Xiaxue Biography, Age, Career, Net Worth, Height, Relationship & More

Xiaxue is a Singaporean blogger and online television personality who writes in a provocative style about her life, fashion, and local issues.

Xiaxue announced that her “fairytale” has ended and has been for a “long time,” as she and her American husband, Mike Sayre, have decided to divorce after 17 years of marriage.

Xiaxue is famous for her main blog, which attracts about 50,000 readers daily, and has won prestigious blog awards and earned her sponsorship deals, as well as stints as a columnist and TV show host, but some of her posts have sparked national controversies.

Xiaxue Biography

Cheng Yan Yan Wendy born Cheng Yan Yan; on 28 April 1984, better known by her pseudonym Xiaxue, is a Singaporean blogger and online television personality who writes about her life, fashion, and local issues in a provocative style. Her main blog, which attracts about 50,000 readers daily, has won prestigious blog awards and earned her sponsorship deals, as well as stints as a columnist and TV show host, but some of her posts have sparked national controversies. 

Xiaxue has several blogs, including her untitled main blog (xiaxue.blogspot.com), and several private blogs. Although she writes in the English language, she selected her pseudonym Xiaxue which means “snowing” in Mandarin Chinese, because it “had that tinge of mysterious, beautiful girl thing about it”. 

On her main blog, which attracts about 50,000 readers daily, she provides updates about her personal life, posts photographs, writes about topics such as fashion, discusses local issues such as “nasty taxi drivers”, and posts paid advertorials. She often uses profanity in her posts and her success has been attributed to her provocative writing style. 

According to a survey she conducted, which attracted 6000 responses, her readers are mainly Singaporean, female, young adults interested in fashion and “looking for an alternative voice”. Awards that her main blog has won include the 2004 and 2005 Wizbang Weblog Awards Best Asian Blog and the 2005 Bloggies Best Asian Weblog. Her main blog, the first from Singapore to enter the Technorati Global Top 100 Blogs List, was selected for the National Library Board archive in 2008.

Due to the popularity of her main blog, Xiaxue has earned jobs in mainstream media, notably as a columnist for national newspapers TODAY and The New Paper, Maxim magazine, and Snag magazine. In addition, she has served as an editor for blog aggregator Tomorrow.sg, a Star Blogger for the STOMP portal, and a presenter at the 2005 Singapore Writer's Festival. 

Xiaxue has struck sponsorship deals with many companies, including online eyewear store HoneyColor, childcare merchandise retailer Mothercare, T-shirt maker LocalBrand, hair salon Kimage, and nail studio Voxy. In 2006, she and DJ Rosalyn Lee co-hosted Girls Out Loud, a reality TV series on MediaCorp Channel 5, where they engage in “outrageous antics and no-holds-barred banter”. 

Xiaxue has a fortnightly series, called Xiaxue's Guide to Life, on the web television channel clicknetwork.tv; its highest-rated episode had more than a million views. The Health Promotion Board selected her as an ambassador for their Get Fresh campaign to discourage women from smoking and help female smokers quit.

Xiaxue was accused of “fatphobia” on social media after she called morbidly obese people “disgusting” and that they “don't live past” the age of 40. She claimed in an Instagram story that “they gorge themselves with 30 burgers a day and when they inevitably get a clogged artery or diabetes, taxpayers have to help foot their medical bills when their health conditions are entirely caused by their irresponsible behavior”. Xiaxue's posts were deleted by Instagram after users reported her for harassment.

In July 2020, Xiaxue lost brand sponsorships following police reports over racist tweets, including tweets that were targeted at foreign workers, alleging “they molest people and f*** our maids and leer at girls and flood Little India” and the attempt to use the N-word in a certain context. Beauty brand Fresh and Swedish timepiece company Daniel Wellington has publicly confirmed that they have ended their partnerships with Xiaxue following this incident. Reality and lifestyle channel Clicknetwork, with whom Xiaxue has worked since 2011, dropped her as a host.

Xiaxue married American engineer Mike Sayre, whom she met online and had dated for three years, and in March 2013, she gave birth to a boy named Dashiel. In 2023, she announced that she and Mike Sayre had split up.

Xiaxue's Nationality

Xiaxue is a Singaporean blogger and online television personality who writes about her life, fashion, and local issues in a provocative style.

Xiaxue's Net Worth

Xiaxue net worth is estimated at around $1.5 million.

Where is Xiaxue from?

Xiaxue is from Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.

How old is Xiaxue?

Born on April 28, 1984, Xiaxue is 38 years

Xiaxue's Height & Weight

Xiaxue is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 55kg

Xiaxue's Career

Xiaxue is a blogger and online television personality who writes about her life, fashion, and local issues in a provocative style. Her main blog, which attracts about 50,000 readers daily, has won prestigious blog awards and earned her sponsorship deals, as well as stints as a columnist and TV show host, but some of her posts have sparked national controversies.

Xiaxue has several blogs, including her untitled main blog (xiaxue.blogspot.com), and several private blogs. Although she writes in the English language, she selected her pseudonym Xiaxue which means “snowing” in Mandarin Chinese, because it “had that tinge of mysterious, beautiful girl thing about it”.

Xiaxue's Marital Status

Xiaxue is currently single as she just announced that she and her husband are going their separate ways after being married for 13 years. She married American engineer Mike Sayre, whom she met online and had dated for three years, and in March 2013

Xiaxue's Family & Siblings

Xiaxue hasn't mentioned much about her family and siblings but we know her father is an antique dealer, her mother is a property agent, and they are divorced. She also has a younger brother whose name isn't known.

Why is Xiaxue famous?

Xiaxue is famous for her blog which provides updates about her personal life, posts photographs, writes about topics such as fashion, discusses local issues such as “nasty taxi drivers”, and posts paid advertorials.

Xiaxue's Children

Xiaxue has a son named Dashiel who she welcomed in 2013, 3 years after marrying her husband.

Xiaxue's Social Media

Xiaxue goes by the handle (@xiaxue) on Instagram