Dilraba Dilmurat: the epitome of beauty in Asia today? Photo: Weibo
Dilraba Dilmurat: the epitome of beauty in Asia today? Photo: Weibo

China’s Dilmurat to Japan’s Rola, why do Asians fetishise mixed race celebrities?

  • Once denigrated for their mixed parentage, Eurasians are now idolised for ‘exotic’ looks
  • That’s brought a bumper payday for celebrities and plastic surgeons, but there’s an ugly side to this development, too – internalised racism

Dilraba Dilmurat: the epitome of beauty in Asia today? Photo: Weibo
Dilraba Dilmurat: the epitome of beauty in Asia today? Photo: Weibo
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