China's Cinema Wonder Woman Jia Ling Covers Vogue China January

China's Cinema Wonder Woman Jia Ling Covers Vogue China January 2025 AOC Fashion

In June 2024, Prada named Chinese director, actor and comedian Jia Ling, age 42, as its new brand ambassador for women.

Today, Jia Ling covers Vogue China’s [IG] January 2025 issue, lensed by Leslie Zhang [IG] with styling by fashion director Vivienne Sun.

Jia Ling’s Stunning Rise at Age 40ish

In a truly incredible story, Jia’s 2021 directorial and performance debut, ‘Hi Mom’ became a blockbuster film with about $750 million in box office sales. For two years the actor/director held the honor of being the highest-grossing female director in Chinese movie history.

It was only ‘Barbie’ and director Greta Gerwig who took the honor in summer 2023. In 2024, Jia topped the box office charts again with ‘YOLO’, where she was both star and director of a big box office success, netting close to $500m in ticket sales.

For ‘YOLO’, A Mere 100 Pound Weight Loss

In an astounding factoid, both WWD and Prada reported that this uber-talent lost more than 100 pounds for ‘YOLO’.

AOC had to verify this fact, and indeed Jia Ling — working very closely with Lululemon — did go on a voyage of self-discovery and exercise, resulting in dramatic weight loss.