She's become a favorite of young and old Taiwanese, and many women have come to think of her as the ideal lover. Female fans crowd around the TV studio bearing fancy gifts and creating traffic jams. Ten years ago, Yang was voted one of the ten hottest idols by a gay and lesbian organization-despite being over fifty!
尤其女性觀眾更視她為夢中情人；不僅常在電視台前苦候不去，要為偶像獻上金飾及金牌，每每造成台視附近大塞車，還有許多女性觀眾為她爭風吃醋，直到 10 年前，年過半百的楊麗花仍被同性戀團體票選為 10 大偶像之一！