Ugly Children Lawsuit Hoax
In 2004, a story about a Chinese man named Jim Feng who sued his wife for bearing unattractive children was published. Feng was “horrified” when his wife gave birth to an ugly daughter, and was convinced that she’d had an affair. Feng’s wife confessed that she had actually had around £70,000 worth of plastic surgery before they met. He divorced her and sued her for £55,000.
Taiwanese model, Hiedi Yeh, posed for this photo, believing it to be for a print cosmetics ad. Instead, the photo was published as an ad for plastic surgery with the tagline, “The only thing you’ll ever have to worry about is how to tell the kids,” implying that both parents have had extensive plastic surgery to make them look more attractive. The meme blew up, and now, Yeh is trying to sue the original posters for defamation.