Singapore blogger's makeup tutorial slays impression of disgraced pastor Sun Ho
This makeup tutorial comes with extra zing.
Singapore blogger Xiaxue just managed to rip an extra hole in disgraced pastor Sun Ho with her latest makeup tutorial.
But first, a recap of who Sun Ho is. Ho Yeow Sun -- styled as Sun Ho during her short-lived U.S. music career -- is the co-founder of megachurch City Harvest Church in Singapore together with her husband, Kong Hee. In the early 2000s, she moved to the U.S. to try to make it big in the music industry, an effort she claims was part of a project to convert more non-believers to Christianity.
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While she failed to top the charts, it was later revealed that church funds were used to pay big names like Wyclef Jean and Missy Elliott to lend their star power to her videos, both of whom received $1.5 million to be involved.
Last year, Kong and his team of senior church executives were found guilty of misappropriating church funds to further Ho's career. Kong was sentenced to eight years in jail. Ho wasn't implicated, however, and was ordained officially as a pastor at City Harvest when Kong had to step down.
Xiaxue's video has gone viral in less than a day.
The scandal hogged headlines in Singapore last year, and Sun Ho may have been all but forgotten if not for Xiaxue's video that went viral in less than a day.
Done in the style of a typical makeup tutorial, Xiaxue faithfully recreates Sun Ho's exaggerated makeup for her "Geisha" persona in "Kill Bill," but also spends most of the video taking jabs at the singer's risque outfit and her exoticising of Asian women.
"If I had to give a name to her eyeshadow look, I would say ... slutty asian poisoned by snake?" she says, adding: "Don't be subtle, just pile it on."
The blogger notes at the beginning of the tutorial that she used to get teased for looking like Ho, which she refutes. But halfway through the tutorial Xiaxue realises she does look like the singer, which sets off a string of resigned cursing.
Stick around until the end when she does a surprisingly good imitation of several scenes in "Kill Bill."
If you're so inclined, you can watch Sun Ho's entire "Mr Bill" video from seven years ago:
Victoria Ho is Mashable's Asia Editor, based in Singapore. She previously reported on news and tech at The Business Times, TechCrunch and ZDNet. When she isn't writing, she's making music with her band
