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	MAY 28TH MISS UNIVERSE 2007 RESULTS Miss Universe 2007: RIYO MORI , JAPAN 1st RU: Natalia Guimaraes, BRAZIL 2nd RU: Ly Jonaitis, VENEZUELA 3rd RU: Honey Lee, KOREA 4th RU: Rachel Smith, USA Top 10 Semi-Finalists: ANGOLA TANZANIA NICARAGUA MEXICO INDIA Top 15 Semi-Finalists: THAILAND DENMARK SLOVENIA UKRAINE CZECH REPUBLIC Miss Photogenic - PHILIPPINES Miss Congeniality - CHINA MHKB'S MISS UNIVERSE 2007 PREDICTIONS Korea, Japan, Venezuela, USA, Italy, Greece, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Slovenia, South Africa, Estonia, Serbia, Guatemala, Brazil, Tanzania...also liking Thailand MHK CONTESTANTS FILMS IN THE COLD Translated & courtesy of Em, TVBSpace.Net The 16 contestants for the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2007 braved a yellow rainfall warning yesterday to continue with their training and filming at TKO TVB City. The girls appeared in their uniform casualwear, but the air conditioning in TVB City was very cold and they had to bring their own coats to wear to avoid catching a chill. Also after their hair and make-up restyling, the girls have improved their appearances significantly. Article MHKB says... The makeover has done wonders. Standouts from this picture are 1st, 4th 5th from left. MAY 25TH* OVERSEAS CONTESTANTS REVEALED Translated & courtesy of Em, TVBSpace.Net The 12 finalists for this year's Miss Hong Kong Pageant joined the 4 overseas contestants from the US and Canada to meet the stylists and make-up artists at TVB City yesterday. The overseas contestants are Leung Wing Sze, Cheng Wai Ching, Kayi Cheung and Wong Chung Yin. Although in the past, the girls from abroad have always been favourites to win, the four this year have not proved outstanding as yet, with Kayi* and Wing Sze looking decidedly frumpy. Kayi is reported to have received the 'Vivacious Beauty Award' at the 2005 Miss Chinese Vancouver pageant. At yesterday's event, the girls were all dressed smartly and most brandished designer handbags, with hot favourite Ho Ngo Yee being the most eyecatching in her maroon dress. The girls were all happy to answer when asked for their names and one of the girls Chiu Ka Dik wore a flower around her left wrist. Asked if she had just come from being a bridesmaid in a wedding, she smiled that this was just fashion. Miss Hong Kong Deputy Organisational Manager Rosa Chan indicated that as well as meeting the stylists yesterday to gain their advice, the girls also selected their numbers, tried on their costumes and shoes and completed the basic formal procedures. Talking of 'Gillian Chung Lookalike' being followed around by the press, will they be teaching the girls how to deal with the paparazzi? Ms Chan says that she will tell the girls to be careful and has taught them how to face the press. She says that for the girls to be dating is unavoidable, but they should not act unacceptably in public. http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/26/UL-741946.htm http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070526/20070525232416_0000.html
	MAY 16TH EARLY FAVS OUSTED Translated & courtesy of Em, TVBSpace.Net The 24 contestants for this years Miss Hong Kong contest took part in a special interview show earlier where the final 12 contestants were selected by a special panel of judges. Early favourites including the 'Gillian Chung Lookalike ' were eliminated. The girls appeared in their own outfits and make up to take part in the event and wee subjected to the scrutiny of judges including Shirley Yeung, Tracy Ip, Joe Ma, William Tang and Lee Shing Chak* and took part in events including a talent contest and question and answer in swimwear. Early favourite 'Gillian Chung Lookalike' Wong Ka Sin dressed in a youthful outfit and she seemed to win over the male judges showing her confidence in her beauty and height. However, the former Miss Hong Kong winners who were the female judges felt that she lost out due to her lack of height and 'unfriendly' attitude, which did not tie in with the Miss Hong Kong image. Cheung Wai Yee appeared in a sexy outfit, but the comments emerged that she she overdid the sexiness by doing a belly dance for the judges and with some rather raunchy photographs emerging of her, there were concerns about this affecting the image of the pageant. Other early favourites including 'Gigi Lai Lookalike' Ho Ngo Yee, 'Ting Ting Lookalike' Wong Kwan Hung and 'Fala Chen Lookalike' Wong Wai Lam all gave excellent performances, impressed the judges and sailed through to the final. Asked for their selection criteria, Tracy indicated that she was looking for beauty and eloquence, Shirley says that she was looking for external and internal beauty, whilst Joe says that he was looking for a unique quality in his girls. After the event, they organised transport for the girls and Wong Ka Sin and Cheung Wai Yee left together. Wong went onto Mongkok to meet up with her 'Mini Mark Lui' boyfriend after dropping Cheung off. http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070516/ 20070515233022_0000.html MHKB says... Sigh...another good one gone. Early standouts: Wong Chi-Man (Virginia Yung look-a-like, located 3rd row middle) & Wong Wai-Lam (Fala Chen look-a-like, located top row on left), Ho Ngo-Yee (Gigi Lai look-a-like), Lee Kit-Ying (2nd row left) Great sense of style: Ho Ngo-Yee (Gigi Lai look-a-like) & the girl in the satin green dress! The Singer: Loretta Chow Mei-Yan (first row middle) won last year's Vancouver New Talent Singing Contest. (Special thanks to Chatterbox) http://mhkgallery.com/mhk07_mjff12.htm MAY 15TH SHIRLEY ADVISES CONTESTANTS NOT TO STEP OUT OF LINE Translated & courtesy of Em, TVBSpace.Net The 24 selected contestants for the 2007 Miss Hong Kong pageant attended a further round of auditions at TVB City on Monday to fight for a coveted place in the show's finals. The programme will be aired on 2nd June, so the results are top secret at the moment and the 12 finalists will join the 4 overseas contestants at that time to meet the press. Before filming started, the 24 girls joined together for a photocall, with their positions dictated by their groups. As they are yet to be 'packaged', they all looked a little plain and innocent, but were not allowed to be interviewed by the press. The show's producer Chin Kwok Wai* indicated that the girls have been split into six groups to firstly meet with representatives from the Wai Yin Association and as well as introducing themselves wearing swimwear, they had to answer questions from the panel and then go on to perform their talent performances, including acts such as belly dancing, playing the Chinese zither, knotting and magic. The top six scoring contestants will automatically qualify for the final and the other 18 will go forward to the second round, where they will met with representatives from the fields of education, television, make-up. feng shui, sport and economics to answer more questions. The Wai Yin representatives included Tracy Ip and Shirley Yeung, who appeared in low cut dresses. Tracy says that she has dressed up especially to be a judge and as her dress was sponsored, she missed out on the more conservative designs because she arrived late at the fitting. Talking of her requirements, she says that the most important thing are comfortable looks and gracious and elegant poise, whereas figure is less important. Shirley says that inner beauty is as important as their appearance and the most important thing is to be confident, natural and charming. As for the contestants being followed around by the press, Shirley advises tham that they have to be more aware of things around them during the contest and as long as they keep within the bounds, then being followed is not a problem. http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/16/UL-736961.htm MAY 13TH MISS HONG KONG CONTESTANTS MEET THE PRESS Translated & courtesy of Em, TVBSpace.Net The Miss Hong Kong Pageant has always promoted a community spirit and the 24 contestants selected for the first round of the contest appeared at a Community Chest event yesterday to meet the press for the first time. They joined many local and mainland chefs to cook and attracted many members of the public. The 24 girls all prepared their own outfits and did their own hair and make-up, so none of them really stood out and most of them appeared to be rather 'frumpy' in appearance. According to the Pageant's executive Rosa Chan, this is an opportunity for the girls to understand the joy of doing charity work because Miss Hong Kong will need to participate in many of these events. They just asked the girls to look smart and presentable. The most outstanding girls among the crowd was 'Gigi Lai Lookalike' Ho Ngo Yee, who wore an eyecatching white dress, which inadvertantly revealed her bra strap and showed a little sex appeal. The Miss Hong Kong 2007 Pageant finals will take place on 21st July. The twenty four girls selected so far will be taking part in a "Miss Hong Kong Interview Reality Show" today to select the final 12 contestants for the final show. http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/14/UL-735893.htm MHKB says...* - a little disappointed Kwok Sze Lam wasn't included. The early gossip certainly had an effect. Some of my early favourites Special thanks to Ennis http://mhkgallery.com/mhk07_preli24_pic1.jpg (Gillian look-a-like) http://mhkgallery.com/mhk07_preli24_pic29.jpg (Virginia Yung look-a-like) http://mhkgallery.com/mhk07_preli24_pic12.jpg (yellow top girl) http://mhkgallery.com/mhk07_preli24_pic20.jpg (Melissa Ng look-a-like) http://mhkgallery.com/mhk07_preli24_pic24.jpg (the girl w/ the oversized sunglasses) MISS HONG KONG CONTESTANTS PREPARE FOR TALENT CONTEST* Translated & courtesy of Em, TVBSpace.Net The 24 selected contestants for the 2007 Miss Hong Kong pageant were in attendance at TVB City yesterday to prepare their talent show acts for the forthcoming interviews reality show that will take place on Monday evening. They were all heavily laden with their musical instruments such as electric organs, er-hu and Chinese zithers to show the crew how much talent they have. Those present at the second interview such as 'commoner Cathy Tsui', 'Michelle Saram look-alike', 'reported cosmetic surgery' Kwok Sze Lam and 'repeat contestant' Chan Sum Yee were all absent from this show and only 'Gillian Chung Lookalike', 'Gigi Lai Lookalike' and 'Grace'made an appearance. Executive Rosa Chan* was asked whether Kwok Sze Lam was rejected because of her surgery, she just said that the judges have their own opinions and she does not know the reason. She says that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and the judges had their favourites. The remaining contestants are all confident that they will get into the final 12. The reality show on Monday will invite 8 male and 8 female judges to select the final 12 contestands. The male judges will include Joe Ma (artiste), Patrick Kong (film producer), William Tang (fashion designer) and Lee Shing Chak (feng shui master). The female judges will include Anne Heung, Shirley Yeung, Tracy Ip, Priscilla Chik and Ellen Wong. The four overseas contestants will arrive in Hong Kong next week and join the 12 finalists to meet the press officially at the beginning of June. http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/13/UL-735599.htm MAY 6TH MISS HONG KONG INTERVIEWS KICKS OFF TO RUMOURS OF COSMETIC SURGERY Translated & courtesy of Em, TVBSpace.Net The 2007 Miss Hong Kong Pageant started its first round of auditions yesterday, which will continue over the next few days. Over a hundred girls attended TVB City at around lunchtime and at its peak, there were 40 people crammed into the minibus. There was a mix of figures and appearances, with the beauty covering the spectrum from very good to very bad. Among the contestants was production company boss Siu Ding Yat's latest signing Kwok Si Lam* and despite the earlier rumours of her having had cosmetic enhancements, she did look outstanding compared to the other girls, wearing her white top, jeans and LV handbag. When the reporters called Siu, he admitted that he did nominate her and he also suggested that she took part. He indicates that Si Lam is 20 years old and although she is only educated to high school standard, she is very pretty, with her figure measurements standing at 33,23,33. He indicates that she has been a model and shot many advertisements. He signed her because he wanted her to be a spokesmodel for a hair removal company, but this has no effect on her entering the pageant. He laughs: "If TVB want her, I can give her to them." Asked if Si Lam has undergone any cosmetic surgery, he says she has not: "If she has, I would say. She has just had a crown fitted to her teeth." However, reporters have managed to find earlier pictures of Si Lam on the internet and there is a significant change to her appearance. TVB executives for the event Mr Ho Lai Chuen and Ms Rosa Chan spoke about the quality of this year's contestants and Mr Ho commented: "Make your own decisions, our six judges are very pleased." He indicates that the rules this year are a little different from past years and in the interviews over the next few days, they will be selecting twenty or thirty out of the hundreds of girls that they see. These will take part in a 'Miss Hong Kong Interviews Reality Show'. In this programme, the girls will be subjected to a panel interview of eight professional men from the fields of medicine, sport and commerce and eight women from the Wai Yin Association. From these, the final selection of 12 girls will be made for the finals. Together with the 4 girls from the overseas pre-selection, there will be 16 contestants in total. For this additional programme, there will be a question and answer session as well as a swimsuit parade. The final will take place at the Hong Kong Coliseum on 21st July. Asked if the girls will be disqualified if they are proven to have had surgery to improve their appearance, Mr Ho says: "It is difficult to define what is cosmetic enhancement, unless it is medically proven." Ms Chan adds: "It is hard to define, does wearing braces count?" Mr Ho says that in the contest, there is no rule to say that you cannot take part if you have had enhancements. Has he taken notice of Kwok Si Lam? He says: "I have just seen her in the interviews, I don't know her background and we have not been introduced specifically." http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/06/UL-732256.htm http://the-sun.on.cc/channels/ent/20070506/20070505235309_0000.html Pictures: http://mhkgallery.com/mhk07preliminaryinterview.htm Courtesy of Ennis MISS NEW YORK CHINESE PAGEANT RECRUITMENT Miss NY Chinese Pageant (Deadline May 31)