Looking back, Cher acknowledges the controversial attire paved the way for today’s top pop stars, like Lady Gaga and Christina Aguilera. At the time, she wasn’t trying to blaze a trail, she was simply trying to express herself.

“I’ve always pushed the envelope. I pushed it farther than anybody else was pushing it at a time, where I thought, ‘I’m in show business, that’s what you do,’” she said, adding, “We all pave the way for the next generation.

“We all make it a little bit easier for the people coming after.

“But I must say no one really made it easier for me as how I chose to display myself. That was me just being me.”

- Cher: I’ve pushed the envelope, Stuff.co.nz, September 25, 2013.

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Zhang Xin is Trainer at chinadaily.com.cn. He has been with China Daily since 1988, when he graduated from Beijing Foreign Studies University. Write him at: zhangxin@chinadaily.com.cn, or raise a question for potential use in a future column.

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