Lesbian daughter of tycoon who offered millions to find her a man is now an iconic LGBTQ+ activist

Do you remember that story from 2012 about the Chinese business tycoon who tried to find a man to marry his lesbian daughter, Gigi Chao, for a handsome sum?

Hong Kong property tycoon Cecil Chao (趙世曾) offered US$65 million to any man who wanted to take on the ‘challenge’ – and as a consequence made his daughter an LGBTQ+ icon.

Chao, now 45, was bombarded with thousands of unwanted marriage proposals from across the world in an attempt to make her straight. She’s now a leading Hong Kong business woman and activist.

It was reported that some women even offered their own husbands. In total, 20,000 offers were said to have been made, but Chao remained unmoved – because she was a lesbian, and also in a civil partnership with another

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