CNN broke the news today: adorable 9-year-old Lin Miaoke, who captivated millions at the opening ceremonies Friday night, was lip-syncing to the voice of 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, who was deemed "not cute enough" by Politburo members during rehearsals and yanked from the program at the last minute.
What I want to know is, how did they find a "cute enough" girl so fast? And why couldn't they have found someone who was both cute AND talented?Looking at the diptych I just made of the two girls side by side, I can't really see why the first girl is cuter than the other, except she has longer hair, she's in pigtails, and she's smiling. Oh, and she has slightly better teeth (but in kids, bad teeth can be cute). Who knows.
