The contest, which boasts Du Juan as a previous winner, offered a laptop computer as one of the top prizes, and that was Wen’s primary motivation for sending her application.
After her participation in the contest, her interest in modeling grew, and she began working locally. Soon, she moved to Beijing to find more work in the growing Chinese fashion editorial market.
Her career really took off in spring of 2007, when she graced the cover of Chinese FHM in May, and in July she appeared in both Chinese Vogue and Chinese Harper’s Bazaar.
Her work rose up to the international stage when she shot an editorial in Chinese Cosmopolitan, styled by designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Viktor & Rolf. She continued to work in China, and grew to be a veritable success in her home country.
In early 2008, she signed with Marilyn Agency in Paris, and made her debut on the European fashion week circuit. Her star climbed rapidly after that, with design houses like Chanel, Hermes, Jean Paul Gautier, and Maison Martin Margiela booking her for the fall collections.
Fashion greats such as Karl Lagerfeld and Jean Paul Gautier have publicly gushed over her, declaring that she will be a great star.
It would appear that Wen’s stellar career is on a consistent climb, and she is on her way to being an international sensation.
