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‘All princesses have golden hair’: Chinese woman with dyed blonde hair bonds with albino girl delighting online observers who call them ‘angels’

  • Young girl with skin pigment condition and blonde-haired woman share special moment at night market
  • Video of interaction between 20-year-old and girl, 5, gets 300,000 likes on social media platform Douyin

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Observers on mainland social media have been moved by an online video which captured tender moments of recognition between an albino girl, aged five and a 20 year-old blonde woman at a night market in China. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Fran Luin Beijing

The heartwarming interaction between a young girl with albinism and a woman with dyed blonde hair has moved many in China’s online community.

The 20-year-old woman, surnamed Weng, from southwestern China’s Guizhou province, was at a night market for a barbecue meal when she was spotted by the daughter of a nearby stall owner.

The five-year-old, who has the lack of pigment characteristic of the genetic condition, was so excited to see Weng’s pale blonde head that she came over to ask Weng why they shared the same hair colour.

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“All princesses have golden hair,” Weng said, prompting the child to cuddle the woman and touch her hair until she finished her meal.

Weng posted a video clip of her interaction with the girl on her Douyin account which received nearly 300,000 likes in just two days.

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She was effusive in her praise to the child during the meal, telling her she was beautiful and looked like a Barbie doll.

The two met by chance at a night market and hit it off immediately. Photo: Douyin/@very serious
The two met by chance at a night market and hit it off immediately. Photo: Douyin/@very serious
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