A rising girl group in China started out by being bullied by netizens who considered them the country’s “ugliest” performers, but that didn’t stop their fame from skyrocketing. Five high school students from Bozhou formed the group called Sunshine without any idea that they would soon become China’s next pop sensation.

　　中国一个崛起的女子组合出道时受到了网友们的欺负，他们认为该组合的成员是中国“最丑的”表演者，但是这并未阻止她们名声鹊起。来自亳州的五名高中生成立了名为“Sunshine”的组合，她们没有想到自己很快就成为了中国的下一个流行明星。

　　Classmates Abby, Cheryl, Cindy, Dora and Nancy decided to join a singing contest back in 2015 with hopes of nabbing the mobile phone prizes being offered. The 17-year-old high school students ended up posting a music video along with numerous group portraits on Chinese social media site Weibo simply as their means of joining the contest.

　　2015年，同学关系的Abby、Cheryl、 Cindy、 Dora和Nancy决定加入一个歌唱比赛，希望获得手机这一奖品。结果，这些17岁的高中生们在中国社交媒体网站微博上上传了一个音乐视频和很多组合照片作为她们参赛的方式。

　　However, the Chinese girl group didn’t anticipate that their post was already garnering the attention of millions of social media users. According to South China Morning Post, the girl group’s post went viral but not exactly in the way that they intended it to be. The high school students were met with harsh criticisms with one social media user even feeling “so disgusted” after hearing the girl group’s song.

　　然而，这个中国女子组合并未料到她们的帖子会得到数百万社交媒体用户们的关注。据《南华早报》报道，这个女子组合的帖子并未以她们希望的方式流传。一名社交媒体用户严厉批评了这些高中生们，他说在听完这个女子组合的歌后，他甚至觉得“恶心”。

　　Despite the amount of negativity surrounding the group, their popularity still grew to a point where they received interview requests from various media outlets all while being followed by numerous fans. “Even when we went to the toilet, people would follow us,” Sunshine member Cheryl added.

　　尽管这个组合负面性缠身，她们的人气却一直在涨，她们还收到了各路媒体的采访邀请，以及很多粉丝们的关注。Sunshine成员Cheryl补充道：“就连我们上厕所，也有人跟着我们。”

　　The girl group was able to turn their negative image into their selling point and eventually caught the attention of record label Xin Nian Music. The record label saw potential in Sunshine since their rise to fame tells a story that “can inspire others.”

　　这个女子组合能够将自己的负面形象转化为卖点，最终得到了唱片公司信念音乐的注意。这家唱片公司看到了Sunshine的潜力，因为他们的走红讲述了一个“能够激励他人”的故事。