Katy Perry, Gigi Hadid and Adriana Lima 'BANNED from China' ahead of VS Fashion Show.
Page Six reported Thursday that Chinese authorities denied the 33-year-old pop diva's visa after outrage over her wearing the Taiwanese flag during a 2015 concert at Taipei Arena.
The communist country was further angered over her wearing a sunflower gown -
symbolic of the Sunflower Student Movement, which protested a Chinese trade
agreement in 2014.
'She was initially granted a visa to perform at the VS show in Shanghai, then Chinese officials changed their minds and yanked her visa,' a source told the site.
Katy's banned news came hours after model-of-the-moment Gigi Hadid announced
she was 'bummed not to be able to make it to China this year' over Twitter.
The real reason was reportedly due to an Instagram video of the 22-year-old IMG
Model squinting her eyes to resemble a Buddha cookie that her sister Bella
uploaded in February.
As for Gigi's sibling, the 21-year-old sneakerhead shared a lingerie-clad snap Wednesday gushing: '5.DAYS. @victoriassecret I am so excited! Can't wait to see you Shanghai!'
Other cancellations this year include Brazilian bombshell Adriana Lima due to a 'diplomatic problem' as well as Julia Belyakova, Kate Grigorieva, Irina Sharipova, and Dasha Khlystun.
