Ailee's nude-photo scandal may have done more good than harm. Here are some showbiz beauties whose lives fell apart after their bits were put on show.

GILLIAN CHUNG

Pictures of the Hong Kong actress-singer posing in wild, sexual abandon made their way online in 2008 via Hong Kong actor Edison Chen's hacked laptop.

Her career took a nosedive as she had always sold herself as an innocent.

Her fans cried foul online, recalling with distaste when she cried in front of the Hong Kong media in 2006 after a peeping Tom took pictures of her in the changing room.

Her lucrative endorsement deals were cancelled and she beat a hasty retreat from the public eye.

CECILIA CHEUNG

When Hong Kong actor Edison Chen's laptop was hacked in 2008, pictures of his ex-girlfriend Cheung, naked, were leaked online.

Everyone was shocked because the Hong Kong actress was already a wife and mother.

She was married to Hong Kong actor Nicholas Tse, and the couple had a year-old son, Lucas.

Tse publicly supported his wife and the couple had another son, Quintus, in 2010.

But in 2011, the couple headed for splitsville.

MAGGIE WU

Just as she was making headway on TV with a leap from supporting to lead roles, sordid sex photos of the Taiwanese model-actress in bed with Taiwanese playboy Justin Lee were leaked online last year.

Wu was reportedly so emotionally distraught that she lost 5kg in 10 days after the photos appeared online.

Her manager claimed she had been drugged by Lee, but this didn't help her already sullied reputation.

Her career hit rock bottom.

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