That got your attention, didn’t it?  It certainly got mine just now when I saw they were following me on Twitter and I checked their Facebook page.  Here’s part of how they describe themselves:

“SlutWalk began in Toronto in February of 2011. It began because a few people had had ENOUGH of victim-blaming, of slut-shaming and sexual profiling. We had enough of being angry, wanting better education, awareness and treatment and not seeing more about it. …Now, months later Satellite SlutWalks are happening across many different communities, different cities, different countries and with different people.” These SlutWalks are founded by people in their own cities who feel the need to publicly challenge sexual violence.

“SlutWalk is about expressing our unity, fighting to shed the stereotypes and myths of sexual assault and supporting a better understanding of why sexual violence happens, supporting victims and survivors, and putting the blame where it belongs: on those who perpetrate it.”

The date is December 4th.  The Facebook page doesn’t credit the organizers but in principle, I definitely support this sort of thing.

Lots more photos here, here and here.  (Though to be honest, I don’t think these are very good photos.  Something about her make-up or maybe it’s the overall color processing on the shots, everything just seems dull and flat (no pun intended).  Of course when you have a model like Chrissie, you can get away with a lot.

And here she is, the winner of the Miss Hong Kong 2011 pageant, Rebecca Zhu.

Looks like the judges made the right choice, no?

Here’s the first runner up, Hyman Chu.

That’s right.  A woman named Hyman.  [Insert your own jokes here.]

Here’s second runner up Whitney Hui.

She looks sassy.  (Sorry, very tired, that’s the only word that came to mind.)

Pics and results from here.

I’ve got several blogs in my RSS reader that provide translations of the current stories making the rounds of local celebrity gossip.   I have zero interest in Canto-pop, I don’t watch local TV shows and I believe that, Johnnie To excepted, Hong Kong simply isn’t turning out the same quality of films that it did back in the 80′s and 90′s.  I don’t deny it, I look at this stuff because I enjoy looking at photos of attractive women.

For the most part, HK celebrity gossip is every bit as silly as the American stuff but there are extra dimensions to it.  One is that the public morality is the equivalent of the US in the 1950s.  All Hong Kong stars are publicly chaste – this despite the Edison Chen scandal from a few years back that showed (gasp!) that attractive young people enjoy sex.   Beyond that, while I’m extremely grateful that people are taking the time to translate this stuff into English, sometimes the translations are just plain funny.

Anyway, here’s a random selection of items that caught my eye from the past several weeks.

Owodog has not dated in five years.  This guy’s English name is Owodog?

In the film many actresses appeared in bikini. Owodog honestly said that he was very nervous. He did not dare to look at them directly and felt very embarrassed as he did not know where to put his eyes. Did he like girls with fuller busts? Owodog said that he admired more talented girls, being able to play the piano or draw was more important than a full figure.

Carina Lau denies finding surrogate mother.  When the story broke a few days earlier about Lau and husband Tony Leung finding a surrogate mother in the US, all I could think was, “Is this how low they need to go for publicity?”  But maybe it was the press just making up something to sell more magazines?

Kenneth Ma rarely brings women home.  Apparently in this case it means “rarely brings women home to meet his parents.”

Niki Chow picked up after work by boyfriend in an expensive car.  Wait!  A gorgeous Hong Kong star is dating a rich guy?  Stop the presses!

Jessica ends 2 year relationship.  First of all, Jessica Hsuan is 40 years old and damn she looks mighty fit.  ”Always keen to settle down, Jessica had been in a stable relationship with South African origin and vet Ruan. They have been together for over 2 years. Back in April, there were rumours that she invested in a 1,000,000 Hong Kong dollar property as a love nest for them both and wedding plans for next year.”  I’m scratching my head over what she could have possibly bought for HK$1 million – I think that would get you 700 square feet in Yuen Long or a closet in Soho.

Linda Wong gets mean to keep an eye on her father. Her father’s been ill so she yells at him every time he tries to drink a glass of wine.  The way she’s wearing that dress, she can be mean to me anytime she pleases.

BOY’Z announces reunion, invests 6 figures in an all new album.  Apparently they’ve now changed their name from “Boy’z” to “BOY’Z”.  Seriously.

Anyway, bonus, here’s a pic of me with Boy’z back in 2004 at the premiere of Harry Potter 3:

Fala Chen Afraid of Filming Kiss Scenes: Saliva is Unhygienic.  Seriously, where to even begin with that one?

Mavis Pan: Everyone Treats Me Like a Prostitute.  Mavis always turns up in the gossip pages.  More on her further down.

Linda Chung’s Heart Toyed by Lawyer Boyfriend and Unwittingly Became Third Party. “ Shockingly, Linda’s lawyer boyfriend already possessed a long-time girlfriend, Joyce, who was also a lawyer.”

Edison Chen Turned Black-Face Upon Hearing Cecilia Cheung’s Name.  Cecilia of course was one of the women whose pictures turned up on Edison Chen’s computer.  She’s married to Nicholas Tse and the disintegration of their marriage has been playing out in the magazines on an almost-daily basis for the past several months.  Now I don’t know what the original Chinese headline would have been, but assuming a direct translation, and trying to wonder how quickly any reporter in the US would be fired for using a phrase like “turned black-face.”

One Day After Grandmother’s Funeral, Raymond Lam Went Clubbing and Hungrily Kissed Kibby Lau. Lam of course previously linked with Mavis Pan.  I’m sure he was kissing Kibby because he was in need of consolation.  And a sandwich.

Koni Lui Covers Up Chest to Avoid Public Complaints at 2011 Mr. Hong Kong Contest.  ”At last year’s Mr. Hong Kong Contest, Koni wore a plunging red gown. The exposure level of her dress led to 39 public complaints filed at the Broadcasting Authority.”  Of course right now the bluenoses in the US are having a field day with Nicki Minaj’s recent wardrobe malfunction.

Mavis Pan: My First Date With Raymond Lam Was On His Bed!  And every man is thinking, “Way to go Raymond!”

“We could not go to any public places. Our first date was at Raymond’s house. We laid on his bed and chatted for the entire evening. Then we hugged and went to sleep. This gave me the feeling that he was too lewd. I found him to be very good.”

Went to sleep?  He was “too lewd”?  But she found him to be “very good”?  Uh-huh.

Finally, just some really nice shots of Li Bingbing and Jun Ji-hyun from a recent photoshoot for Trendshealth magazine, from here.  This year Li Bingbing has been showing up everywhere, from the beach at Cannes to U.S. TV.  Sometimes I look at photos of her and wonder why, other times I see photos like these:

First day on the new job today.  A very good day and very happy to be there.  And in lieu of anything else, here’s a photo of Tang Wei looking extremely cute at Cannes.

(from here)

One thing you gotta love is the wide variety of sexual euphemisms you come across in Hong Kong.  They can be amazingly descriptive or astonishingly crass.  Very often they relate to food – ugly women are referred to as pork chops while a massage with no happy ending might be deemed a veggie.

Anyway, was reading this report here.  ”Alex Fong Lik Sun has taken legal action against a Mainland magazine that reported a relationship between him and Zhang Xinyu.”   Here is a picture of Mr. Fong and Ms. Zhang from that site.

Apparently elsewhere in that article, the magazine referred to Ms. Zhang as a “Mainland Milk Cow.”

My guess is they mean she has large breasts.  While it’s not immediately evident in that photo above, a bit of Googling provides more proof.

The term is funny and yet it seems a shame to hang such an epithet on such a lovely and generously endowed lady.

Not for the blog, for me, moving from one village in Sai Kung to another.  Farewell million dollar view.  Hello saving some significant money on rent.   As of now things are about 75% packed and about 50% moved to the new place.  Everything else goes over on Friday.  PCCW is supposed to get me hooked up on Saturday but since this is PCCW, anything can happen.   So for the next couple of days I may or may not be able to approve comments and respond to emails.  Patience please.

In the meantime, the folks who brought you the Steve Jobs action figure have a new figure, “the man who invented poking.”  Yes, a Mark Zuckerberg action figure.

As of this writing, they have not been shut down by Facebook’s lawyers and there are 53 left in stock in their store.  Yeah, I ordered one.

If plastic dolls don’t do it for you, what about the real thing?  (Okay, a photo of the real thing.)

This is Zhao Ming, the production assistant turned movie star in China.  I previously wrote about her (and had a photo) here.  The above photo came from here, and there are several more from this session, the 2011 Pink Ribbon campaign for breast awareness.   Is it too obvious for me to write that the campaign must be working because I’m aware of her breasts?   On an only slightly more serious note, have you noticed how mainland actresses and models are far less shy than their Hong Kong counterparts?  This has been true of the models we’ve worked with at PASM Workshop and obviously true in this young lady’s case.

3D Sex and Zen Extreme Ecstasy opens in mid April and I’m seeing billboards all over town and 3-D stand-up displays at theater entrances.  And the stars are doing photo opps every opportunity they get.

(pic from here)

That’s everybody’s new favorite, Vonnie Lui Hoi Yun, on the left and Irene Chen Chiu-Ping on the right.  Believe it or not, either Ming Pao or the person who translated the article says that in this photo, Ms. Lui is “dressed provocatively.”  Though in the very next paragraph, Ms. Lui says she dressed more conservatively than usual because this particular photo opp was at a Chinese temple.  She’s definitely more covered up than she was in this earlier publicity appearance:

I could probably write a book on this topic … and maybe one day I will. Anyone who has ever been in Wanchai will know what I mean, though almost anyone in Wanchai will disagree with me. And I’m probably not one to talk, as the woman I’ve been living with for the past two and a half years is 23 years younger than I am.

At any rate, words of wisdom from a letter written by Ben Franklin to an unnamed recipient, said letter to be found today on Letters of Note, provides 8 reasons why Ben thought older girlfriends are better.   “You call this a Paradox, and demand my Reasons.”   Which he then provides.  And they make sense, as one would expect from the writer of Poor Richard’s Almanack.  They include:

Because when Women cease to be handsome, they study to be good. To maintain their Influence over Men, they supply the Diminution of Beauty by an Augmentation of Utility.

Because there is no hazard of Children

Because thro’ more Experience, they are more prudent and discreet in conducting an Intrigue to prevent Suspicion. The Commerce with them is therefore safer with regard to your Reputation.

and of course

They are so grateful!!

Hit the link for the full letter.

Give the people what they want?   Well, if what at least some of you seem to want is more pictures of Mavis Pan Shuang-Shuang, occasionally referred to as “Little Shu Qi” by the press, then I am happy to oblige.

More photos here.

Here’s the real Shu Qi.

More photos here.