Miss Hong Kong Pageant 40th Anniversary
Being Miss Hong Kong Pageant’s 40th anniversary, the general assembly has taken “be amazed” as this year’s slogan. The local applications are now opened for registration. MsHK seniors including Kate Tsui, Kayi Cheung, Toby Chan, Whitney Hui, Mandy Wong, and others attended the press conference earlier on last week. TVB Director of Production Resources, Virginia Lok (樂易玲) revealed that she intended to invite Shirley Yeung (楊思琦), but unfortunately she has been hiding herself at home. The negative comments from the media reports may be affecting her mood, and Virginia is worried that she will suffer from postpartum depression.
Yu Weng Shan (余詠珊)
Co-ordinater Yu Weng Shan (余詠珊) revealed that the competition rules this year will be different from the past. They are considering recruiting 30 to 40 local participants to enter an elimination process. The remaining ten plus participants will enter as the official MsHK contestants who will travel to London, England for their outport shooting and compete for the champion crown. Speaking of the contestant’s quality declining in the recent years, Yu laughed, “No one wants to choose ‘pork chops’. I believe that we will be able to attract more potential applicants since we will be filming in London this year.” She also revealed that the final show would be held at the end of August in TVB City. The crew will adopt elements used from the TVB Anniversary into the final show, which it will be held across a span of studios and the parking lot.
Kayi Cheung (張嘉兒)
Many MsHK seniors stepped on stage to share their experience. Kayi Cheung (張嘉兒) has been referred to as the most “unexpected” winner in history. Competing in the same year as Kayi, Mandy Wong (黃智雯) revealed that she saw Kayi as the winner when the top five contestants were announced. Sitting off stage, Kayi couldn’t help but rushed on stage to give her a hug. Recalling from the negative media reports during the training period, Whitney Hui felt being treated unfairly at the time being, but it is no longer a problem to her now. Moreover, she did not regret joining the pageant.
Kate Tsui (徐子珊)
Kate Tsui (徐子珊) was conservatively dressed for the event. She laughingly said that she would leave the sexiness to her “younger sisters”. When she heard that the filming would take place at London this year, she immediately recommended herself as a filming guest. However, she resisted in wearing a swimsuit, thus being compared with the other contestants. She smiled and said that she will save it for work purposes where she can make a profit.
Source: Hong Kong Wen Wei Po News
JEN:
In terms of taking the filming location as an attraction to applicants, the Caribbean cruise was by far the most successful. Since TVB recruits in London, some contestants will be traveling back to their home country. Even Whitney joked that she was fortunate enough to join last year; otherwise, she would have to fly back to London. That would really “be amazed”. Perhaps, you London gals can check with TVB to see if you can meet up with the filming crew there. Just playing around!
Basically, the 30 to 40 local participants are the ones selected for a second-round preliminary interview. It is always nice to see TVB film a program like they did back in 2007 and 2008.
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