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Amy Lyons (Chinese: 李慧琳; pinyin: Lǐ Huìlín[1]) (born 1992 or 1993[2][3]) is an Australian media personality and influencer active in China, where she is known as a "wǎng hóng" (网红),[1] which in China means people who are famous on social media.[4] She is best known for her Bilibili channel "艾米饭" and YouTube channel "Blondie in China", which explores different cuisines and delicacies in China.

Life

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Amy Lyons was born in the city of Sydney,[5] and is an alumna of the secondary school Pymble Ladies' College.[6] She stated that her interest in China began with a history class she took in her final year there in 2011,[1] as the teacher was highly interested in the country.[5] As an international commerce student at the University of New South Wales,[1] she began taking Mandarin Chinese courses in 2012,[5] and in 2014 she took a 7-month student exchange at Fudan University, Shanghai.[1][7] Around 2014 she began working at a bank in Australia, but disliked it,[1] and she also served as a rugby league cheerleader in the Manly Seabirds, the cheerleading team of the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles.[5]

In 2015, she entered into the "Chinese Bridge" Chinese language competition and qualified to be the Australian representative.[7] She received about 1,000 followers on Sina Weibo after the Chinese Bridge producers suggested she do so.[1] A Chinese friend gave her a Chinese name, which Lyons said was chosen to reflect her personality.[7]

In February 2017, she moved to Beijing to take Chinese courses at Tsinghua University, and she began learning shaolin kung fu.[6] She stated that she decided to extend her social media activities after arriving in Beijing.[1] In 2017, on her Chinese social media platforms she had a total of 65,000 followers.[5] As of 2017, her most prominent social media platform was Miaopai.[3] That year she had 1,100 followers on Instagram.[5] She received increased social media coverage in a video called "Chopstick Legs",[5] as she stated that Chinese people are attracted to having long, thin legs.[3] As of 2017 it had over three million views, making it her video with the most views.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Mullin, Kyle (2017-12-04). "Mandarin Monday: Q&A With Australian Internet Celebrity Amy Lyons, AKA Li Huilin". The Beijinger. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  2. ^ McCauley, Dana (10 September 2017). "Sydney's Amy Lyons is raking it in as a Chinese social influencer". news.com.au. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c Evlin, Lin (2017-09-04). "Amy Lyons, 24yo star of Chinese social media, takes stock of 'quirky' career path". ABC (Australia). Retrieved 2019-12-10.
  4. ^ McCauley, Dana (2017-09-10). "Why China knows this Aussie better than you do". Stanthorpe Border Post. Retrieved 2020-04-28.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Sydney's Amy Lyons is raking it in as a Chinese social influencer". news.com.au. 2017-09-11. Retrieved 2019-12-10. As her fan base grew, the former Manly Seabirds cheerleader and Pymble Ladies' College alumnus[...] - Re-post at New Zealand Herald
  6. ^ a b McNab, Alexander Cecil (2018-02-24). "Kung Fu Foreigner". The World of Chinese. Retrieved 2019-12-10. [...]Lyons graduated from Pymble Ladies' College, in a suburb of Sydney, with a degree in marketing,[...] - The article misidentifies Pymble as her university (as "college" in American English means a university).
  7. ^ a b c Rothfield, Phil (2015-06-28). "Manly Seabirds cheerleader Amy Lyons competing in Chinese speaking competition". The Sunday Telegraph. Retrieved 2019-12-10.
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