SHANGHAI (AP) — Gigi Hadid and Katy Perry didn’t make it but the Victoria’s Secret show in Shanghai has managed to strut on without them.
The show survived a controversy over visa issues and one model who fell during the show.
Fifty-five models walked the catwalk Monday inside the Mercedes-Benz Arena. They were serenaded by Harry Styles, R&B star Miguel, Leslie Odom Jr. and Chinese singer Jane Zhang.
Absent were supermodel Hadid and Perry.
Both were scheduled to take part but bowed out just days before the show.
Hadid’s no-show came a few months after Chinese internet users accused her of racist behavior.
Perry caused controversy in 2015 in China for wearing a sunflower-adorned dress while performing in Taiwan.
The flower is an emblem of the island’s anti-China movement.
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