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This article provides an overview of the development of modeling of English usage worldwide, and introduces a new model of English for the modern, globalized era—one that represents the user, their location, and their variety of English simultaneously. The complicated intersection of users and varieties in the Asia Pacific region provides the context within which to best explain the application of such a model. The article concludes that models of English used from this point forward must be able to provide accurate representations of language use, without favoring one group of users over another, to ensure fair access to a language that is now a global medium.