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[[File:Jamie.jpg|frame| That sound you hear [[In One Ear, Out the Other|is the wind rushing between her ears]].]]
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Contrast with the [[Stereotype Flip|usual]] [[Asian and Nerdy|"nerdy" portrayal of Asians in media]], which this trope subverts, and [[Dragon Lady]]. Also contrast [[The Ojou]], who generally tends to be smart and rich (and usually pleasant in personality.) Compare to [[Brainless Beauty]] (Type Twos), the [[Alpha Bitch]] and [[Rich Bitch]] (Type Ones).
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=== Type One ===
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== Literature ==
* A borderline example is Jennifer Chen in the ''[[Spy High]]'' series by A.J. Butcher, who isn't too concerned with popularity (as her school is a training ground for professional spies) but is portrayed as vain and self-obsessed, more so than [[So Beautiful
* Taylor from the ''[[Gone]]'' series. Her name is generic, but the first thing that the main characters notice about her is that she is Asian. She is rich enough for her parents to have sent her to Coates Academy, an exclusive boarding school for problem kids. She doesn't play a big part in the first two books, and seems to be a generic, slightly annoying, and airheaded girl. In book 3, she often acts rude to the other characters, considers that her powers would make her an excellent thief, and schemes about how to win Sam's affection while he's fighting with Astrid. Penny, the new [[Dark Action Girl]] from Lies, could also count. She also has a generic first name with no surname, but she is specified as being Chinese. She also went to Coates, and is therefore from a wealthy family, plots to steal the Caine's affection from Diana, and seems to be cruel but not very smart.
* In ''[[The Heroes of Olympus (Literature)|The Heroes of Olympus]]'', resident Camp Halfblood-[[Alpha Bitch]] Drew plays this trope very straight.
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** To give Disney just a little credit, they don't much care about who plays which part, beyond whoever has their name in the title. The role was not written for an Asian girl, as it's supposed to be a parody of Paris Hilton. In fact, Ashley Tisdale was originally going to play London with [[Brenda Song]] in the Maddie role, but they ended up being switched because the girls played the parts better.
*** This is referenced in the [[A Day At the Bizarro|alternate dimension]] episode, where the girls are their original intended roles.
** That said, [[Brenda Song]] basically plays this part in every Disney channel show she's ever worked on. She played a ''vaguely'' competent person in her own movie ''[[Wendy Wu Homecoming Warrior]]''. Key word there being [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|vaguely.]] Who still ended up blowing off saving the world in favor of being crowned 'Homecoming Queen'. Although, she eventually saw the light after a very mild metaphorical slap across the face. She wasn't too stupid in ''Stuck in the Suburbs'' either. Her breakout role on Nickelodeon's ''[[One Hundred Deeds for Eddie Mcdowd (TV)|One Hundred Deeds for Eddie Mcdowd]]'' had her [[Asian and Nerdy|in a more stereotypical Asian role]].
** Her character in [[The Social Network]] is basically an Asian Airhead with [[Cute and Psycho]] tendencies.
* On the show ''[[Salute Your Shorts]]'', the de facto [[Alpha Bitch|queen bitch of camp]], was Dina Alexander. Played by Chinese-American actress Heidi Lucas, she was in effect a mirror image of London Tipton years before the latter character was created. Dim witted, easily manipulated, vain and yet also universally considered beautiful and popular by her peers. Also a [[Rich Bitch]], she gets some [[Defrosting Ice Queen|minor development]] on a pity date with the hoggish [[Butt Monkey]] of the show. Subverted in that she's not a total [[Alpha Bitch]] and lacks prominently Asian features or even an Asian surname.
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** It should be noted that most of the school agrees with whatever any of the top dogs in the Fashion Club say.
** She was also the ''dumbest'' character of the Fashion Club; she, literally, agreed with whoever spoke last, lost her place on a piece of paper three sentences in, and just so you know, that isn't how fast she speaks, that's how fast ''she thinks''.
* Kuki Sanban (a.k.a. Numbuh 3) of ''[[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Codename Kids Next Door]]'' is effectively like a younger, prepubescent Hay Lin. An adorable, girly, kindhearted, rather prissy girl who is personified as being [[Cloudcuckoolander|extremely scatterbrained]]. But she has [[Beware the Nice Ones|a fair share]] [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|of kick butt moments that even it out]]
** Of note is that she was voiced by Lauren Tom, the same actress who provides the voice for Amy Wong in ''Futurama''. In fact, one of the only young, popular characters she voices that ''doesn't'' fit into this trope in some manner is Kahn "Connie" Souphanousinphone, Jr. from ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
** [[That Other Wiki]] says the she is only acting stupid so she doesn't feel sad.
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