South China Morning Post:

A Chinese model defended herself on Sunday against a “morbid obsession” after people launched a barrage of criticism towards her for her perceived “slanted eyes”.

The controversy surrounded a 2019 advertisement for the Three Squirrels snack brand featuring Cai Niang Niang, the model’s professional pseudonym. Many people in China pushed back against her “overly slanted eyes” in the advertisements because they believe they fell into the trap of following a common stereotype about Asian faces.

生词短语：

defend

为…辩护

morbid

病态的

obsession

<名词> 痴迷

barrage

弹幕

slant

倾斜的；倾斜

controversy

争议

snack

零食；小吃

pseudonym

假名

stereotype

刻板印象