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The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show in Shanghai is disintegrating faster than a bargain applique thong.
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Katy Perry, who was set to perform, has now been banned from China indefinitely — forth with a host of top models, including Gigi Hadid — afterwards actuality appointed in beforehand for Monday’s big event.
Sources alone told Page Six on Thursday that the “Swish Swish” accompanist had approved applying for a acceptance to admission the antipathetic nation, but was denied by Chinese officials.
While she was initially abreast that she’d be able to accretion access, the accommodation was allegedly antipodal afterwards the government bent wind of a arguable adventure from 2015, in which Perry donned a bright, blatant dress with sunflowers on it during a achievement in Taipei, the basic of Taiwan.
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Her accouterments anguish up causing boundless abuse because the sunflower had been adopted the year afore by anti-China protesters.
To drive her point home, Perry additionally coiled a Taiwanese banderole during the concert in appearance of abutment for the country, which has been butting active with China for years over its independence.
“She was initially accepted a acceptance to accomplish at the VS appearance in Shanghai, again Chinese admiral afflicted their minds and yanked her visa,” a antecedent explained. “For every artisan who wants to accomplish in China, admiral adjust through their social-media and columnist letters to see if they accept done annihilation accounted to be abhorrent to the country. Maroon 5 was banned a few years ago because one bandage affiliate admired the Dalai Lama blessed altogether on Twitter.”
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The models, meanwhile, were believed to accept been banned due to assorted social-media posts that they made, which were allegedly accounted offensive.
Sources told Page Six that Hadid, who was appointed for the appearance aback in August, was banned because of a February Instagram video — in which she captivated up a biscuit shaped like a Buddha and apish the religious amount by squinting her eyes.
The blow was acquaint by the model’s sister, Bella, in February and after deleted afterward a storm of criticism. Chinese social-media users warned her not to appear to Shanghai, calling her racist.
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Some of Victoria’s Secret’s better names accept been denied access to China, in accession to lesser-known models, such as Julia Belyakova, Kate Grigorieva and Irina Sharipova.
Model Adriana Lima’s acceptance has been captivated up due to an advancing “diplomatic problem.”
Perry’s rep did not animadversion back accomplished by Page Six.
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She is actuality replaced in the appearance by Harry Styles.
This commodity originally appeared in the New York Post' Page Six.
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