Missing Crazy Rich Asians? Watch Netflix’s new reality show Bling Empire, following billionaire heiress Jaime Xie, fashionista Christine Chiu and more of LA’s ultra-rich

Jan 7 , 2021

Meet the cast of Bling Empire: Jaime Xie, Kane Lim, Christine Chiu and Kevin Kreider. Photos: @jaimexie; @kanelk_k; @christine_chiu88; @kevin.kreider/Instagram

Will Netflix’s Bling Empire give reality TV royals like the Kardashians a run for their money? Meet the cast of the new show, from fashion designer Kane Lim to fitness influencer and model Kevin Kreider

If you still have a Crazy Rich Asians-shaped hole in your heart, get ready for Bling Empire, Netflix’s hottest new series.

So what is Bling Empire? It’s a reality TV show following super wealthy Asians and Asian-Americans living it up in Los Angeles, showcasing how they spend their time – and their insane fortunes. The group of real-life Crazy Rich Asians includes billionaire influencer Jaime Xie and fashion designer Kane Lim who enjoy luxury shopping sprees and lavish parties with eye-popping price tags.

Ahead of the show’s debut on January 15, here’s what we know about the show’s stars.

Netflix’s newest reality hit show Bling Empire. Photo: @blingempirenetflix/Instagram

Jaime Xie

A permanent front-row fixture at every fashion week, Jaime Xie is a diehard fashionista. She’s the daughter of Ken Xie, a Beijing-born tech billionaire, and shops like only a billionaire heiress could, flaunting high-ticket labels like Chanel and Dior in photoshoots on her fashion blog. A former competitive equestrian, Xie chose to attend high school online so she could compete – which may suggest that making friends isn’t as important to this influencer as being No 1.

Kane Lim

The son of a Singaporean billionaire, Kane Lim comes from a similarly moneyed background as Xie – with the same taste for expensive luxury brands. Lim’s Instagram is filled with shots of his extravagant spending sprees, with a shoe collection rumoured to be worth around US$380,000. Although he was born into wealth, Lim does have his own entrepreneurial streak; using a loan from his father, he launched his own luxury fashion business when he was 19, and says that he made his first million by the time he was just 20 years old.

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