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Bling Empire 2’s shock showdown: Anna Shay vs Christine Chiu compared, from their net worths and designer wardrobes, to their multimillion-dollar LA mansions – which Netflix diva reigns supreme?

Anna Shay and Christine Chiu are known as frenemies on Bling Empire. Photos: @annashay93, @christinechiu/Instagram
Anna Shay and Christine Chiu are known as frenemies on Bling Empire. Photos: @annashay93, @christinechiu/Instagram

  • Netflix’s Bling Empire season two is back with more drama, like the frenemy situation between heiresses Chiu and Shay – no thanks to Kane Lim’s gossip
  • Chiu has a lower net worth but great haute couture style, like the Elie Saab gown she wore to meet Prince Charles, while Shay went Valentino shopping with Jaime Xie

Netflix’s binge-worthy reality show about America’s own crazy rich Asians, Bling Empire, returned for its second season with more oomph, drama and LA opulence. While all of the show’s cast make for fantastic TV, two rival figures stand out from the rest with their diva-ish attitudes and larger-than-life luxury lifestyles – the ultra-rich Christine Chiu and Anna Shay, who we met in season one.

We witnessed their whirlwind journey as frenemies in the series debut, and now, the second season picks up where they left off, with the eccentric Russian-Japanese heiress still not buying whatever Chiu is selling. The two continue to clash and thus, the drama proceeds.

Anna Shay and Christine Chiu in Bling Empire. Photo: Netflix
Anna Shay and Christine Chiu in Bling Empire. Photo: Netflix
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Chiu even confessed to Kane Lim that she thought Shay was out to get her. Lim, being the gossip he is, didn’t help the drama and ended up stirring the pot by talking to Shay about what Chiu told him in confidence, putting a bigger dent in the frenemy-ship.

Here, we take a deep dive into the competition between Shay and Chiu – based on their wealth.

Net worths, compared

Anna Shay: US$600 million

Anna Shay’s father Edward had controversial ties. Photo: @annashay93/Instagram
Anna Shay’s father Edward had controversial ties. Photo: @annashay93/Instagram
The weapons heiress inherited most of her wealth from her father Edward who ran PAE: a successful American defence contractor. She loves designer clothing and private planes, but she occasionally shares her fortune too, like when she bought Kevin Kreider all those Dior goodies in season one.

Shay and her brother reportedly sold the controversial company in 2006 for a whopping US$1.2 billion and that heavily contributes to her enormous wealth today. She told O, The Oprah Magazine years ago, “It was so confusing when I got the checks. I didn’t know what to do with them. I didn’t cash them, then I got in trouble for not cashing them.” Safe to say, she’s not struggling financially.

Christine Chiu: US$80 million

Umesh Bhagchandani is a lifestyle and entertainment journalist from Jakarta, where he spent the better part of his life writing for Indonesia Tatler. Currently, he still writes film reviews on his blog (meshthemoviefreak) and is developing Jakarta Veg Bible along the way.