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| A top Chinese actress has had a court-ordered examination of her face as part of a high-profile legal case in China, local media report. | A top Chinese actress has had a court-ordered examination of her face as part of a high-profile legal case in China, local media report. |
| Actress Angelababy is suing a clinic for defamation after it alleged she had plastic surgery done on her face. | Actress Angelababy is suing a clinic for defamation after it alleged she had plastic surgery done on her face. |
| Doctors who examined her on Thursday said that her looks were genuine. | Doctors who examined her on Thursday said that her looks were genuine. |
| It came a week after her widely-publicised wedding to actor Huang Xiaoming, who has defended her, saying she "sometimes looks quite ugly". | It came a week after her widely-publicised wedding to actor Huang Xiaoming, who has defended her, saying she "sometimes looks quite ugly". |
| A Beijing judge ruled earlier this week that her face had to be examined by medical professionals to certify its authenticity. | A Beijing judge ruled earlier this week that her face had to be examined by medical professionals to certify its authenticity. |
| The 25-year-old actress, whose real name is Yeung Wing, went through a series of X-ray scans and tests - which at one stage involved a doctor prodding her face - at a plastic surgery hospital in the capital on Thursday. She was accompanied by notaries public and several journalists. | |
| Hospital chief Qi Zuoliang later pronounced her looks to be genuine. "Baby's entire head and facial bones do not have any signs of incisions," he told reporters, using a popular abbreviation of the actress' stage name. | Hospital chief Qi Zuoliang later pronounced her looks to be genuine. "Baby's entire head and facial bones do not have any signs of incisions," he told reporters, using a popular abbreviation of the actress' stage name. |
| News of her examination dominated discussion on Chinese social network Sina Weibo on Thursday, with many of her fans expressing support. | News of her examination dominated discussion on Chinese social network Sina Weibo on Thursday, with many of her fans expressing support. |
| Angelababy, who first shot to fame as a model and actress in Hong Kong, has long been dogged by rumours that she had plastic surgery, with pictures purportedly showing her natural face circulating online in recent years. | Angelababy, who first shot to fame as a model and actress in Hong Kong, has long been dogged by rumours that she had plastic surgery, with pictures purportedly showing her natural face circulating online in recent years. |
| She is suing Beijing beauty clinic Ruili for carrying an article on its website in 2012 alleging that she had plastic surgery, and is seeking 500,000 yuan (£51,000; $79,000) in compensation. | She is suing Beijing beauty clinic Ruili for carrying an article on its website in 2012 alleging that she had plastic surgery, and is seeking 500,000 yuan (£51,000; $79,000) in compensation. |
| She has insisted that her unique looks come from her European heritage - her paternal grandfather was German. | She has insisted that her unique looks come from her European heritage - her paternal grandfather was German. |
| Angelababy married Huang last Thursday in one of the biggest and most lavish celebrity weddings China had seen, which reportedly cost 200 million yuan (£20.3m; $31.5m). | Angelababy married Huang last Thursday in one of the biggest and most lavish celebrity weddings China had seen, which reportedly cost 200 million yuan (£20.3m; $31.5m). |
| Huang has previously defended the actress, saying in a 2014 interview: "Actually she sometimes looks quite ugly to me." | Huang has previously defended the actress, saying in a 2014 interview: "Actually she sometimes looks quite ugly to me." |
| "I'm not an idiot, I definitely can tell she hasn't had plastic surgery, sometimes she doesn't put on make up and she really looks like those ugly pictures of her." | "I'm not an idiot, I definitely can tell she hasn't had plastic surgery, sometimes she doesn't put on make up and she really looks like those ugly pictures of her." |