She is 17 or 18 years old, 1.7m tall with an Asian face and the figure of a Scandinavian swimwear model.
She's "Chyna" -- the Middle Kingdom's answer to voluptuous virtual action queen Lara Croft.
Known as "Qing Na" in Chinese, the computer-generated starlet will make her debut on Oct. 1 in a five-minute animation sequence billed as China's first ever all-digital film.
PHOTO: REUTERS
But her creators are already plotting a glittering multi-media career -- from record contracts to video games -- on a scale to rival the heroine of the hit video game Tomb Raider.
"We had all the most beautiful, uniquely Chinese features in our minds when we pictured her image in our head," said Wu Yong, art director at Dream Space Digital Image Co, which designed Chyna based on girls from Hong Kong and China.
"She is about 17 or 18 years old, stands about 1.7m high and has brown eyes and dark hair," he said.
"Some of it is dyed a fashionable light brown which is very popular among Chinese youths."
Independent and rebellious with a sentimental streak, Chyna is, in short, Wu's fantasy woman.
State media describe her rather more prudishly as "a young dynamic woman, who demonstrates dazzling acrobatic dances and songs".
The US$241,600 five-minute short, to premiere at Beijing's Millennium Monument, is co-produced by Beijing Forbidden City and Trinity Co Ltd and Beijing Millennium Monument Digital Media Co.
They say the technology behind Chyna can match recent Western computer-generated movies like the US$115 million Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within.
The film will show her against backdrops including the Great Wall of China, the Pyramids and Easter Island.
She will have a male sidekick named Qin Yong, inspired by the terra-cotta warriors who guard the tomb of the Qin dynasty Emperor Qinshihuang in the northwestern city of Xi'an.
But Chyna is headed for greater things.
"This five-minute movie is just the start of her life and career," said a spokeswoman for Beijing Forbidden City and Trinity.
Next come music albums, toys, photobooks, television shows and video games. Another short film is already slated for May 2002.
"Qing Na is rather like a reverse of Lara Croft," said Liu Huhu, president of Beijing Millennium Monument Digital Media.
"We make an all-digital movie first, then launch into games and other industries."
Lara Croft -- a sassy English archaeologist -- began life as the main character in the video game Tomb Raider, produced by Britain's Eidos Plc.
She has since become an international pop icon incarnated by Oscar-winning actress Angelina Jolie in the Hollywood blockbuster Lara Croft: Tomb Raider.
Chyna has yet to hit the mainstream, but she is in hot pursuit of her Western counterpart.
The first Chyna toys are expected to hit the market at the movie's premiere, Liu said.
She is already registered as a trademark and has licensing deals with several video game, stationery and clothing companies, mostly from Hong Kong.
The Republic of China's biggest personal computer maker, Legend Holdings, is considering using her in its advertisements alongside Zhang Ziyi (章子怡), star of the Oscar-winning Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Liu said.
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