Kayi Cheung

Kayi Cheung , born on 18 November 1983 in Hong Kong with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong, is Miss Hong Kong 2007. She also received the Miss Vitality Ambassador award. Cheung has said her goal is to become a successful programme host and to promote healthy living.

In 2005, Cheung entered the Miss Chinese Pageant in which she was not named as a Top 3 contestant. However, she did capture the Miss Vivacious Beauty award. She hosted What's On on Fairchild Television until April 2007 when she returned to Hong Kong as an overseas contestant in the Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Cheung wasn't a favorite to win, and was virtually ignored during the entire pageant. She was not considered even a contender to make the top 8, let alone top 5 or top 3. When she was announced as the winner, the live audience booed heavily because nobody expected her to be up there. Most of those in attendance thought that the crown should have gone to eventual runner-up Grace Wong, who had bagged the Miss Photogenic and Miss International Goodwill awards on the same night.

What followed was massive criticism totally unseen in Hong Kong pageant history. The media and the public severely bashed Cheung for being one of the least beautiful Miss Hong Kong winners ever. TVB, the organizer of the pageant, claimed that the onstage performance on the final night was just part of the game and Cheung had showed very strong communication skills when meeting the judges before the final, which might prove decisive. The public were not convinced, and insisted that Cheung's win was fixed. The bashing continued to the point that there were informal polls among internet fans on whether there should be a re-election of Miss Hong Kong 2007. Nevertheless, Cheung handled the pressure gracefully and remained calm and composed whenever she was asked about all the harsh comments made on her looks.

Cheung attended the University of British Columbia, a university that has produced beauty queens in the past. Besides Cheung, four other Vancouver contestants have won the Miss Hong Kong pageant --- Virginia Yung , Anne Heung , Sonija Kwok and Vivian Lau . The university has also produced three Miss Chinese International winners including Bernice Liu of 2001, Linda Chung of 2004, and Leanne Li of 2005.

Cheung competed in Sanya, China for the Miss World 2007 pageant in December 2007. In the pageant she made history by becoming the first Miss Hong Kong to win the Beauty With A Purpose award, based on her charity work for the "Wai Yin Association", a charitable organisation set up by a group of former Miss Hong Kong winners/participants since 1982. Cheung tied with Miss Ecuador for the award so both advanced to the semifinals automatically. She is the first Miss Hong Kong to make the semi-finals since Pauline Yeung did in 1987. The Miss World 2007 title went to Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China.

In January 2008, Cheung went on to compete in the Miss Chinese International 2008 pageant where she was not considered to have much chance to do well even as the host delegate. Again she broke all odds and became 1st runner up, the first Miss Hong Kong to place in the top 3 since Mandy Cho in 2004. This was again criticised as being the result of TVB's "help", especially because other contestants were mostly of very competitive quality, and Kayi's performance was considered mediocre at best.

Cheung did the worst in the relatively least competitive pageant she had entered, Miss Chinese Vancouver 2005.

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Kate Tsui

Kate Tsui Ji-San is a pageant winner and a TVB actress.

Education

Tsui graduated from the University of California, Davis with a major in . She is also skilled in different styles of dancing such as and ballet. Tsui can speak several languages. During college, she in Japan.

Pageant career

After her studies in Japan, she entered the Miss Hong Kong 2004 pageant. She took the winner's crown along with Miss Photogenic award, Fitness award and Miss International Goodwill. Taking 4 titles is rare, and in the history of Miss Hong Kong, only Shirley Yeung has taken more.

After participating in TVB events and hosting some shows, she entered the Miss Chinese International 2005 pageant. Despite being a favorite for the crown, she only obtained one award and got placed in the top 5, losing to Leanne Li and Fala Chen.

Being an actress

Not long after being crowned as Miss Hong Kong 2004, Kate Tsui became romantically linked to singer Leon Lai when she interviewed him in the entertainment show "Jade Starbiz."

In 2006, Kate was heavily criticized by the public for speaking of sex openly on an RTHK radio show held in Hong Kong. Such over talk of sex shocked the public and was considered as impairing the well-established fame of Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Kate later apologized to TVB.

Awards

Miss Hong Kong 2004:

Winner, Miss Photogenic, Miss International Goodwill, and Fitness award.

Miss Chinese International 2005:

Top 5 finalist and Miss Gorgeous.

TVB 40th Anniversary Awards 2007

Winner Most Improved Actress Award

27th Hong Kong Film Award

Winner Best Newcomer Award

Filmography

TVB series:
*Fantasy Trend
*When Rules Turn Loose
*La Femme Desperado
*The Price of Greed
*The Brink Of Law
*On The First Beat
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*Speech of Silence
*Moonlight Resonance
*Man in Charge
*The Four
*Beauty High Resolution

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* ''Lady Cop & Papa Crook''

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Jolene Chin

Jolene Chin Yeng-Mun or Chan Ying Man, or Chen Ying Wen ,is a beauty pageant queen from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. She won the title of Miss Astro Chinese International in 2004 where she received the Miss Friendship Award and Miss Elegance Award and represented Malaysia at Miss Chinese International Pageant. She also won the Miss Chinese International Friendship Award in 2005. She can speak , Cantonese, Mandarin, and Malay.

Education

Jolene studied at a Chinese primary school but went to Australia to further her studies. It was at where she studied finance and marketing and graduated as a Bachelor of Commerce, Finance & Marketing and was formerly a marketing executive.

Awards

* 2004: Miss Astro Chinese International - also Miss Friendship and Miss Elegance
* 2005: Miss Friendship

Jessie Liu

Jessie M. Liu is Miss NY Chinese 2002, the first Miss NY Chinese winner to compete in Miss Chinese International. She is a producer/ director/ host for Chinese American TV programs.

Background

Born in China, Canton Province, Guangzhou, Jessie Liu immigrated to the U.S. with parents in 1993. She lived in Rhode Island with parents and sister from 1993 to 2003, then moved to New York City by herself in 2004.

Beauty Pageant

Jessie Liu entered Miss NY Chinese 2002 pageant
at the age of 20. She also won the title of Miss Popularity, which voted by live audience at the night of the competition. She played piano and sang a song that she composed as her talent performance in the competition. In January, 2003, she traveled to Hong Kong to compete in Miss Chinese International 2003 representing NY.

Career

In 2003, Jessie Liu returned to RI to finish college while interned in a marketing firm in Manhattan, NY. In 2007, she withdrawn from her full-time position as the Account Service Department Director at the marketing firm, and started her new career in entertainment production. She hosted a Telly Award-winning, national Chinese American TV program, Better Living in USA ?美化家居?

, in fall 2006. From April to December 2007, she hosted the first Chinese American game show series, Click or Clash ?皇牌對對碰?, produced by a New York based entertainment company, JL Global Entertainment Inc.


In 2008, Jessie Liu produced, directed, hosted Better Living in USA II, Celebrity Home ?名家有主? , traveled around the U.S. to interview successful Chinese American immigrants. It is the first locally produced Chinese American TV show that got broadcast nationally via multiple TV cable and satellite network in the U.S.

Ina Lu

Ina Lu , born 1982 in , is a South African beauty hailing from Johannesburg. She was 2006.

Miss Chinese South Africa

Ina won the crown of ''Miss Chinese South Africa 2005'', organized by the community from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan on January 29, 2005. She beat out 11 other delegates including her sister, Ivy Lu. Ivy is the 1st runner up in Hong Kong for the 2007 title, as the Miss Chinese South Africa pageant is held every two years, but the MCIP is held every year .

Miss Chinese International 2006

She then represented Johannesburg at the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2006. Being considered a favorite due to her figure and smile, she won Johannesburg's first crown. She beat out favorites like Tracy Ip of Hong Kong, Crystal Li of Vancouver, and Elva Ni of Toronto for the crown. Before Ina's win, 1995's Miss Chinese South Africa Linda Li was Johannesburg's best showing at Miss Chinese International, placing in the Top 5.

Life after the pageant

Instead of taking an offer to join the Hong Kong entertainment industry right away by signing with TVB, Ina returned to Johannesburg to continue her studies.

Currently

She crowned Sarah Song of Sydney, Australia as Miss Chinese International 2007 on January 20, 2007. Sarah succeeded her. The first runner up at the pageant was Ivy Lu of Johannesburg, South Africa who is her younger sister. Ivy was close in succeeding Ina as the new winner, and both were almost the first pair of sisters in the history of the pageant to win the crown.

Fala Chen

Fala Chen is a beauty pageant queen hailing from Georgia, US. Fala has 4 major Chinese titles. She is Miss Asian America 2002, Miss Chinatown USA 2003 runner up , Miss NY Chinese 2004, and Miss Chinese International 2005 runner up.

Education

Fala was born in Chengdu, People's Republic of China in 1982. She came to the United States at the age of 15 in 1997. She attended Emory University in , USA where she majored in Marketing and International business, minored in Japanese. During her first year in college, she started entering beauty pageants. She graduated from Goizueta Business School of Emory University with a BA degree in May, 2005.

Beauty Pageants

Representing Georgia, Fala entered the Miss Asian America 2002 pageant. At the age of 20, she took the crown on August 2002. She performed a traditional peacock dance in a golden dress for her talent. Her dance was taught by her mother.

After taking the Miss Asian America crown, she entered the Miss Chinatown USA 2003 pageant. Traveling to to compete, she took the Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce 2003 title . The winner was Miss Honolulu, Hawaii, Darah Dung.

After participating in 2 Chinese pageants, she participated in the Miss Chinese International pageant. That is when she participated in the Miss NY Chinese 2004 pageant. She was favored to win due to her smile, figure, beauty, and previous pageant titles. She joined the pageant on August 13, 2004, and took the crown and 3 awards After winning, she was able to represent New York at the 2005 Miss Chinese International pageant even though she was from Georgia. It was also in 2004 that the pageant accepts delegates around The United States.

In January, 2005, Fala traveled to Hong Kong to compete for the Miss Chinese International 2005 crown. From beginning to end, Fala was considered the one to beat according to many pageant sites and the Hong Kong Press. On January 29, 2005, she competed at TVB City for the crown. She took hold the title of First Runner Up for the city of New York. The eventual winner was Miss Leanne Li from Vancouver.

Career

After returning to New York for a while, she went back to Hong Kong and joined the big family of TVB. She started on one TVB series Forensic Heroes, where she started as a murderer who accidentally killed someone. She also crowned the 2006 Miss Chinese International 1st runner up, Ginney Ann from Bangkok, Thailand.

Filmography

Television Series

Awards

* 2002: Miss Asian America 2002
* 2003: Miss Chinatown USA 2003 1st runner up
* 2004: Miss NY Chinese 2004, Best in MTV, Best Costume, and Miss Photogenic
* 2005: Miss Chinese International 2005 1st runner up
* 2007: TVB Best Supporting Actress

Carlene Aguilar

Carlene Ang Aguilar is a beauty queen. Aguilar is a former Miss Philippines Earth and a former .

Carlene was born on February 8, 1982, to her parents Raul Aguilar and Catharin Ang. She has 2 brothers and a sister, all raised in the heart of Quezon City, Philippines. Carlene studied at the Immaculate Conception Academy in Greenhills for her elementary and high school education. She is currently taking up her Bachelor of Arts course in the University of the Philippines.

Carlene won the title of Miss Philippines Earth and became the country's first representative to the 2001 Miss Earth pageant. In 2004, she became Miss Chinatown Manila and Miss Chinese International 2nd Runner-up. In 2005, at the Binibining Pilipinas pageant she was crowned as Binibining Pilipinas World. She was also named as Miss Philippine Airlines and Miss Avon. She was a semi-finalist and a favorite by the bookmakers and pageant sites at the 2005 Miss World pageant in Sanya, China.

Carlene went into acting, and had a previous performance contract with Hong Kong's TVB Network where she stayed for a few months. She has also done fashion and commercial modelling.

Carlene can be most recently seen on Filipino television as a dancing contestant on the ABS-CBN show ''U Can Dance''. Billed as a 'beauty titlist' in the Filipino version of Dancing With The Stars, her partner is professional dancer Dindo Divinagracia.

Recently, she was proclaimed as Miss Internet WWW Queen 2006. She gave birth to a healthy baby boy on 22 September 2007 and is named Calix Andreas. The father of her son is actor Dennis Trillo. Dennis stated that he felt relieved after making the admission: “''Pakiramdam ko mas magkakaroon ako ng peace of mind dahil …kasi hindi ko naman matatago yun habambuhay dahil talagang dumarating sa parte ng isang tao ‘yung ganun nagkakaroon ng anak , parte ng buhay yun e, so yun yung inevitable sa isang buhay''.
Calix celebrated his 1st birthday on September 17, 2008.