The most beautiful princess in 'Journey to the West': Divorced her husband, now a media mogul

The 1986 film Journey to the West brought together the most powerful cast in China at that time. Despite only taking on fleeting supporting roles, many faces still leave a deep impression and receive special love from the audience.

In particular, the character of Van Thanh Princess played by actor Truong Thanh only appeared in a short segment, but her beautiful beauty and outstanding temperament helped her be known as one of the most beautiful beauties in the film crew.

Truong Thanh only participated in Journey to the West as a guest, as the Ten Thousand Saints Princess – the ex-wife of the Three Crown Princes of Bach Long, appearing in two episodes of the Marquis escorting Tang Tang and Sweeping the stupa, resolving the grievance. Although it is a supporting role, her character plays an important role in the fate of Xiao Bailong – who later turns into a white horse to escort Tang Tang to visit the period.

The background of this special character is a talented princess but betrays her husband and has an affair with the Nine-Headed Youkai, making Xiao Bailong angry and punished by the heavenly court. The martial arts fight scene between the two characters – Van Thanh and Bach Long – becomes one of the most memorable segments in the film. And it was also from here that Truong Thanh "scored" with the audience thanks to her attractive beauty and skillful dancing ability.

According to QQ, director Duong Khiet once had a "headache" to find the right person for this role that required both stature, charisma and dancing skills. Finally, a costume worker nominated Truong Thanh – then a dancer of the Beijing Regional Dance Troupe and the Nhi Phao Literary Troupe. That random opportunity brought her to the small screen and completely changed her life.

Zhang Qing graduated from the Performing Arts Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts and continued to study fashion design at the Guangdong Academy of Fine Arts. At the time of filming Journey to the West, she was a famous advertising model, a talented dancer, but had never acted in a movie.

After playing the role of Princess Ten Thousand Saints, Truong Thanh quickly became famous, was considered the most beautiful actress in the film crew, favored by the Chinese media to call "modern Xi Shi". Even so, she still humbly thinks that she is the "least famous" in the cast of the film.

"Journey to the West has become a legend in the history of Chinese dramas. I believe that nothing can surpass it in the future. So I think it means a lot to all the actors involved in filming," she once shared.

Thanks to this stepping stone, she has more opportunities to appear in many outstanding TV works such as Shangguan Uyen Nhi, Hong Kong Chaos, Lady Cong Quan...

Despite achieving success in art, Truong Thanh chose to turn into a business path. Since 1997, she established her own company in the field of advertising and communication, then expanded into fashion, making consumer goods such as toothpaste, dishwashers, refrigerators, etc.

The fashion brand that bears her name has cooperated with prestigious film festivals such as Cannes, Venice, and the Oscars. She also holds the position of Vice Chairman of China Garment Group, in charge of South America and has been honored as Asian Typical Women, Deputy Director of the China Young Generation Committee.

The media called her the "media queen" of China's advertising and fashion industry. She was once in the top of China's billionaires, owning a huge fortune and many valuable real estate properties in big cities such as Shanghai, Beijing, Shenzhen...

The business career is favorable, but Truong Thanh's private life is not calm. The actress was once married to an overseas Chinese businessman but kept it a secret, then went abroad to live for a while. After 20 years of marriage, she divorced and won custody of her children. According to QQ, her ex-husband does not have a stable job, once sued in court to demand the division of assets but did not want to raise the children.

Since then, Truong Thanh has lived single, not walking anymore, wholeheartedly taking care of her children and running the business. Although she is secretive about her private affairs, she still occasionally shares pictures of her happy, relaxed daily life and dance videos on social networks.

Currently, at the age of 65, Truong Thanh still maintains a youthful appearance and luxurious demeanor. Occasionally, she accepts to act in films to satisfy her nostalgia, and at the same time actively participates in charity activities.

Besides Truong Thanh and the actors who played 4 teachers and students of Tang Tang, Journey to the West (1986) also impressed the audience thanks to the presence of a cast of beautiful and talented beauties. Their current life has always received attention from the public after 40 years of participating in the film.

Zhou Lin

Chu Lam made a deep impression on the audience of Journey to the West when he played the role of the beloved monarch of the Children's Kingdom. Just appeared, the actress born in 1952 captivated viewers with her dignified beauty, charm, and gentle and elegant demeanor. The glittering eyes with a passionate, longing gaze for Tang Tang made him vibrate for a moment. After the film aired, the beauty received many compliments for her beauty and acting and was called "the first beauty" by the audience.

Khau Boi Ninh

Despite only appearing in a few scenes and having a dialogue throughout the film, Khau Boi Ninh still makes many audiences of Journey to the West fall in love every time they watch the work. Hang Nga, played by an actress born in 1958, possesses an elegant, gentle beauty with a fairytale temperament that escapes the world and a dance that captivates people's hearts. She is the most beautiful flower in the heavenly court, making Marshal Tianbong unable to hold back his heart and blaspheme, and then being exiled to earth, becoming the Eight Realms. In the past 40 years, the image of Hang Nga has been expressed by many female stars, but Khau Boi Ninh's version is still considered a classic.

After Journey to the West, Khau Boi Ninh did not continue his acting career but encroached on business and rarely appeared in public. Chinese media revealed that she is currently the owner of a large business and is active in charity. Over the past 20 years, the actress has donated large amounts of money to build hundreds of primary schools, empowering many poor children to have the opportunity to steal books to school. Now, the once famous beauty is a businesswoman in her 60s, her face has been stained with time, but there are still elegant lines and gentle and noble demeanor. Khau Boi Ninh comes from a superficial family, she once married the son of a high-ranking official and then got on a flower carriage a second time with a Chinese-American businessman. Over the years, she has mostly lived in Hong Kong and abroad, occasionally returning to Beijing to meet old friends. The public has long since seen Khau Boi Ninh appear in movies.

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