In 2008, a story about Zeng vying to become a model, together with a series of offbeat photos of her, including one half naked, were published in a Nanjing newspaper and its affiliated website.
　　2008年，一家南京媒体在其报纸及网站上发表了曾晶立志成为模特的故事，同时刊登了她的一组个性写真照，包括一张半裸照。

　　The photos received tens of thousands of hits and comments that day and were linked by numerous portals.
　　这组照片的点击量过万，成千上万的网友跟帖评论。许多门户网站也将其转载发布。

　　"I think she is amazingly beautiful," commented one of the netizens, "It seems a bit unfair that overweight girls have long been excluded from the notion of beauty."
　　一位网友评论到：“我认为她美极了。长久以来胖女孩一直与美丽绝缘，这似乎有点不公平。”