Modeling In 2002, Lin was invited to model in a television advertisement in Hong Kong. The advertisement received attention and discussion on the internet, and interest in Lin began to grow. The following year, television producer Ke Fu-hung offered Lin a position as hostess of a fashion program on Azio TV. In 2004, Lin starred in a series of advertisements in Taiwan that included big giant building-size posters, billboards, and television commercials. She skyrocketed to fame and sparked a craze for supermodels in Taiwan. Lin's popularity reached beyond Taiwan in 2004 as she modeled in Hong Kong and mainland Chinese advertisements, and continued when she began doing Japanese advertisements in 2005. From 2004 to 2006, Lin served as Taiwan's goodwill ambassador to the Japan Tourism Association. One of the unintended results of her popularity was that some Japanese pornographic actresses resembling Lin have become more famous and more popular among Chinese fans than their native homeland Japan, and received nicknames given by their Chinese fans in association with Lin, such as in the case of
Yui Hatano, who is frequently referred by Chinese fans as AV Lin Chi-ling, Lin underwent four months of treatment and therapy, and announced in November 2005 that she had completely recovered.
Television Lin has had numerous roles in television over her time as a model, being the host of
TVBS-G's
LA Mode News and
Fashion Track. She also co-hosted
Golden Melody Awards and the
Top Chinese Music Chart Awards in 2005. She starred in the 2010 Fuji TV drama
Tsuki no Koibito.
Film Lin made her film début as
Xiaoqiao in the historical epic
Red Cliff, directed by
John Woo. In 2009, she starred opposite
Jay Chou in the action-adventure film
The Treasure Hunter. After that, she shifted her acting career to mainland China, where she starred in films such as
Welcome to Shama Town, Say Yes!, Switch, and
Monk Comes Down the Mountain. == Media image ==