{{short description|Taiwanese singer}} {{family name hatnote|Lin|lang=Chinese}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{infobox person | name = Estrella Lin | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = 1980 | birth_place = Taiwan | module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes |t=林韋伶 |s=林韦伶 |p=Lín Wéilíng }} | module2 = {{infobox musical artist | embed = yes | alias = E-Lin }} }}
'''Estrella Lin''' ({{zh|t=林韋伶|p=Lín Wéilíng}}; born 1980) is a pop music singer from Taiwan, formerly a member of the girl group 3EP Beauties, and the author of a Chinese-language book detailing alleged abuses in South Korea's pop music industry.<ref name="ChosunIlbo">{{citation|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/08/23/2010082300550.html|periodical=Chosun Ilbo|date=2010-08-23|accessdate=2011-01-30|title=Taiwanese Singer Reveals Underbelly of Korean Showbiz}}</ref>
==Career== In the 1990s, Lin was a member of Taiwan-based girl group 3EP Beauties ({{zh|labels=no|c=3EP美少女}}) under the stage-name "E-Lin" ({{zh|labels=no|t=韋伶}}), along with "Jin" ({{ill|Jade Chou|zh|周幼婷}}) and "Tin-Tin" ({{zh|labels=no|c=婷婷}}). One music video of theirs, "All Right", in which all three members wore bikinis, attracted considerable attention at the time; however, the group later dissolved.<ref name="NowNews">{{cite news|url=http://www.nownews.com/2010/03/19/91-2581548.htm|date=2010-03-19|accessdate=2011-01-30|language=zh-Hant |script-title=zh:韋伶換回本名再出發 更有女人味！ |author=蘇培瑜|work=Now News}}</ref> In 2002, Lin made her only appearance on the silver screen, in Ho Ping's movie ''The Rule of the Game''; she played the role of a married woman who has an affair with a frequent customer at her hot pot restaurant, played by {{ill|Hsia Ching-ting|zh|夏靖庭}}.<ref name="ChinaYes">{{cite web|url=http://twent.chinayes.com/Content/20101015/kcc95f2olexxk.shtml|work=Chinayes Entertainment|date=2010-10-15|accessdate=2011-01-30 |language=zh-Hant |script-title=zh:《挖洞人》裸身露点林韦伶曾获最佳新人奖 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110225014004/http://twent.chinayes.com/Content/20101015/kcc95f2olexxk.shtml|archive-date=2011-02-25|url-status=dead}}</ref> For her role in the film, credited as "Wei Ling", she won the "Best New Actress" award at the 47th Asia-Pacific Film Festival in Seoul.<ref name="ChinaYes"/><ref>{{citation|url=http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=19644&CtNode=122|periodical=Taiwan Today|date=2002-10-11|accessdate=2010-01-30|title=The news ticker|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718014832/http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=19644&CtNode=122|archive-date=2011-07-18|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Lin had made plans to leave Taiwan and move to South Korea to attempt to break into the K-pop industry; however, her nude sex scene in ''The Rule of the Game'', a departure from her "pure and cute" image as a member of 3EP Beauties, caused her difficulties in this regard and forced her to delay her plans.<ref name="ChinaYes"/> She finally moved to South Korea in 2007 to work with the talent management agency AntzStar ({{Korean|labels=no|앤츠스타}}), run by South Korean actor {{ill|Phillip Choi|ko|최필립}}.<ref name="Hankyung">{{citation|url=http://www.hankyung.com/news/app/newsview.php?aid=201008245117k<ype=1&nid=910&sid=0001&page=1|periodical=Korea Economic Daily|date=2010-08-24|accessdate=2011-01-30 |language=ko |script-title=ko:최필립 소속사 앤츠스타컴퍼니 "불필요한 신체접촉 일절 없다" 조항 삽입 |trans-title=Phillip Choi's AntzStar Company inserts contract clause about "no unnecessary body contact"}}</ref> There, she faced grueling conditions, including 15-hour days filled with rehearsals.<ref name="NowNews"/> She claims to have had to take injections of painkillers every two weeks in order to find relief from knee pain caused by dancing for five hours straight each day.<ref>{{citation|title =Taiwanese singer claims sex trade in Korea's show business|website=AsiaOne.com|url=http://www.asiaone.com/print/News/Latest%2BNews/Showbiz/Story/A1Story20100822-233300.html|date =2010-08-22|accessdate = 2010-12-08}}</ref> Unable to bear the pressure, Lin aimed to go back home, but claims that her management company held her prisoner in her house in South Korea; in December 2009, with the aid of a friend, she escaped and successfully returned to Taiwan.<ref name="NowNews"/>
In August 2010, Lin published a book detailing alleged mistreatment of aspiring stars in South Korea's entertainment industry, including pressure on singers of both genders to provide sexual services to prospective investors.<ref name="ChosunIlbo"/> In response to the controversy, her former management agency made a public announcement to the South Korean media that they had inserted a new clause into their contracts with their trainees making clarifications that they had the right to refuse unnecessary body contact.<ref name="Hankyung"/> However, another trainee at the same institute, Cherry ({{zh|labels=no|c=巧巧}}), noted primarily for her G-cup breasts, refuted some of Lin's accusations in an appearance on talk show ''Gossip Queen'' ({{zh|labels=no|t=麻辣天后宮}}), claiming that Lin had not been forced into unwanted sexual contact but rather had actively sought a sexual relationship with her manager.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nownews.com/news/20101019/605486|date=2010-10-10|accessdate=2011-01-30|work=Now News |language=zh-Hant |script-title=zh:G奶巧巧：是林韋伶主動爬韓老闆的床}}</ref>
In July 2010, Lin appeared nude in the Taiwan promotional materials for the Canadian film ''Splice''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://tw.nextmedia.com/applenews/article/art_id/32661189/IssueID/20100715|date=2010-07-15|accessdate=2011-01-30 |language=zh-tw |script-title=zh:林韋伶 尺度大解放 為電影宣傳全裸上陣 |work=Apple Daily}}</ref> That same month, she also began guest appearances in the CTV television drama series ''Scent of Love'' ({{zh|labels=no|t=就是要香戀}}), giving the much younger Fok Siu-man ({{zh|labels=no|c=郝劭文}}) an on-screen kiss.<ref>{{citation|url=http://showbiz.chinatimes.com/2009Cti/Channel/Showbiz/showbiz-news-cnt/0,5020,100102+112010072500010,00.html|periodical=China Times|date=2010-07-25|accessdate=2011-01-30|language=zh-Hant |script-title=zh:郝劭文 偷窺林韋伶洗澎澎|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708145454/http://showbiz.chinatimes.com/2009Cti/Channel/Showbiz/showbiz-news-cnt/0,5020,100102+112010072500010,00.html|archive-date=2011-07-08|url-status=dead}}</ref> In December 2010, she released a new photo collection book, "Angel's Stars" ({{zh|labels=no|c=天使的星星}}). However, at the press conference announcing its release, she was careful to emphasise that the book contained no nudity.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://blog.nownews.com/article.php?bid=20343&tid=1283279|work=Now News|language=zh-Hant |script-title=zh:林韋伶寫真書《天使的星星》記者會：點不可失殺出閃閃小星星！|date=2010-12-31|accessdate=2011-01-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727070753/http://blog.nownews.com/article.php?bid=20343&tid=1283279|archive-date=2011-07-27|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Works== *{{citation|language=zh-Hant |script-title=zh:韓國星夢 |trans-title=Korea Star Dream |year=2010|publisher=青朝國際|isbn=978-2-7025-2027-7}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Lin, Estrella}} Category:1980 births Category:Living people Category:Taiwanese expatriates in South Korea Category:Taiwanese Mandopop singers Category:Taiwanese women writers Category:Musicians from Kaohsiung Category:Writers from Kaohsiung Category:21st-century Taiwanese women singers