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The Most Famous

MODELS from Taiwan

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This page contains a list of the greatest Taiwanese Models. The pantheon dataset contains 249 Models, 2 of which were born in Taiwan. This makes Taiwan the birth place of the 22nd most number of Models behind Hungary and Slovakia.

Top 2

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Taiwanese Models of all time. This list of famous Taiwanese Models is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

Photo of Lin Chi-ling

1. Lin Chi-ling (1974 - )

With an HPI of 47.41, Lin Chi-ling is the most famous Taiwanese Model.  Her biography has been translated into 24 different languages on wikipedia.

Lin Chi-ling (born 29 November 1974) is a Taiwanese actress, model, and television personality.

Photo of Godfrey Gao

2. Godfrey Gao (1984 - 2019)

With an HPI of 41.41, Godfrey Gao is the 2nd most famous Taiwanese Model.  His biography has been translated into 29 different languages.

Godfrey Gao (Chinese: 高以翔; pinyin: Gāo Yǐxiáng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko Í-siông; 22 September 1984 – 27 November 2019) was a Taiwanese-Canadian model and actor. Described as Asia's first male supermodel, Gao was the first male Asian model to appear in a campaign for Louis Vuitton. As an actor, he was known for his roles as Magnus Bane in the 2013 film adaptation of The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and for his leading role in the Chinese television series Remembering Lichuan (遇見王瀝川).

Pantheon has 2 people classified as models born between 1974 and 1984. Of these 2, 1 (50.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living models include Lin Chi-ling. The most famous deceased models include Godfrey Gao.

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