Zhou Xun may be an internationally acclaimed actress now, but before she was catapulted to stardom, Mrs Archie Kao had an interesting job as a model. Not just any type of model, mind you, but a live painting model for a famous Chinese artist. All when she was just 18 years old, too. And 27 years later, sleuthing netizens have dug up these pictures of the oil paintings of the 45-year-old star.
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1/91/9Zhou Xun's topless oil painting -
2/92/9Zhou Xun back in the day -
3/93/9Looking gorgeous in real life -
4/94/9Looking gorgeous in paintings -
5/95/9No paint, no gain -
6/96/9The face of a future star -
7/97/9She was only 18 then -
8/98/9Imagine posing like that for a couple of hours -
9/99/9Dare to bare