Zhang Xinyu cursed her rival Xu Zishan, and the netizens disclosed her early scandal of working as a prostitute.

In order to vie for her boyfriend Alex Woo, Zhang Xinyu and Miss Hong Kong, Charmaine Sheh, have engaged in a fierce war of insults. Zhang Xinyu once wrote on Weibo: "May God protect me from the sight of Sister Sausage." Some netizens immediately exposed that the "Sister Sausage" refers to Charmaine Sheh, who has two thick lips. As a result, many netizens went on to trace the early history of Zhang Xinyu, revealing many photos suspected to be of Zhang Xinyu working as an escort in her younger days.