Beauty4

Beauty4 was a Taiwanese girl group made up of singers Anji Clubb, Belinda Cheng, Ayesha Adamo, and Djavan Lin. The group was known for their sexy style and energetic, self-confident attitude, and was often compared to the UK's Spice Girls in the media.^{[citation needed]}

The Group's History

Beauty4 was created by Corbett Wall.^[1] On November 22, 2000, Beauty4 released their self-titled debut album on EMI Records Taiwan, their first single, “Ai Ai Ai” (Love Love Love), already having received attention as the closing song of the popular evening soap Ling-Lan. The song was so popular, in fact, that it soon bumped a song by the more well-known Wang Fei out of the opening position for the show.

During promotion of their album, Beauty4 performed before tens of thousands, sharing the stage with many recognized artists, including their "brother" group

MTV in Taiwan. Their album was also released in mainland China, although two of their songs, "Gay Guy", penned by Cheng in a combination of English, Mandarin, and Taiwanese

and lamented how all the cute boys she meets turn out to be gay, and "San Gu Liu Pau," were banned.

The group was also booked for many endorsements and commercials, including full commercial and print campaigns for the Jian Fu San amusement park and Bao Dao Mei Mei watch company. Cheng also became known for her acting skills, playing the role of mean girl Bai-He in the international Chinese hit and evening soap Meteor Garden. Ayesha, Anji and Djavan also appeared on the show in cameo roles as girlfriends of the show's stars. Anji later appeared in the role of Maria on Yamada Tarō Monogatari, another Chinese soap.

Beauty4 ultimately split due to differences with their management and difficulties being accepted as a foreign-looking group on Asian soil. Although Anji Clubb was a red-haired

exchange student with blonde and pink hair, the rest of the group (and thus half of it) was, in fact, of Taiwanese ethnicity, yet this did not seem to be enough for Beauty4 to truly fit in with the Taiwanese popular culture of the time. It seemed not to matter that the group's language skills were strong enough to be able to take over the hosting duties on the morning talk radio show on Taipei's Power 98.9 for an entire week, or that their involvement in Taiwanese culture was enough to be able to participate in its variety shows and Chinese New Year events (they even gave a concert to the Republic of China Army on the island of Kinmen for example). At one of their New Year's Eve performances, Anji Clubb, moved to tears at the sight of fans singing along with all the words to "Ai Ai Ai", expressed the feelings of the group by saying, "I've lived in Taiwan for so many years, all along living with Taiwanese people. I consider this place my home. I hope that everyone won't keep thinking of Beauty4 as foreigners; we'd like everyone to think of us as a part of what Taiwan

is."

Members before and after Beauty4

Anji Clubb came to

non-profit organization

with programs in the U.S. and abroad.

Belinda Cheng, the jet-haired

UCLA

.

The blonde and pink-haired Ayesha Adamo was a

William Esper Studios. She performed at Radio City Music Hall in New York with Mandarin pop star Qsi Qsin for a New Year's Concert in 2006. She is currently^[when?

] acting, deejaying, and recording new music.

Finally, the curly-haired, oft-mistaken-for-

CTV Network's popular singing competition. She is currently singing and performing in Macau

.

References

^ "Bio". Corbett Wall. Archived from the original on 8 April 2009.
^ "Campaign Staff". tobaccofreekids.org. Archived from the original on 27 November 2008.

The Group's History

Members before and after Beauty4

References

See also