2012 Miss Hong Kong Pageant: First Round Interviews
Above left: a candidate sporting a tatoo on her back. Above right: elongated Sire-Ma look-a-like.
The 2012 Miss Hong Kong Pageant first round of interviews was held on Monday, May 14th. Since this year will be the 40th anniversary of the Miss Hong Kong, TVB announced that the contestants will fly to London for a special filming segment! The Miss Hong Kong Pageant will take place on August 26, 2012.
TVB’s Director of Production, Sandy Yu (余詠珊), announced that there was a 10% increase in applications received for this year’s Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Although 200 applications were received, only 135 candidates met with the selection committee. A pool of 40 candidates will be selected after an interview session in which they appear in swimsuits. From the overseas pool of applicants, 10 women will be chosen. Finally, the number of candidates will be narrowed down to 12 women who will compete in the 2012 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.
Few Beauties Seen; Plastic Surgery Spotted
Among the 135 women present at the initial interview for the 2012 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, there were few beauties. Many candidates were on the short side, with one applicant only 5 feet 2 inches tall! One applicant even revealed a large tattoo on her back! Many women chose to wear white dresses, apparently eager to showcase their elegant and demure side.
The handful of women who captured the media’s early notice included dimpled 25-year-old, Cindy (pictured in left photo), who resembled Taiwanese actress, Annie Liu, (劉心悠). Joyce (pictured in above right photo) was considered to be a Kathy Chow (周海媚) look-a-like and was quite cool in her demeanor.
Hailing from Wuhan, 19-year-old Serena (above left) resembled Ron Ng’s (吳卓羲) girlfriend, Viann Zhang (張馨予) closely. Serena’s looks appeared to have received some plastic surgery enhancements. 22-year-old Wing (above right) was quite tall and possessed an easy confidence in her demeanor after being a professional model for 3 years.
Another early favorite with the press was Gloria (above left), whose sweet and innocent looks were quickly noticed. Christy (above right) resembled Taiwanese actress, Michelle Chen (陈妍希), but Christy’s dress was criticized as resembling a nightgown. Both Gloria and Christy appeared to be quite shy before the media.
More Dazzling Applicants for 2012 Miss Hong Kong Pageant!
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Source: ihktv.com, Ming Pao via 21CN.com
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Jayne: Actually, I spotted a few cute faces in the video clip. I like the “Sire Ma” look-a-like (in video clip 0:39), although I find her to resemble Angela Pang more. She looks better in the video than in the photo, although her height appears to be average and her figure does not stand out.
The tall girl in 0:57 has a pretty face, although terrible fashion taste. The girl in 1:01 has a sweet smile too. The girl in the green shirt in 3:22 is very pretty as well.
Who is your favorite so far?
Wing reminds me of Vivien Yeo. I like her the best so far (without watching video clip)
Pandamao,
I think Wing will make it into the 12 contestants. She seems to have the outgoing cheerfulness that makes her stand out.
You should watch the video clip; more representative of the range in women who applied. The photos were just a random pool of photos, not necessarily the prettiest.
Actually the woman in 3:22 of the clip has very nice features.
Are you kidding me? You have the weired..est tast on earth. Wing is nothing outstanding but ok. 3:22??????
Are you sure?
The first girl that appear in the clip looks like JJ Jia.
I hope that girl that where a black short and flowery blouse get through. She’s not as polish as the others and I like that.
Lots of pretty contestants this time.
Also, that black dress girl that look sans make up. She’s pretty even without make up.
Kidd,
The overseas contestants have not been unveiled yet. Perhaps we will get some high quality contestants as well. Some of the girls look very young. More demure types this year. Many wore nice eye makeup and knew how to accentuate their eyes.
looks like Gloria should be the favorite to win.
Dimpled girl reminds me of Fala, so she is cute. That supposed viann lookalike looks pretty but in an empty sort of way. The rest looks like they belong in a rugby team, and I know a few months after the pageant they will all be skinny-fied. But the looks are all so manly. Not pretty at all. Hopefully they have better personality.
The one with the tattoo looks brutal
Haha, Miss HK Rugby team pageant
Serena aka fake Viann supposed to be pretty? She gives me a creepy feel and like an empty shell indeed.
I personally like the girl from 0:40, she looks kinda Korean though, LOL.
If Serena can make it to round two… TVB must be blind!
The ‘Korean’ looking one does look good.
Korean female stars have bodies only HK actresses can dream of but can’t either because they can’t or because once they gain 1 pound the press will call them fat.
Hmm don’t think it’s due to genetics that Korean female artists are more curvy. It’s likely the fact that the Korean entertainment circle appreciate curvy women.
Look at TVB fadans almost all of them are super-skinny e.g. Kate, TY, Fala etc
The doggies in HK are also gulity in creating this trend when they harass female artists for being fat/overweight when they are perfectly normal.
Skinny-fied? Are you saying they look too heavy? I didn’t see any girl that was overweight.. most to me already seemed too skinny – lol 😛 Then again, I like my women to have a shape to them, not just skin and bone (which seems to be the “in” thing in Asia). Proportion is what is key.
Yea, me too. Hate skin and bone type.
What I mean is after the pageant and once they enter TVB formally, they will all get skinnier, skinnier, skinnier, skinnier. Doesn’t matter if they’re slim now, they will get skinnier. And some in the pictures do look bigger than the TVB artistes but no worries; TVB and HK’s weird public opinion will make them skinnier, flat chested, flat bummed and then they will be called pretty.
Ah, understood.. and I agree with your prognosis. it’s a shame really.
They’re all really pretty, just not beautiful.
ALL? you serious? some of them look awful! the girl with the dragon tattoo can’t possible make it through right?
Yea agreed! The girl with the dimples looks like Fala. And Wing and Gloria are the prettiest in the above photos. The Viann Zhang look-a-like looks so doll-like and fake.
This year seem to be not bad, more pretty girls compare to last year. I don’t like the girl in tattoo.
Wing looks like she has potential based on photo alone
Serena or fake Viann will never get crowned due to her Plastic enhancements rumour. I doubt Hkers will accept their ms hk plastic.
Yes, you should also include the girl with dark glasses. It was very disrespectful for her to go onstage of a national beauty contest wearing a pair of dark glasses. The producer shouldn’t have even allowed her to go on stage.The two least beautiful ones are 2.41 and 4.32
The Michelle Reis lookalike (1.55) should be the one to beat
The first three girls in the video clip is pretty, especially 0.23 in the clip.Wing too.
I saw the other 3 clips on TVB website… they are horrible! This clip is the best!The girl wearing long dress is very elegant(0.40).
Not too impressed. Girl at 0.23 looks very natural and beautiful.
How can the TVB ppl choose 30 to 40 girls out of these 135? I can probably choose 20, top! and 15 of them are actually coming from this clip above. The other ones are just NO WAY!
Girl at 0:39 for me.
0:39 is girl in black and white or long dress?
I think he must meant the long dress one. The one b4 is just so.. nothing special.
Long dress one!
Yeah, the one in the brown dress. Dress isn’t anything special, but she has nice features and a nice smile.
For some reason I like this girl too.0:39 – 0:4x.
I think TVB SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE AS ELEGANT AS HER THIS YEAR.
Thats what I thought so. She is consider the top 3 among all the girls.
they all suck.
Larry3,
You have high standards on what makes a pretty woman.
Guys! Check out the other 3 videos. They are suckkk. The one above is really the best. I think TVB group the pretty ones all together in group 1.
http://b.tvb.com/misshk/
So far, it sounds like a parade of “celebrity impersonators” of who looks like whom.
The second picture on top of the page looks somewhat like Tifa Lockhart (from Final Fantasy VII).
Anyway, still lots of cutie right there especially on the clips.
except tifa is wayyyy prettier
What so good about WING??? Nth special at all. Like every normal girl on the MK street. The way she dress+the color of her skin makes her look like a MK street girl. Almost everyone can be a model in HK, what so special?
I am wondering how would that fake girl look like without the 3 inches make up. Must be ‘breathtaking’. Gosh, she is something.
Dear Jayne, you think 0:39, 0:57, 1:01, 3:22 can make it to round 2? Or even futher? How about fake girl Serena?
Happy T,
Yea, hopefully they can! Wish the women good luck! I think Serena will become one of the final 12 contestants, although TVB judging panel tend to not pick winners who lookly heavily plastic. Serena might get signed by TVB, but I do not think she will win.
I’ll cut some of the women some slack. Not all of us are brave enough to ever enter a beauty contest and be open to all criticism, so kudos to them for chasing their dreams.
As usual, this beauty contest does not have any gals stand out! It’s like a heaven and earth when compares to toronto or vancouver chinese beauty contest…..
Needless to say, it’s the BEST place to polish pork chops!! Yeah, we have successfully many pork chop queens in the past…..
indeed many pork chops in the past.
If u hv to pick 3 out of these girls in the clip, who would u choose?
Hey was that Jayne I saw in that video?
I actually think the first 3 girls in the video look the best, which is the Fala/Annie Liu lookalike, and I think the 3rd girl in the video wearing the black blazer and shorts has nice features. Wing is ok too.
I think if the girls did their makeup on their own, then they did a decent job considering they didn’t get any “makeovers” yet. Most of them know how to do their makeup, maybe that’s why this batch seems more decent than past years at the first round interviews.
no one here above can impress me they are all mediocore. not that im coky or what,but only because im exacting about the word of “beauty”. first you must have a natural charismatic aura, sexy but cute,fotogenic,smart,benevolent,eloquent,and genuine. my favourite miss hong kong of all time is Angie Chiu.hahaha…
I’m surprised no one mentioned the girl at 3:03 or so…. I think she’s cute… and pretty.
They are all pork chops..
at 2.02 the girl in the green dress is very nice though
In fact I don’t like all the beauty contestants here.
One looks like a corpse, another like a very pretending, another very forceful, another desperate for sympathy while the rest do not look better than a prostitute…..
Now, I have not much good boobs to see from them since mostly of them are either A or B cups………..We’ll expect something more exotic to see from their body right after the beauty competition…….as everyone rushing to inject botox into their boobs…..
Serena is only 19 and she already had plastic surgery…that’s very early!
Based on these pictures in this article, I like Cindy.
some girls wear the weirdiest thing. one wore short shorts over sheer stockings? there’s one with a green flowery grandma blouse, and there’s one wearing sunnies, halter neck bikini with a boob tube, cons chuck taylors with black socks, the tattoo girl with a one piece dangling plait, skinny leg jeans with a tshirt, denim shorts.
don’t understand why the photographs would waste their film on some of these random girls. waste of time. some are pretty tho. not all but some.
Totally second you Fez! Whatever happened to class?! These girls should take more pride in their appearance and seriously, some of you are right.. Only 2 or 3 are worthy to be on stage and the rest can be written off as pork chops..
Not good looking at all. Very average.
Miss HK every year seem to get worst and worst.