On the morning of February 3, Chinese media reported that actress "Big S" - Barbie Hsu passed away due to flu and pneumonia during a trip to Japan. MC Barbie Hsu's younger sister confirmed this sad news.
Before her death, Barbie Hsu was a famous screen star throughout Asia. Her last works were "Racer" and "Croczilla" released in 2012. That was also her last year in the entertainment industry.
Since then, Barbie Hsu has only appeared a few times in fashion events, as well as advertising for a few beauty brands.
The last time the actress attended a public event was at the 15th anniversary party of the Proya brand on November 19, 2018 in Zhejiang, China. Previously, on November 2, she and her ex-husband, businessman Wang Xiaofei, also attended the 2018 Elle Style Awards.
Barbie Hsu and Wang Xiaofei have 1 son and 1 daughter. In 2021, the couple announced their divorce. After 3 months of breaking up with her partner, she remarried DJ Koo (Koo Jun Yup) - her ex-boyfriend from more than 20 years ago.
Barbie Hsu (born 1976) is a Taiwanese (Chinese) actress and singer known for the TV series Meteor Garden, God of War, Summer Bubble...
Four years after her rise to fame with "Meteor Garden" (2001), Barbie Hsu released a book sharing her personal beauty secrets called "Beauty King" in 2005, published in Chinese. The book was reprinted seven times, with more than 800,000 copies sold.
In the 2000s, Barbie Hsu was an advertising star, in high demand as a model for many fashion brands. The beauty also collaborated with many top actors such as Louis Koo, Jerry Yan, Huang Xiaoming, and Zhou Yumin...
Although she has not been active in the entertainment industry for many years, she is still often mentioned as one of the "national treasures" with a sweet, innocent, and seductive beauty.
