Was planning to work on this post straight after my Lynda Carter post but so many things cropped up within such a short period of time that I keep delaying... I have always wanted to talk about "The Strongest Woman in the World", who is also my female goddess, Chun-Li. Chun-Li is a fictional character in Capcom's Street Fighter video game series. She is the first female playable character to appear in a fighting game, making her appearance in Street Fighter II: The World Warrior in 1991. Can't believe that it has been 30 years since Chun-Li first appeared in my life.
Chun-Li is an undercover Interpol agent seeking to avenge the death of her father at the hands of Bison and his criminal organization. Chun-Li, the first well-known female playable character in a fighting game, was designed with muscular legs. She is well known to wear a traditional Chinese qipao dress with long side slits to accommodate her powerful kung-fu kicks. However, what really completes the looks are those brown pantyhose that goes so well with the outfit that I will find it strange or unappealing if she is without them. That really makes me fall in love with her. As far as I know, it was the first time anyone had made a video game in which a female character was clearly wearing pantyhose, and that was cool.
How is Chun-Li related to CrossDressing? Well, one way to view CrossDressing as some sort of Cosplaying where people try to portray a character that is either from anime or game. For cosplayers, it is not uncommon for people to cosplay as the opposite gender, e.g. some female will cosplay as some male protagonists in anime series and we got some males cosplaying as female characters. You will be surprised by some of the results, one good cosplayer/crossdresser I know is Gin as she loves to dress up as Lolita and she is so beautiful.
Anyway, back to the topic, Chun-Li is a popular character that a lot of people will love to cosplay as since she is the first female fighting character. There is no short of female cosplayers who cosplay as Chun-Li, we have the famous cosplayer like Yaya Han, Enji Night, Hidori Rose and so many others.
However, there is hardly any male cosplayer who can cosplay or crossdress as Chun-Li well. The typical one that you can find online is Jackie Chan’s Chun-Li or Ladybeard’s Chun-Li but I’m sorry to say, they just destroyed the image.
Sorry for the disturbing photos above but it is quite hard for a guy to crossdress as Chun-Li well. Luckily, I managed to find one crossdresser on Reddit and I think she can still pull it through. There is one more but I cannot find the source...
To me, crossdress as Chun-Li has always been my wildest dream, but I doubt I can put through. Chun-Li as a character is so ideal in my eyes, her hour glass figure with that thin waist, firm and well formed breasts together with that hips and muscular thighs. Her facial features are so sharp and elegant coupled with that make-up, qipao dress and brown pantyhose. It is just perfect, a slight touch of masculinity in her full femininity, gentle and beautiful, yet strong and powerful at the same time.
Despite that Chun-Li is a fictional character created for games, but she set my highest standard for the ideal lady. I have tried to crossdress as Chun-Li before but I failed miserably. It is not as easy as just getting the costume and try to pass off as her. First off, the hair with buns is not easy to achieve especially with wigs. If you see the hairdo properly, you will realised that Chun-Li's hair is pulled to the back to create those buns, leaving some fringes to the front, this is not an easy feat with wigs. Next off, her thin waist. I feel that this is the hardest to achieve unless I wear corset and have it tighten really tight. Another way is to balance the proportionality by having a larger hip and bigger breasts, which I can probably achieve with breasts form and hip pads. Last but not least, the make up. I have yet to go into the details of achieving that make-up effect for the character. I got to properly study, analyse and plan how to get it.
I will spare all the agony of seeing my failed Chun-Li attempt but you can see some of my previous post on the Chun Li costumes that I have in my wardrobe. Hopefully the next time I crossdress as Chun-Li, I will become much better. Cheers.
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