Pseudo-model

When a leng mo bends forward in her deep-V tops, she doesn't see the need to use her hands to cover her bosom.

The English characterisation of leng mo as pseudo-models first appeared in the South China Morning Post in a story by reporter Vivienne Chow.

[9] According to a Hong Kong TV and radio host Jacqueline Pang the typical leng mo is a teenage girl who is prepared to dress (and undress) and "show off her hot body at public functions in a way that, in previous years, could only be seen in adult magazines".

[11] But in the early 2000s, leng mo gradually rose to prominence due primarily to negative media attention.

In July 2009, they complained against the models' appearance at the annual Hong Kong Book Fair and caused a media stir.

[14][15] Already mindful about potential disruption to the fair, organisers Hong Kong Trade Development Council dedicated a remote area for those autograph sessions in 2009.

[4] Citing numerous complaints from the previous year, the Trade Development Corporation decided to ban the promotion of leng mo photograph collections at the 2010 Book Fair.