From 2004 to 2006, Lin served as Taiwan's goodwill ambassador to the Japan Tourism Association. Lin's popularity grew throughout the rest of 2004, as she began modeling in Hong Kong and Mainland Chinese advertisements, and continued when she began doing Japanese advertisements in 2005. Her rise to fame initiated a Taiwanese craze for supermodels, an effect commentators named "The Lin Chi-ling Phenomenon" ( Chinese: 林志玲現象 pinyin: Lín Zhìlíng xiànxiàng). Almost overnight, Lin skyrocketed to national fame and became an instant celebrity model.
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In 2004, Lin starred in a broad series of advertisements in Taiwan that included big giant building-size posters, billboards, and television commercials. The following year, noted television producer Ge Hongfu offered Lin a position as hostess of a fashion program on Shanghai Oriental Television. The advertisement received attention and discussion on the internet, and interest in Lin began to grow. In 2002, Lin was invited to model in a television advertisement in Hong Kong. In 2000, Lin left Fubon and spent three months studying in Japan, then returned to Taiwan and modeling, with Catwalk Production House.Ģ009 Asia Model Festival Awards, South Korea Lin continued to model part-time before leaving the industry and working as an administrative assistant for the Fubon Cultural and Educational Foundation (富邦文教基金會). She intended to pursue a career in fine art and sought a position at the Taipei Fine Arts Museum, but was turned away because she lacked a postgraduate degree in the field. She later attended Bishop Strachan School in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, then attended the University of Toronto until 1997, when she completed her bachelor degree, double-majoring in Western art history and economics.Īfter graduating from university, Lin returned to Taiwan. Lin attended Taipei Municipal Zhongzheng Junior High School and at the age of 15 was discovered by model talent scout Lin Chien-huan ( Chinese: 林健寰). Following their marriage, they moved to Taipei where Lin and her elder brother Lin Chi-hong ( Chinese: 林志鴻) were born.
Lin's father, Lin Fan-nan ( Chinese: 林繁男), and her mother, Wu Tzu-mei ( Chinese: 吳慈美), are both from Tainan in southern Taiwan.
Lin Chi-ling was born on 29 November 1974 in Taipei, Taiwan.
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