All participants must have a valid Hong Kong identity card or must be born in Hong Kong (with a valid Birth Certificate ). The pageant has been an annual event since 1973 . Apart from the top prize winner, first runner-up and second runner-up prizes, the pageant also has other consolation prizes that vary slightly from year to year. Many Miss Hong Kong contestants have gone on to have movie careers as it is quite typical for the top contestants to garner television contracts from TVB.
The pageant is televised into two events. First, a preliminary event is held where 12 semi-finalists are selected from a group of candidates, the number of which is usually around 20-25 (with 30 being the maximum). Then a final event is held where the 12 semi-finalists are reduced to a final 5. The second and first runner-ups and the winner are then announced. Often several contestants dropped out of the pageant before the televised preliminary, thus there would be a candidate with #30 assigned to her, but only 25 or so contestants.
(慧妍雅集) is the official association for all official contestants (i.e., those that made it into the semi-finals). It is a registered charity. It was established in 1982 to help the citizens of Hong Kong.
Miss Hong Kong 2007 pageant was held in the Hong Kong Coliseum on July 21, 2007. Outgoing titleholder, Miss Hong Kong 2006, Aimee Chan crowned the new winner Kayi Cheung after the show. The first runner-up Grace Wong also won the title of Miss Photogenic and Miss International Goodwill from the same pageant.
- Angie Chiu 趙雅芝 (Miss Hong Kong Third Runner-Up 1973; actress)
- Loletta Chu 朱玲玲 (Miss Hong Kong 1977; wife of Hong Kong politician Timothy Fok ; announced plans to divorce, September 2006)
- Irene Lo 勞錦嫦 (Miss Hong Kong 1981; wife of Hong Kong politician Albert Cheng )
- Barbara Yung 翁美玲 (Finalist, 1982; late actress)
- Cally Kwong 鄺美雲 (First runner-up, 1982; singer)
- Maggie Cheung 張曼玉 (First runner-up, 1983; award-winning actress)
- Joyce Mina Godenzi 高麗虹 (Miss Hong Kong 1984; wife of Hong Kong actor Sammo Hung )
- Pauline Yeung 楊寶玲 (Miss Hong Kong 1987; Miss Universe 1987 Fourth Runner-Up; Miss World 1987 Queen of Asia)
- Michele Monique Reis 李嘉欣 (Miss Hong Kong 1988; Miss Chinese International 1988; socialite and model)
- Monica Chan 陳法蓉(Miss Hong Kong 1989; actress)
- Anita Yuen 袁詠儀 (Miss Hong Kong 1990; award-winning actress; wife of Hong Kong actor Julian Cheung )
- Valerie Chow 周嘉玲 (First runner-up, 1991; actress)
- Ada Choi 蔡少芬 (Second runner-up, 1991; actress)
- Emily Lo 盧淑儀 (Miss Hong Kong 1992; wife of Hong Kong singer Hacken Lee
- Kenix Kwok 郭可盈 (Finalist, 1993; actress; wife of Hong Kong actor Frankie Lam )
- Natalie Wong 黃紀瑩 (Miss Photogenic, 1994; actress)
- Maggie Cheung Ho Yee 張可頤 (Finalist,best "potential artist", 1994; actress)
- San San Lee 李珊珊 (Miss Hong Kong 1996; actress)
- Charmaine Sheh 佘詩曼 (Second runner-up, 1997; actress)
- Anne Heung 向海岚 (Miss Hong Kong 1998; actress)
- Sonija Kwok 郭羨妮 (Miss Hong Kong 1999; Miss Chinese International 2000; actress)
- Myolie Wu 胡杏兒 (Second runner-up, 1999; actress)
- Shirley Yeung 楊思琦 (Miss Hong Kong 2001; actress)
- Mandy Cho 曹敏莉 (Miss Hong Kong 2003; actress)
- Kate Tsui 徐子珊 (Miss Hong Kong 2004; actress)
- : Miss Congeniality from 1987 ''
Starting from 1991, the Miss Hong Kong pageant greets delegates from Overseas . They include Toronto , Vancouver , New York , Los Angeles , Seattle , and San Francisco . Local contestants coming from Malaysia , Australia , New Zealand , London , and more enter at Hong Kong. In 2006, there was a top 16 contestant from the Netherlands . The overseas delegates wait for the notification of their regional sponsors of TVB and if they are chosen, they fly to Hong Kong to compete. The following is a record of overseas delegates' performance at Miss Hong Kong.
- 1991 - ( Los Angeles )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- ---Miss Humorous Conversation
- 1991 - ( Los Angeles )
- --- Miss Congeniality
- 1992 - ( Los Angeles )
- ---1st Runner-Up
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- 1992 - ( Los Angeles )
- ---Miss Congeniality
- 1993 - ( Los Angeles )
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- 1994 - ( Los Angeles )
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- 1995 - ( San Francisco )
- ---Winner
- ---Most Standard Figure Award
- 1997 - ( Vancouver )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss Photogenic
- ---Eastern Beauty Award
- ---Metropolitan Charm Award
- 1997 - ( Vancouver )
- ---1st Runner-Up
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- 1998 - ( Vancouver )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss Photogenic
- ---Global Beauty Award
- ---Miss Vivid Metropolitan
- 1998 - ( Los Angeles )
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- 1999 - ( Vancouver )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss Photogenic
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- ---Miss Millennium Wisdom
- 1999 - ( Los Angeles )
- ---Miss Beautiful Legs
- 2000 - ( Vancouver )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss Photogenic
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- ---Miss Millennium Charm
- 2000 - ( Toronto )
- ---First Runner-Up
- 2000 - ( Sydney )
- ---Second Runner-Up
- 2002 - ( San Francisco )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- ---Miss New Generational Beauty
- 2002 - ( Phoenix )
- ---Miss Photogenic
- ---Breakthrough Natural Skin Award
- ---Slimming Beauty Award
- 2003 - ( San Francisco )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- ---Miss Swimsuit Charm
- ---Diamond Skin Award
- 2003 - ( Vancouver )
- ---1st Runner-Up
- ---Tourism Ambassador Award
- 2003 - ( Toronto )
- ---Miss Photogenic
- ---Miss Talent
- 2004 - ( Seattle )
- ---1st Runner-Up
- ---Tourism Ambassador Award
- 2006 - ( Toronto )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss International Goodwill
- ---Audience Favourite
- 2006 - ( Toronto )
- ---1st Runner-Up
- ---Miss Photogenic
- 2007 - ( Vancouver )
- ---Winner
- ---Miss Vitality Ambassador
- 2007 - ( New York )
- ---1st Runner-up
- ---Miss Photogenic
- ---Miss International Goodwill.
- 2007 - ( Vancouver )
- ---2nd Runner-up
- ---Most Attractive Legs Award
Notice that Vancouver has the most Miss Hong Kong winners from the overseas. They had a record of four consecutive winners from 1997-2000. 2000 and 2007 were the only years where the top 3 were all from overseas.
The top 3 winners of Miss Hong Kong are sent by TVB to represent Hong Kong at various international pageants.
- Miss Hong Kong (First Place) competes in and ''' Miss Chinese International Pageant '''. (However, as of 2001 TVB has stopped sending representatives to Miss Universe.)
- First runner-ups competes in .
- Second runner-ups competes in .
However, this has not always been the case. For example, Miss Hong Kong 2004 first runner-up, Queenie Chu was sent to both Miss World and Miss International. While Miss Hong Kong 2005, Tracy Ip was sent to compete in Miss World 2005. Miss Hong Kong 1987, Pauline Yeung Po Ling and 1988 winner, Michelle Reis also competed at Miss World 1987 and 1988 respectively. Since 2005, TVB has decided to send the winners to Miss World instead of the 1st runner ups. However in 2006, winner Aimee Chan was 25 years old and was considered overage by the Miss World Organization. As a result the 1st runner up, Janet Chow competed at Miss World 2006 .
Note: Only the Miss Hong Kong delegates produced by TVB are included here.
- 1976 ~ placed in the top 12.
- 1984 ~ placed third in the Best National Costume contest.
- 1988 ~ was 4th runner-up. (She ranked 6th in the preliminaries, with 4th in final evening gown and 7th in final swimsuit. )
- 1974 ~ won ''Miss Personality''.
- 1983 ~ was a semi-finalist.
- 1988 ~ won ''Queen of Asia'' and placed in the top 12.
''There have been no Miss Hong Kong representatives from TVB.''
- 1981 ~ won ''Miss Friendship''.
- 1985 ~ won ''Best 21st Century Award'' and placed in the top 15.
- 1987 ~ won ''Miss Photogenic''.
- 2002 ~ won ''Miss Friendship''.
- 2004 ~ won ''Miss Friendship''.
- 2005 ~ won ''Miss Friendship''.
- 2006 ~ won ''Miss Friendship'' and ''Most Beautiful Smile''
- The theme for the Miss Hong Kong Pageant is actually the winning song from the Eurovision Song Contest 1971 ,'' Un Banc, Un Arbre, Une Rue '' made popular by the singer Séverine .
- 1981 Winner was deemed disqualified and was dethroned when it was discovered that she had used her sister's health documentation. Therefore, 1st runner-up '''Irene Lo 勞錦嫦''' was crowned first place.
- 1982 Finalist committed suicide on May 14, 1985.
- 1990 First Runner-Up became the only Miss Congeniality/Miss Friendship award winner to advance into the finals (not to mention placing in the top 3).
- 1992 Miss Congeniality and finalist '''Nancy Lee 李思林''' are actually sisters of singer CoCo Lee . They were also the first siblings competing in Miss Hong Kong in the same year, while Coco Lee was the runner up of New Talent Singing Awards of that year.
- 1997 First Runner-Up was a television presenter for Fairchild Television in the mid-90s.
- 1997 Winner and First Runner-Up '''Vivian Lee 李明慧''' caused controversy when they were involved in a love triangle with Hong Kong businessman Yau-Ching Wu 鄔友正, which resulted in a public feud in 1998. Yung and Wu were eventually married in 1999.
- 2003 First Runner-Up was Sunshine Girl 2001 First Runner-Up in Vancouver .
- 2003 Second Runner-Up was a finalist in the New Talent Singing Awards Hong Kong Regional Finals in 2002.
- 2003 Top 5 Finalist was an on-air weather reporter for Fairchild Television in Vancouver from 1999 to 2002.
- 2003 Finalist is the daughter of Hong Kong actor Wei Wang 王偉.
- In 2004, TVB has decided to cancel the semi-finals and just have Miss Hong Kong run as one show from start to finish.
- 2004 Finalist is the daughter of Hong Kong actress Violet Li 李影.
- 2005 Miss Photogenic is the daughter of Hong Kong actor English Tang 鄧英敏.
- 2006 Winner & First Runner-Up ''' Janet Chow 周家蔚''' were both delegates in the Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant in 2004. Both of them did not place in that pageant.
- 2007 Winner entered the Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant in 2005 and won the Vivacious Beauty Award. She then became a television presenter for Fairchild Television until April 2007, when she entered Miss Hong Kong as an overseas contestant.
- 2007 Second Runner-Up won the New Talent Singing Awards Vancouver Audition 2005. She then represented Vancouver in the New Talent Singing Awards International Finals where she garnered the Trendy Image Award.
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