Xi Mengyao: Became the daughter-in-law of the casino king thanks to one fall, bea.t Dou Xiao, and surpass her husband?

Xi Mengyao was known as a famous supermodel before marrying into a wealthy family. She had a pretty successful career but decided to put it on hold to get married and her life has always been of public interest.

Xi Mengyao was born on March 18, 1989 in a family with a tradition of business, and early on revealed her outstanding talent and beauty. As the only daughter in a wealthy merchant family, she inherited strategic vision and a deep cultural background from the lands of Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai.

With her confidence and strong will, Xi Mengyao has proven that she does not need to rely on her family but build her own career. She started her journey to become a supermodel after graduating from high school for 2 years, by participating in the Elite Model Look contest, organized by Elite Model Management. She eventually won third place.

Thanks to her impressive performance at the competition, not long after, Xi Mengyao was invited to sign a contract with Givenchy and debuted in the Givenchy Haute Couture show and other ready-to-wear brands. In 2010, she made her international debut when she appeared in the Givenchy fall-winter fashion campaign as the representative face.

In 2011, Xi Mengyao participated in New York Fashion Week with three other Chinese models: Shu Pei, Sun Feifei, and Liu Wen. In 2012, she became the spokesperson for Shanghai Fashion Week Spring-Summer. One year later, she appeared in the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show as a runway model.

In 2014, Xi Mengyao was invited by designer Michael Kors to model the Michael Kors Shanghai Extravaganza collection alongside Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Miranda Kerr. She also appeared on the red carpet of the Met Gala event with Kors and Huntington-Whiteley.

In 2015, Olivier Roustrial, creative director of Balmain, invited Xi Mengyao to model for Balmain's fall collection. Also in the same year, she was chosen by Karl Lagerfeld to lead the brand's promotional campaign.

On November 20, 2017, the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show was held for the first time in Asia (Shanghai). The performance and the unexpected fall of He Mengyao caused a lot of discussion. However, no one expected that this fall not only did not affect the model's career but also created a big buzz for the show.

On September 14, 2018, Xi Mengyao was officially chosen as the Greater China ambassador of Victoria's Secret. Even more amazing, that fall opened up the opportunity for the Shanghai native to marry into a wealthy family. After dating for a while, on May 13, 2019, she was proposed to by He Youjun - the youngest son of "casino king" Stanley Ho and his fourth wife, Leung On-kei, who booked all 3 floors of the L'Avenue Shanghai shopping mall.

In July of the same year, the couple "went to the police station" to sign the papers - something that Dou Xiao had always wanted when he married He Chaolian but had not yet had. In October, He Yujun announced on Instagram that He Mengyao had given birth to their first son, named He Guangshan, whose English name is Ronaldo. The cost of the model's delivery room at Yanghe Hospital (Hong Kong) is estimated at about HK$11,000 per day.

On the surface, Xi Mengyao seems to be very happy, but in reality, her life is not easy. The model is said to have no say in her husband's family because of their incompatible backgrounds, and has to endure the playful and immature nature of her husband, who is 6 years younger. The fact that she has not held a wedding ceremony but only registered her marriage also makes her considered to be not respected by the He family.

Not stopping there, the beauty born in 1989 was also rumored to be eager to marry a rich man. The gossip made her speak up: "I did not marry my husband for mone.y but for love. If there is no love, no matter how powerful the family is, I do not want to enter it."

In 2020, while participating in a program, He Mengyao revealed that when He Youjun actively pursued and flirted with her, she showed no interest and repeatedly refused because she felt that this guy was not trustworthy. Stanley Ho's 6th son had had many girlfriends and a complicated love life before. However, the supermodel "fell" for the perseverance, enthusiasm and sincerity of his "other half".

Xi Mengyao was also impressed that He Youjun was not the type of spoiled, dependent young master but was actually a capable and talented businessman. However, the young master did not know how to do housework and lacked basic cooking and cleaning skills, which made her complain.

Notably, when they first welcomed their first chil.d, the couple faced negative gossip, to the point that Ha Du Quan had to speak up to confirm that he did not have a son to fight over the family property. At the same time, he said that he had his own business with billions of HKD in assets. In 2021, the young couple had both a son and a daughter when their second daughter was born.

In 2024, Ha Du Quan revealed that his mother had studied He Meng Yao very carefully before agreeing to let the two get married. After many years of living together, she understood and loved her daughter-in-law more. The casino king's fourth wife did not hesitate to praise her daughter-in-law for being good at speaking, knowing how to behave, being patient and intelligent.

As for He Meng Yao, she shared that her mother-in-law is strict and has high demands on her children, but she always respects her and considers her an example to learn from and strive for in everything. The model is also very close to her sister-in-law - Miss Ha Sieu Han.

In April 2024, a video recording a tense scene between a couple in the middle of the street attracted the attention of many people. In the shared video, He Mengyao clearly showed anger and yelled at her husband while He Youjun stood silently by, listening and continuously stroking his wife's hand to calm her down.

According to HK01, this moment caused a stir on social media, becoming a ho.t topic with over 200 million views on Weibo. Many netizens were surprised when they first saw the 35-year-old supermodel so angry, comparing her to a mother disciplining her son.

Others were surprised by Ha Du Quan's calm and yielding attitude towards his wife, joking that this young master's married life was not easy. It was also from this ordinary moment that the couple's marriage attracted public attention.

After nearly 6 years of living together, Xi Mengyao and He Youjun always appear together at important events, regularly updating their happy moments in daily life. Occasionally, the female model accepts magazine photo shoots and attends fashion shows. Some sources say she is studying business to support the He family's work.

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