‘I’m out of your league’: woman in China who lost limbs in car crash slams patronising marriage offers as she fights disability stereotypes
- Young woman had left leg and arm amputated after suffering horrific injuries when sports car she was passenger in crashed in 2020
- 28-year-old conquered initial despair to become online influencer with 280,000 followers
A young woman in China who lost an arm and a leg in a car accident has become an online influencer dedicated to encouraging disabled people like herself to love life, cheering up many people online.
Weng Xinyi, 28, from southern China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, was the front-seat passenger in a Porsche sports car when her friend crashed it in 2020.
The injuries she suffered meant she had to have her left arm and leg amputated.
Weng is now a volunteer with the local Disabled Persons Federation and an influencer with 280,000 followers on Douyin, the mainland equivalent of TikTok.
On the platform, Weng is known by her Chinese nickname You You, which means “right right” in English. The name represents her determination to live a good life despite only having her right limbs.
A Douyin post documenting her rebirth as a “cyborg superwoman” over a three-year period has attracted more than 2 million likes.
