Taiwanese singer-actress Vivian Hsu (徐若瑄) on Sunday tied the knot with her Singaporean fiance, businessman Sean Lee (李云峰), at a ceremony in Bali, Indonesia.
The 39-year-old celebrity walked down the aisle in a white Vera Wang gown at the wedding, which was attended by about 100 guests.
Lee is chief executive officer of Marco Polo Marine, a Singapore-based integrated marine logistics group.
He and Hsu registered their marriage in Singapore in February and held a ceremony there on June 26 in keeping with Chinese tradition. They will throw another banquet in Taipei on July 23.
Taiwan-born Hsu is popular at home and in Japan.
Early in her career, she gained recognition for her role in a Hong Kong movie and her release of an accompanying nude photograph album. She rose to fame in Japan in the late 1990s with frequent appearances on TV shows there and was also a member of the Japanese group Black Biscuits. Hsu has appeared in a number of films and TV series in Taiwan and Japan, including The Shoe Fairy and The Knot.
In other news, Taiwanese singer-songwriter Jay Chou (周杰倫) said earlier last week that he will get married before his 36th birthday in January next year, the first time the star has stated publicly that he plans to tie the knot.
Chou, one of the biggest names on the Mandopop scene, said he has yet to propose, but will think of a romantic way to pop the question.
Chou and his 20-year-old Taiwanese-Australian girlfriend, Hannah Quinlivan (昆凌), have been spotted out and about recently. The couple have been under intense media scrutiny since they were first spotted together in public in 2011.
Chou topped a recent poll conducted by online data analysis site DailyView that ranked the top 10 Taiwanese male celebrities that respondents most wanted to marry this year.
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