Chinese college student ‘scammed out of US$11,000’ for plastic surgery to become a model

A college student has been left 70,000 yuan (US$11,000) in debt after having multiple plastic surgery procedures in a “model recruitment” scam in central China, a local newspaper reports.

The 20-year-old woman, identified only by her surname Zhang, took out loans to pay for breast enhancement, liposuction, double eyelid surgery and a procedure to enlarge her eyes, Henan Business Daily reported on Wednesday.