I got this story from some Chinese news service. Anyone heard about this? Below is the whole article and a link.
http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news_msg.php?titleid=5219
A desperate father "sells" fat daughter's marriage by weight
Updated: 08 May 2009
A Shishi Father offers high dowry for his overweight daughter. With her current weight, the dowry is worth 1.5million RMB.
Xiao Shi, a 23-year-old overweight girl, works in a government department in Shishi city, Fujian province. She is a rich businessmans daughter. She is 1.6 meters tall and 75 kg in weight, although many people say that she is fat, she has never cared. She is fond of fun and always cheerful.
However, Xiao Shi decided to lose weight because she still has no boyfriend. However, her family doesnt want her to do this, saying that it is good to be fat for a girl.
Last month, Xiao Shi invited some female colleagues to her home and one of them said if Xiao Shi could lose weight, she would certainly be a great beauty. On hearing this, she decided to lose weight right away, but unexpectedly, her father didnt agree and shouted: My daughters meat is valuable, one kilo of meat worth 20,000 yuan, Ill see who can marry her, the fatter she is, the more dowries he will get.
The next day, the fathers words spread quickly among Xiao Shis colleagues. Xiao Shi is 75kg, which means the dowry would be 1.5 million yuan, even her female colleagues claimed they would marry her.
Soon, Xiao Shi received many invitations from her male colleagues, but she turned them down without thinking twice.
"I think they are coming for my valuable fat meat," said Xiao Shi. In the past, she was not so suspicious of this kind of thing, but just because of her father's words, she felt all are different.
Translated by WOX
SOURCE: Xinhuanet
http://www.whatsonxiamen.com/news_msg.php?titleid=5219
A desperate father "sells" fat daughter's marriage by weight
Updated: 08 May 2009
A Shishi Father offers high dowry for his overweight daughter. With her current weight, the dowry is worth 1.5million RMB.
Xiao Shi, a 23-year-old overweight girl, works in a government department in Shishi city, Fujian province. She is a rich businessmans daughter. She is 1.6 meters tall and 75 kg in weight, although many people say that she is fat, she has never cared. She is fond of fun and always cheerful.
However, Xiao Shi decided to lose weight because she still has no boyfriend. However, her family doesnt want her to do this, saying that it is good to be fat for a girl.
Last month, Xiao Shi invited some female colleagues to her home and one of them said if Xiao Shi could lose weight, she would certainly be a great beauty. On hearing this, she decided to lose weight right away, but unexpectedly, her father didnt agree and shouted: My daughters meat is valuable, one kilo of meat worth 20,000 yuan, Ill see who can marry her, the fatter she is, the more dowries he will get.
The next day, the fathers words spread quickly among Xiao Shis colleagues. Xiao Shi is 75kg, which means the dowry would be 1.5 million yuan, even her female colleagues claimed they would marry her.
Soon, Xiao Shi received many invitations from her male colleagues, but she turned them down without thinking twice.
"I think they are coming for my valuable fat meat," said Xiao Shi. In the past, she was not so suspicious of this kind of thing, but just because of her father's words, she felt all are different.
Translated by WOX
SOURCE: Xinhuanet
