シンデレラガール

noun

Cinderella girl; overnight sensation

Wasei-eigo term for a previously unknown girl who suddenly becomes famous, often through a single event or discovery. Carries a fairy-tale-like nuance of rapid transformation.

wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from Cinderella girl

• 彼かの女じょはオーディション番ばん組ぐみで優ゆう勝しょうして、一いち躍やくシンデレラガールになった。

  She won the audition show and became a Cinderella girl overnight.

• あの新しん人じんアイドルはまさにシンデレラガールだね。

  That new idol is a real Cinderella girl, isn't she?