With famous parents like matinee idol Patrick Tse and seventies screen siren Deborah Lee, Nicholas Tse has lived his whole life in the limelight. Photos of him from when he was much younger have often surfaced online, although none have gone as viral as this one.

In the photo, Nic, who looked about 10, had full make-up on and was clad in a tube top with a feather boa wrapped around his bare shoulders and arms. He also wore lace gloves, a hat and various gold accessories. The combination of his outfit and his coy pose left netizens dumbfounded as they wondered, “Are you sure this isn’t a photo of a young lady from a well-to-do family?”

One netizen wrote: “Good looks don’t lie. He’s grown up so handsomely, but this photo is proof that he would have been a real beauty if he was born a woman.” Another added, “I really want to know what inspired this photoshoot. It’s not like he just randomly threw on some clothes that were laying around the house. Even his lipstick is better applied than mine on most days.”

Keen-eyed fans also noticed that Nic looked a lot like Chinese actress Guan Xiaotong when she was a kid. The 23-year-old was a child star, and was named one of the “most beautiful young actresses” when she was in elementary school.

Coincidentally enough, Nicholas and Xiaotong worked together on the 2005 movie The Promise when the latter was eight, which led netizens to wonder: “Do you think Nic did a double take when he first saw [Xiaotong]? They really are the spitting image of each other when they were the same age.”

Photos: PBE Media

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