Chen-yi Lee (or Li,

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: ''李建伊'', born March 14, 1990), better known as ,"Model profile : Leena"
, February 2011, ''

CanCam is a Japanese monthly fashion magazine published by Shogakukan. Its name supposedly derives from "I Can Campus", because girls who read it are expected to become "campus leaders". The magazine was created for fashion-conscious consumers, and offer ...

'' is a Japanese fashion model best known for her regular appearances in the ''

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fashion magazine.

Early years

She was born in Tai'an,

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

. Her father was an engineering professor and her mother was an elementary school teacher."The next Gakky is an 18-year-old trilin-gal, Chen-yi Lee, a national-university student" (1/2)
14 October 2008, '' Sankei Shimbun'' She lived in China until she was 9 years old before immigrating to

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with her family after her father was employed as a mechanical design engineer by a Japanese company."Born in China, making an impact in Japan"
22 June 2010, '' Asahi Shimbun''

Education and career

At the age of 18 when she was an engineering student at

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, she began her

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career after winning a large modeling contest, "LesPros Girls Audition 2008", held in Hawaii and Tokyo among several other places. She was dubbed the "next Gakky". She became an exclusive model for the ''

'' magazine. She has also worked irregularly in the professional runway scene and for several TV advertisements. She resides in Ibaraki and commutes between Ibaraki and Tokyo for between 10 and 15 fashion shoots / runway shows each month. As of September 2012, she is one of CanCam's twelve exclusive models along with Rikako Sakata, Shizuka Kondo,

Mew Azama , born December 26, 1986, in Hiroshima Prefecture and raised in Okinawa Prefecture, is a Japanese model and actress. Azama signs her name "Mew" using romaji characters. She explains it in her profile: "美優 is read Mew. I was named from Kyōk ...

, Aiku Maikawa, Mizuki Yamamoto, Hazuki Tsuchiya, Koharu Kusumi, Hikari Mori, Kaede, Naomi Trauden and Ikumi Hisamatsu."Exclusive models"
, '' CanCam.TV''

References

External links

Official profile by her modeling agency

Official blog

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leena Chinese emigrants to Japan Japanese female models People from Tai'an 1990 births Living people