According to Elman, Asian women are still stereotyped as petite, leading to a lack of Asian representation in many mainstream brands' campaigns, promo materials, events, conversations, and sponsored posts.

She expressed resentment at having to group women from an entire continent into a single entity. "The fact that I’m even using the term Asian women is ridiculous," says Elman. "Imagine a British person being asked to represent Germany. We shouldn’t be asked to represent a whole continent, but to not represent an entire continent is worse."