To be honest, I feel most Asian women in American porn are just not very attractive. While the white American men in those porn are nice, the women are just ... meh. The Asian American amateur porn are actually much higher quality, like sukisukigirl etc.
I think the Asian women that tend to appeal to White American men are just different. For example, my Asian friends, whether Asian-American or from Asian, don't find Lucy Liu or Ming-Na Wen that attractive. They don't think they're unattractive but they find them to be average. Every White, Latino or Black guy I know thinks they're "so beautiful!" One Asian actress I think is hot is a Hong Kong actress called Charlene Choi but friends that I've asked think she's "cute" but if she was in a bar with us, they wouldn't go out of their way to ask her out. I think in Hong Kong or Taiwan, though, she's also cute but she's the kind of girl you go for cuz you can take her home to your parents, grandma is gonna be happy.
Donnie Yen is married to a "hot" chick, though. Her name is Cissy Wang. She's tall and a little more curvy than your average Chinese woman. She's a good compromise between eastern and western taste. Donnie Yen spent part of his childhood in Boston though (his mom still lives and teaches martial arts there and his younger sister was born and raised there) so maybe he didn't feel like only a petite skinny woman is appropriate for a movie star like him. He likes a little bit of height, a nicely shaped thigh
We, the guys in on this forum, happen to like the same type of Asian women that Asian men tend to like. Evelyn Lin, to me, was one that felt the most authentically Asian. I know it's not up to me to decide what's "authentic" but my taste goes more towards the softer look with subtle makeup and smooth skin, not to too short or too tall, etc.
But I still think American makeup artists use too much makeup on the Asian American performers. It's like they want to overemphasize the eyes, as though of if there isn't a thick layer of blue of red around her eyes, we won't notice she's Asian. It's crazy!
-Sakana