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Podcast: The Charisse Report
Episode: Ep. 181: Beauty Bio: The importance of ‘90s model Jenny Shimizu when it comes to race and sexuality
Description: At just 5ft 6 with a slight, toned build, American model Jenny Shimizu looked more like a car mechanic than a runway model – because that’s exactly what she was when she was discovered. She refers to herself as a ‘gay Japanese mechanic with short hair and tattoos’ and never planned a career in modelling or acting but by doing exactly that she became a poster girl for young, queer Asian women who had never really seen themselves in the media before.
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