China influencer in humanoid costume faces classic ‘boyfriend’ question in hometown
Rural China matchmakers continue with age-old traditions despite woman being dressed as, acting like convincing robot in hometown visit
An influencer with five million online followers went to her hometown dressed like a humanoid robot and was still introduced to men by village matchmakers, amusing many online.
The 30-year-old woman @Dalaotian had been dressing like a humanoid for months, and wowing her followers on social media with the stilted movements of a robot and her face which resembles that of a Japanese anime character.
Wearing a silver bodysuit that looks like the metal body of a robot, light blue cosmetic contact lenses, and a short bob wig, the woman who is more than 190cm tall often confused the audience who struggled to decide whether she was an android or a human.
In one video in which she dressed like a humanoid, she even successfully cheated the system to warn the users of potential artificial intelligence-generated content.
@Dalaotian said her face and breasts cost her more than one million yuan (US$140,000).
She favoured the doll-like face and sometimes dressed like Barbie.
On January 15, she posted a video of her returning to her rural hometown in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.
