Everyone has his own opinion about the Obama Girl in Red Coat. Looking at the footage of Obama’s address in TownHall forum in Shanghai, all I can say is that it was her fate or destiny to be popular and in limelight. There were so many students seated but everyone started talking about Obama Girl. Obama Girl’s real name is Wang Zifei and she is studying “Business Administration” at Shanghai Jiaotong University. She was seated behind Obama wearing a red coat, black skirt and black stockings.

Was it Sarah Palin like dress that captured the attention of so many people or was it her wide black eyes – so rare in china or was it her hair style. I think it was the combination of all the above factor and a pinch of her Mona Lisa type mysterious smile that turned her into an instant sensations. She was discussed on popular blogs and soon her name was discovered to be Wang Zifei.

In fact the original Obama Girl title is in possession of Amber Lee Ettinger who has appeared in a song called “I Got A Crush On Obama” and supported Obama’s Presidential Campaign.

But obviously Wang Zifei has become more popular in China as Obama Girl.

Unlike Ettinger Obama Girl in Red does not like all the attention she is attracting towards herself. Even she has not answered the request of Associated Press for an interview.

She has said that she does not like this type of publicity and want to concentrate on her studies.

And here lies the difference between US and Asians. All I can wish is that all the porn models looking for cheap publicity get a lesson from Wang.

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