PHOTOS: Fashion grannies return to Beijing street ‘catwalk’

Four famous amateur model grandmothers took off their masks during a saunter down the streets of Beijing on Thursday to demonstrate life returning to normal as the COVID-19 pandemic eases. Glamma Beijing, a group of four women who met during a modelling training course after retiring 20 years ago, became an internet sensation in China last year.

Updated on: Aug 14, 2020 3:53 PM IST

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Members of an internet celebrity model group "Glamma Beijing" (L-R), Lin Wei, 65, Sun Yang, 64, Wang Nianwen, 74, and Wang Xinghuo, 70, wearing traditional Chinese dresses walk across a street during a video shooting, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD) area, China August 13, 2020. (REUTERS)

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(L-R), Lin Wei, 65, Sun Yang, 64, Wang Xinghuo, 70 and Wang Nianwen, 74, wearing traditional Chinese dresses walk across a street during a video shooting, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD) area, China August 13, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Wang Nianwen, 74, a member of "Glamma Beijing", an internet celebrity model group of four grannies, puts on lipstick as she prepares for a video shooting following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at another member's home in Beijing, China August 13, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Sun Yang, 64, combs her hair as she and other members from "Glamma Beijing", an internet celebrity model group of four grannies, prepare themselves for a video shooting following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at her home in Beijing, China August 13, 2020. (REUTERS)

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Members of an internet celebrity model group "Glamma Beijing" (L-R), Lin Wei, 65, Sun Yang, 64, Wang Nianwen, 74, and Wang Xinghuo, 70, wearing traditional Chinese dresses walk across a street during a video shooting, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Beijing's Central Business District (CBD) area, China August 13, 2020. (REUTERS)

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An elderly model group "Glamma Beijing" members Sun Yang (L), 64, and Wang Xinghuo, 70, chat as they prepare their hair for a video shooting, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, at Sun's home in Beijing, China August 13, 2020. (REUTERS)