEW PAPER

REMEMBER Celest Chong?

Modelling, acting, singing, radio DJ - the 36-year-old has done it all. Leggy Singaporean Celest was a regular fixture on the local entertainment scene until she left Mediacorp in 2005. After her departure, she dipped her feet into the Taiwanese entertainment industry - and got a real shock. In an interview with The New Paper, the naturally-tanned actress recounted the venomous remarks she had to put up with when she moved to Taiwan.

The leggy Celest said,

All sorts of verbal abuse were hurled at me. I've been told things like 'you're so dark!' and 'you can't even speak Mandarin well'. It was a real culture shock.

But you learn how to deal with them. You have to retort with sarcastic remarks like 'I'm ugly but not as poor as you'. Then you suddenly find yourself a best friend in the person who yelled at you first. It was inevitable that I was bullied. Everyone became territorial - they think that a foreigner is vying for a piece of their livelihood.

[via VR Forums]