McDonald’s Goddess / Wei Han Xu

About

Wei Han Xu (徐薇涵), also known as "Weiwei," or Haitun (海豚, which means “dolphin” in Chinese) is a service worker at a McDonald's branch in the city of Kaohsiung, Taiwan who rocketed to national fame after a photograph of her went viral across the social media in late June 2015.

Origin

On June 27th, 2015, Taiwanese blogger RainDog^[1] uploaded a photograph of Wei Han Xu to PIxnet.com, which subsequently went viral across the social media outlets in the country. McDonald’s in Taiwan has a track record when it comes to cute girls. RainDog (Wei Han Xu's brother) has been taking photos and blogging^[2] about the McDonald's staff cosplaying in maids outfits, sailor uniforms and other outfits, which has been met with positive reception since its beginning in December 25th, 2013. Xu has worked as a part-time server at McDonald's for five years and also works as a model and cosplayer in her free time.

Spread

Taiwanese bloggers were instantly smitten with Weiwei’s big, round eyes, sweet smile and doll-like beauty. A frenzy reportedly broke out on the local forums. By August 12th, RocketNews^[5] published a story about the photos and other news sites^[6] have picked up on it. Since her photos went viral, Weiwei's Facebook^[3] and Instagram^[4] combined have over 100,000 followers. She has also appeared on several Taiwanese variety programs.

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