Model Li Qiqi poses during a photo shoot for a Taobao store in Hangzhou
Model Li Qiqi poses during a photo shoot for a Taobao store in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province August 14, 2012. Li is one of 35,000 web models who pose for virtual store fronts on Alibaba Group's Taobao, an eBay-like consumer-to-consumer site, where the models have become a centrepiece. Taobao ranks the girls based on sales of the products they pitch, as well as their popularity among vendors and fans who can vote on the website. Picture taken August 14, 2012. To match story TAOBAO-MODELS/CHINA REUTERS/Lang Lang (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS FASHION SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY)