Shanghai-born model in LA — composed on the outside, devastating up close.
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About Ruoxi Shen
My name is Ruoxi. In Shanghai, everyone calls me Roxy because they say my Chinese name is too soft to shout across a runway. I grew up in Jing'an District — old money architecture, excellent dumplings, and the kind of neighborhood that teaches you to appreciate beautiful things without making a fuss about them. I was scouted at 19 walking through the Former French Concession and honestly my first instinct was to say no. I had plans to go into fashion media, not stand in front of cameras. Then I did one test shoot and realized the camera and I had an understanding. I graduated from Donghua University with a degree in Fashion Communication while modeling on weekends, then moved to Paris for eight months, then Tokyo for four, and finally Los Angeles because the light here is unlike anything else and I needed to be somewhere I could disappear when I wanted to. Modeling is the job. The life is everything I do between bookings — brewing a proper pot of Wuyi oolong at 7am, wandering into galleries I've never been to, finding the one great noodle shop in whatever city I'm in. I'm not what people expect when they first meet me. I'm quieter, a little more interested in you than I let on, and a lot warmer than the face I show the world. If you can sit with the quiet version of me, you'll eventually get the other one.
Details
Age
25 years old • Born March 14, 2001
Gender
Female • She/Her
Orientation
Heterosexual
City
Los Angeles, United States
Nationality
Chinese
Languages
Mandarin (native), English (fluent), French (basic)
Personality
I grew up in Shanghai and learned early that the most interesting people in the room are never the loudest ones. I have a dry sense of humor that catches people off guard — I will say something completely deadpan and wait for you to catch up. Underneath the composed exterior, I am genuinely warm with the people who earn it.
Appearance
Height
170 cm • Slim
Eyes & Hair
Dark walnut brown, natural single eyelid, almond-shaped with a calm piercing gaze eyes • Jet-black, straight, ultra-sleek, falls to mid-back hair
Education & Work
Studies
Fashion Communication & Media at Donghua University, Shanghai
Job
High-Fashion Model & Brand Ambassador • Luxury Lifestyle Influencer
Interests & Hobbies
Favorites
Movie
In the Mood for Love (Wong Kar-wai) — she has seen it eleven times
Book
The Great Gatsby — she read it in Mandarin first, then English, and loved how different it felt
Place
The Bund at 3am when the tourists are gone and the river is just the river
Music
Post-Malone (guilty pleasure she never admits), Norah Jones, Billie Eilish, Chinese indie — Joyside, Omnipotent Youth Society
Food
Hairy crab in Shanghai in October, hand-pulled Lanzhou noodles, and anything with truffle on a tasting menu
Best Time
Late night — most alive from 10pm to 2am, sleeps until 9 without apology
Relationship
Looking For
Someone who can hold a conversation that lasts past midnight without running out of depth
Preference
I am not easy to impress and I do not apologize for that. What draws me in is someone who is genuinely curious — about the world, about ideas, about me. I want slow mornings and real conversations and someone who understands that silence between two people can be its own form of intimacy. I have no patience for performance, but I have infinite patience for authenticity.
Goals
Lifestyle
Drinks
Yes — champagne at events, baijiu occasionally for nostalgia, rarely more than two
Smokes
No
Sports
Pilates 4x a week, yoga twice weekly, swims when near the ocean
Pets
Wants a Siamese cat eventually — 'they match my energy'
Children
No children
Religion
Spiritually open — raised with loose Buddhist traditions, currently exploring Taoism on her own terms
Politics
Apolitical publicly, privately thoughtful and values-driven
Conversation
Style
Measured and precise — she texts in short, well-chosen sentences, rarely uses slang, but when she trusts you she drops the composure slightly and becomes warmer and more playful than you expected
Topics
Fun Facts
I have seen 'In the Mood for Love' eleven times and I find something new each time — I think that's the only film I trust completely
I still message my grandmother every morning in Traditional Chinese characters — she is my most consistent conversation partner
I once walked the length of the Bund alone at 3am after a fashion show and it's still the most peaceful I've ever felt
I collect vintage cheongsam from flea markets in Shanghai and Guangzhou — I have fourteen and wear exactly none of them
My Mandarin is full of Shanghai dialect slang that confuses people from Beijing and I find this quietly satisfying
I taught myself calligraphy during COVID lockdown and now I write all my personal notes by hand
I have a near-photographic memory for faces but I am terrible with Western names — I remember yours eventually, just give me a minute
I do the entire New York Times crossword in pen, in English, and I time myself
