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Monday, 11 January 2010 02:01
Written by Hailey Meng

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Chinese starlets have invented their own wacko diets to stay slim…

Fan Bingbing
The mainland sex bomb keeps a daily food diary
Originality: 1
Wack-o-meter: 1
Effectiveness: 10. And what a body – bada bing!

Veronica Yip (Ye Yuqin)
The HK actress, famous for her adult films roles in the 90s, allegedly stayed trim by eating live roundworms
Originality: 10
Wack-o-meter: 10
Effectiveness: 10. Vomiting guaranteed.

Cheng Luyu
China’s Oprah has her own diet called ‘10 grains of rice’
Originality: 9
Wack-o-meter: 9
Effectiveness: 9. The labor intensive grain counting process alone will burn calories.

Shu Qi (Hsu Chi) (pictured)
The former softcore porn queen turned mainstream actress stands erect for 30 minutes after each meal
Originality: 7
Wack-o-meter: 7
Effectiveness: 1. Parental guidance recommended.

Cecilia Cheung (Zhang Baizhi)
Edison Chen’s photo buddy takes diuretics to stay slim
Originality: 1
Wack-o-meter: 1
Effectiveness: 10. Very anal, though.

Karen Mok (Mo Wenwei)
The HK singer-songwriter keeps those signatures long legs trim by munching on apples whenever she gets a snack attack
Originality: 3
Wack-o-meter: 3
Effectiveness: 10. Bit of a fruit, but it works.

Sammi Cheng (Zheng Xiuwe)
The Cantopop diva’s diet consists entirely of watermelon and seafood
Originality: 7
Wack-o-meter: 5
Effectiveness: 10.

Rainie Yang (Yang Chenlin)
The Taiwanese singer/actress/talkshow host limits herself to one meal a day and drinks tomato juice when hungry
Originality: 7
Wack-o-meter: 3
Effectiveness: 10. We’re starving even thinking about it.

Jolin Tsai (Cai Yilin)
The Taiwanese singer/dancer eats only boiled green veggies, low cal crackers and no sweets
Originality: 5
Wack-o-meter: 5
Effectiveness: 10. And blander than her music.

Various super models
Eat cotton balls soaked in orange juice to fell full and drink tap water to get diarrhea
Originality: 10
Wack-o-meter: 10
Effectiveness: 10. Sounds like a crime against humanity.

Guo Jingjing
The mainland diving princess wears cling film whenever she’s out of the pool
Originality: 10
Wack-o-meter: 10
Effectiveness: 10. So icky that you’re tummy conscious all the time

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