Estrella Lin

Estrella Lin (; born 1980) is a pop music singer from Taiwan, formerly a member of the girl group 3EP Beauties, and the author of a Chinese-language book detailing alleged abuses in South Korea's pop music industry.

Career In the 1990s, Lin was a member of Taiwan-based girl group 3EP Beauties under the stage-name "E-Lin" , along with "Jin" and "Tin-Tin" . One music video of theirs, "All Right", in which all three members wore bikinis, attracted considerable attention at the time; however, the group later dissolved. In 2002, Lin made her only appearance on the silver screen, in Ho Ping's movie The Rule of the Game; she played the role of a married woman who has an affair with a frequent customer at her hot pot restaurant, played by . For her role in the film, credited as "Wei Ling", she won the "Best New Actress" award at the 47th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Seoul.

Lin had made plans to leave Taiwan and move to South Korea to attempt to break into the K-pop industry; however, her nude sex scene in The Rule of the Game, a departure from her "pure and cute" image as a member of 3EP Beauties, caused her difficulties in this regard and forced her to delay her plans. There, she faced grueling conditions, including 15-hour days filled with rehearsals. Unable to bear the pressure, Lin aimed to go back home, but claims that her management company held her prisoner in her house in South Korea; in December 2009, with the aid of a friend, she escaped and successfully returned to Taiwan.

In July 2010, Lin appeared nude in the Taiwan promotional materials for the Canadian film Splice. That same month, she also began guest appearances in the CTV television drama series Scent of Love , giving the much younger Fok Siu-man an on-screen kiss. In December 2010, she released a new photo collection book, "Angel's Stars" . However, at the press conference announcing its release, she was careful to emphasise that the book contained no nudity.

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