Xie Qing turned the model into the copy image of royal-themed TV drama, The Saga of Wu Zetian, heroine. [Photo/Weibo]

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing portrays the character Empress Wu Zetian in the TV series The Saga of Wu Zetian.[Photo/IC]

Girl presents model as heroine in final exam

During final exams students try their best to impress teachers in an effort to secure a high score. A student at Chengdu polytechnic institute, Southwest China's Sichuan province, did something similar.

Xie Qing, a sophomore majoring in make-up and costume design, vowed her teacher and Internet users by preparing a model in the copy image of the heroine of the royal-themed TV drama, The Saga of Wu Zetian, for her final exam, newssc.org reported on Friday.

The TV drama, which tells the story of the only female monarch of China, Wu Zetian, triggered heated debate online, after the shots of cleavage were replaced with the close-up of actresses' faces recently.

The undated photo shows Xie Qing, left, a sophomore majoring in make-up and costume design, applies make-up on a model in her final exam in Chengdu, Southwest China's Sichuan province. [Photo/Weibo]