Chun Li (A9)

**Chun-Li** (/ˈtʃʌn ˈli/ *CHUN LEE*), spelled on the show without the hyphen, was a contestant on Cycle 9 of ANTM in 2022. She was the runner-up. She later returned for All-Stars 2, where she was the eleventh model eliminated and the third runner-up.

## ANTM

### Cycle 9

Though Chun Li was a police officer, she pretended she was just cosplaying for the first theme and even chanted ACAB to impress Delcatty, who mentioned she had done a great job at showing that police officers are violent and have anger issues. From them on, Chun Li stood out as an early contender thanks to her great posing and strong pictures. For the Partner photoshoot, Chun-Li was in cloud nine and spent most of the time passionately making out with her lover Ryu. However, since Morrigan’s partner Felicia was down with covid, Chun Li was asked to sub in as they already knew each other from outside the competition. Chun Li was annoyed by this distraction and saw it as an opportunity to sabotage Morrigan, whom she saw as a threat. Despite the sabotage, the picture came out great and given that Chun Li was “such a hoe” in film, Morrigan wound up outplacing her. From then on, their relationship turned bitter.
Though Chun Li was a fierce competitor with an FCO under her belt, the pressure of the competition got the best of her, especially after Morrigan obtained her first FCO. The judges were worried that she may be losing her flame but still gave her a ticket overseas. This seemed to reignite something within Chun Li, as she consistently placed in the top, nabbed two more FCOs and suddenly found herself as a contender to the win. The final portfolio battle between her and Morrigan was intense, but ultimately it was Morrigan that took the crown. Chun Li was angry but more so at herself and recognized that she had treated Morrigan poorly. In her final words, she hoped Morrigan could forgive her and become friends with her again.

### All-Stars 2

Chun Li was known as the best contestant to never win and easily matched her high expectations by earning herself the first FCO and maintaining a strong performance early into the season. She was known as strong model AND wrestler, and not afraid to take risks. In Episode 5, she was one of many who chose to take a mermaid shot, and was told that it was the best one since Marinette Dupain-Cheng's in Cycle 5.

While still strong, Chun Li began to show signs of faltering, though still got her ticket overseas as expected. In Episode 8, despite being known as the best poser, Chun Li tried to hard and delivered a messy picture. While the audience had turned on her, Delcatty still saw the value in her and saved both her and Albedo from elimination, though not before telling Chun Li that she seemed to have lost that spark she had in Cycle 9. From then on, Chun Li made her way to the finale as the last runner-up still in, but due to her lack of growth throughout the competition and continued middling shots, she was eliminated in fourth over Zelda and Rias. Chun Li found this unexpected and was pissed in her last words, as anything other than first was a failure and hadn't bonded with the other girls, and she vowed to have a better career than whoever turned out to be the winner.

## Trivia

* Chun Li in Cycle 9 is tied with Princess Belle for the best callout average of all runners-up.

## Gallery

### Cycle 9

PromoOccupations/Jobs (Police officer)Flowers/Plants/Trees/Petals/GrassBlack and whitePartnerDark/NightWeaponsFire/SmokeCoversAccessoriesDressesCovergirl beauty shotsRunway (walking)Runway (posing)
### All-Stars 2

MakeoverToys/Dolls/Statues/FiguresBlack and whitePokémon types (Ice)Underwater/Mermaid/Fish/OceanFootwearAvant-gardeColors (Pink)Winter/Christmas (high res)ProfileCovergirl beauty shots