Tomo Girls

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Tomogirl Sheila works in the PR department and has some tips on how to handle a crisis – TomoNews:



Published on Jan 15, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Today’s Tomogirl is Sheila. She’s just 25 and her first job is working the PR department of a local company.

Working in PR can be tricky, particularly if a scandal hits the company. According to Tomogirl Sheila when a PR crisis hits it can be a time of confusion, anxiety, and distraction. It’s also when there’s a barrage of questions from media and customers.

Tomogirl Sheila says it’s important to maintain good communications during a crisis or else risk damaging the company’s reputation even further. The company CEO may want to hold a series of interviews to be clear on the company’s position and own up to any mistakes, but show strength by reassuring the public that the company will strive to improve standards.

Hopefully nothing like that will happen to Tomogirl Sheila.

(Tomo News)


Tomogirl XiaoYang sports pigtails hair style, come check her out – TomoNews:



Published on Jan 19, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Wave hello to Tomogirl XiaoYang. She works as a part time model and when she isn’t modeling she loves playing the piano, drawing, swimming, or going out to the movies.

Tomogirl XiaoYang says she likes the pigtail look and thinks the trend is making a comeback.

However, the pigtail looks has always been popular in Japan and has an almost cult-like following. The pigtail, or as they’re called in Japan “twintail” is more popular than ever there.

Tomogirl XiaoYang is wearing her hair in what is known as the “country style” pigtail-look where the hair is tied just below the ears. Other styles are the “regular style” with the hair tied up right above the area behind the ears and the “rabbit style” with the hair tied near the top of the head.

A popular anime character Sailor Moon is always sporting the “rabbit style” look for pigtails, which is why her name in Japanese means “bunny”.

So do you think the look works for Tomogirl XiaoYang?

(Tomo News)


Tomogirl Viola’s name was inspired by the great bard himself, Shakespeare – TomoNews:



Published on Jan 22, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Today’s Tomogirl is named Viola, which is the name of a musical instrument, a flower, and the name of a character from Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night.

Viola’s 24 and she loves to draw and read in her spare time. Maybe she’s read the play Twelfth Night, which is why she’s chosen Viola as her English name?

The play is a romantic comedy involving cross dressing, secret love affairs, and mistaken identities. Perfect for a soap opera drama.

Well, hopefully Tomogirl Viola doesn’t have to go through that many complications to meet her true love.

(Tomo News)

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Tomogirl Amber loves styling it up and even decorates her eyes with colored contacts – TomoNews:



Published on Jan 26, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! And say hello to today’s Tomogirl Amber! Tomogirl Amber is 18 and works as a stylist at a salon. She loves singing and dancing. How original.

Tomogirl Amber loves checking out the latest fashion trend and styling it up. She even goes so far as to decorate her eyes.

Tomogirl Amber is wearing cosmetic contact lens that change the appearance of the color of her eyes. There’s also another type of decorative contact lens in Asia known as the circle contact lens.

Circle lenses extend the appearance of the iris by having a dark tinted area surrounding the center. The result is the appearance of a bigger, wider iris, giving the wearer more of a dolls’ eyes look.

Personally, we find the look to be a little creepy, but hey it’s all about looking cute according to your society’s beauty standards! So in Taiwan Tomogirl Amber is considered a definite cutie!

(Tomo News)


Tomogirl Lena promoting English learning as a showgirl at a language expo – TomoNews:



Published on Jan 27, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Today’s Tomogirl is Lena and she’s 27-years-old. In her free time she enjoys exercising and swimming.

Tomogirl Lena is a professional model and today she’s working for TutorABC, a company that offers online English classes. Mandarin Chinese is Taiwan’s official language, but everyone feels the pressure to learn English since it is considered a global lingua franca.

English is the official language of almost 60 sovereign states and is the third most common native language in the world, after Mandarin and Spanish. It is the most widely learned second language and is the official language of the United Nations and the European Union.

Wow, no wonder there’s such pressure for non-native speakers of English to learn the language. But remember, don’t ever make fun of anyone who speaks English with a foreign accent, because that means they speak more than one language!

(Tomo News)


Selfie Addiction: Tomogirl Meiqi loves her beautiful eyes and takes 20-30 selfies a day – TomoNews:



Published on Jan 30, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Today’s Tomogirl is Meiqi and our cameraman caught up with her while she was in the midst of taking a selfie. Tomogirl Meiqi is 27 and loves watching movies and singing.

Tomogirl Meiqi thinks her best features are her eyes. She loves checking herself out on her camera and snapping a selfie at any given moment. She confessed she takes at least 20-30 pictures of herself everyday. Yikes.

Did you know that recently the American Psychiatric Association actually confirmed that taking selfies is a mental disorder? They’ve even gone as far as to term the condition ‘selfitis’. Selfitis is defined as the obsessive compulsive desire to take photos of one’s self and post them on social media as a way to make up for a lack of self-esteem and to fill a gap in intimacy. The condition has been categorized into three levels: borderline, acute, and chronic.

So how bad of an addiction do you think Tomogirl Meiqi has at this point?

(Tomo News)

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Tomogirl Peipei loves to play and mahjong is her game, think you’d get lucky? – TomoNews:



Published on Feb 2, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Today’s Tomogirl and aspiring model is Peipei. She’s 20 years old and loves playing mahjong with her friends.

Mahjong is a game played with a set of 144 tiles that originated in China. Mahjong is a game of skill, strategy, calculation, and luck. It usually involves 4 players.

Games scholar David Parlett has written that games like Conquian and Rummy share a common origin with mahjong.

Mahjong was actually banned by China’s government in 1949, because the Communist government viewed gambling as symbols of capitalist corruption. The prohibition was lifted in 1985.

So do you think you could get lucky with a girl like Peipei?

(Tomo News)


Tomogirl Rin would love to go all out in the ganguro style, but she’s still a student – TomoNews:



Published on Feb 2, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Today’s Tomogirl is Rin, she’s just 17 and loves singing and fashion.

Fashion in Taiwan is heavily influenced by fashions in Japan and Tomogirl Rin is an example of the ganguro trend.

Ganguro is an alternative fashion trend among young Japanese women that started in the mid 1990’s, distinguished by a dark tan, contrasting makeup, and blond hair. It goes against the typical Asian concept of beauty which is pale skin, dark hair, and neutral makeup tones. Ganguro girls swing to the complete opposite of these traditional beauty concepts by tanning, bleaching their hair, and often use colorful makeup in unusual ways.

Tomogirl Rin says she’s still got to keep it toned down, but she’s got the hair down pat.

(Tomo News)

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Sexy Tomogirl Xiaopu loves singing and writing her own songs – TomoNews:



Published on Feb 16, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Say hello to today’s Tomogirl Xiaopu. She loves singing and writing her own songs.

Have you ever heard anything by Beth Orton? She’s a British singer-songwriter known for her pioneering mix of traditional acoustic folk with electronic music, a genre dubbed “folktronica”. She’s also provided vocals for songs by the Chemical Brothers and producer William Orbit.

Beth Orton has also collaborated with Annie Lennox as well as Celine Dion and Shakira on the single Sing to raise awareness of AIDS in Africa.

Well, it’s something to aspire to for budding songwriter Xiaopu. Wish her luck!

(Tomo News)


Tomogirl XiuXiu plays the Chinese bamboo flute and performs a piece for us – TomoNews:



Published on Feb 16, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Wasn’t that refreshing? Tomogirl XiuXiu, her chosen English name is Clare, is a talented flautist and plays the Chinese bamboo flute. It’s also known as the dizi in Chinese and is a major Chinese musical instrument.

You can hear it in many genres of Chinese folk music, as well as in Chinese opera, and in modern Chinese orchestras.

So would you go to see Tomogirl XiuXiu in a professional performance?

(Tomo News)


Tomogirl Grace gets undressed and dressed again, then shares some history of costumes – TomoNews:



Published on Feb 18, 2016
TAIPEI, TAIWAN — Hello everyone! Today’s Tomogirl is Grace and she’s 21. She’s still a university student studying fashion design. So Tomogirl Grace loves clothes.

Tomogirl Grace gives us a quick costume change too. Did you know that the Guinness World Records lists an Italian actor and performer named Arturo Brachetti as the world’s fastest and most prolific quick change artist? His last one-man show was seen by more than 2 million people worldwide.

He was also dubbed “The Man with 1000 Faces” because he often performed 80 different characters in a two-hour show.

There is also a similar traditional quick change performance in Chinese opera, but it only involves changing masks instead of entire costumes.

Well, would you watch Tomogirl Grace perform in a quick change show?

(Tomo News)