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Listed below are the fast-growing numbers of legitimate and professional models in the fashion world that has distingushes themselves from the vast number of Asian/Asian Pacific American females who make a living through the selling of pictures that includes a minimal (if any, at all) clothing.

NINA BROSH - This model (whose mother is Chinese and father is Russian) has worked for Dim lingerie, Evian, Byblos, Givenchy, among others. She starred in an independent film entitled "Hollywood Salome"
LOLA CORWIN - This model is a mixture of Korean, Swiss and German heritages. Her look has graced hundreds of swimwear and fashion editorials the world over from the fun-loving Hawaiian Tropic Suncare Campaigns or edgy fashion editorials for Details Magazine.
YASMEEN GHAURI - This highly sought after model (whose father is Pakistani and mother is German) started her career at age of 17 in Canada and regularly appears in Victoria's Secret and Sports Illustrated. She also has worked for the top fashion houses of Oscar de la Renta and Chanel.
ANGELA HARRY - high-profiled model is half Korean/half English
MALIA JONES - This model-surfer (whose mother is of Filipino/Hawaiin/Spanish descent and father is English and German) started her career with a surfing magazine. She made People Magazine's 1998 list of the 50 Most Beautiful People.
DU JUAN - Miss China 2003 has come a long way from the pageant world, gracing the cover of the first edition of Chinese Vogue and working the runways for top couture designers. American "glossies" are also eager for Du Juan's stunning looks, and while she has already found work in the pages of Allure and W.
STACY KAMANO - Honolulu-raised and multi-cultural (Japanese, German, Russian and Polish ethnic make-up) model has modeled for international designers such as Versace, Armani and Ferragamo. She has had roles on Baywatch Hawaii, Fantasy Island and Beverly Hills 90210.

Ursula Mayes KBS Video Interview
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URSULA MAYES - Bi-Racial (Mother is Lee Mi-hee) Korean-American model and actress Ursula Mayes states being biracial has been a positive factor in her life as well as for her career. Mayes grew up in Korea until the age of six while her German-American father worked as a U.S. soldier stationed here. Later her family moved to the U.S., but after her father died 21 years ago, her mother had to take care of two daughters and one son. Mayes is expected to debut in the local entertainment industry like other biracial actors Daniel Henney and Dennis O. Mayes made her debut in the entertainment world after making it to the final round three times in a cover model competition for men's magazine MAXIM. Later she starred in the hit television series "Lost," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "24" - and now appears in the top-rated show "Deal or No Deal" on NBC as a "lucky girl" supporting host Howie Mandel. Her website is http://www.ursulamayes.com

RHONDA MITRA - Her exotic looks (father is from Calcutta/mother is Irish) portrayed Lara Croft in video games.
TILA NGUYEN - She has more than 1.5 million MySpace friends. Her MySpace profile has been viewed more than 50 million times. Her self- published single, the profane and attitudinous F___ Ya Man, now playing on her MySpace page, has logged 13 million spins. Nguyen had posed for Playboy.com—its first Asian Cyber Girl of the Month—and modeled for car shows and auto mags and formed girl bands. Her big break came three years ago when MySpace founder Tom Anderson invited Nguyen over to his new site.
JAYMEE ONG - She's on the covers of various advertisements and magazines across Asia in such countries as Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Malaysia such as Cosmopolitan, Elle, Details, and CLEO.
IRINA PANTAEVA - Irina Pantaeva is the 1st Asian descent model for the Sports Illustrated's 1998Swimsuit Issue.
JODI ANN PATERSON - This Playboy Miss October 1999 and Playmate of the Year 2000 model (whose mother Indonesian and her father who is half Swiss and half English) has been on Make Ben Stein Laugh, The Martin Short Show, D.U.G. Sportswear ad campaign, hosted VH-1's Rock Across America and Dude, Where's My Car?
AUDREY QUOCK - Audrey Quock is the 2nd Asian descent model for the Sports 1999's Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.
LISA MARIE SCOTT - This model (whose mother is Japanese and father is of Scottish and Swiss descent) was Miss February 1995 for Playboy magazine, one of the featured models for the premier issue of Imagine Magazine and named Mystique Magazine's 2000 Model of the Year. Her TV credits include Friends, Baywatch, High Tide, and Married with Children.
LING TAN - Malaysian-born model is a favorite of many clothes designers