Kayi Cheung

Kayi Cheung (simplified Chinese: 张嘉儿; traditional Chinese: 張嘉兒; pinyin: Zhāng Jiā'ér; Cantonese Yale: Jeung1 Ga1 Yi4; born on 18 November 1983) is a Hong Kong-Canadian model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007 and 1st Runner-up of the Miss Chinese International 2008. She also received the Miss Vitality Ambassador award. Cheung had said her goal is to become a successful programme host and to promote healthy living.

Kayi Cheung
Born
Jeung Ka-yee

(1983-11-18) 18 November 1983
Alma materUniversity of British Columbia
Chinese University of Hong Kong
Years active2007 – present
Spouse
Nathan
(m. 2015)
AwardsMiss Hong Kong 2007
Miss Vitality Ambassador Award
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Musical career
Also known asAmeowo
OriginChaozhou, Guangdong
LabelsTVB
28 Stage

Cheung is best friends with Tracy Chu, Roxanne Tong, Angel Chiang and Jennifer Shum.

Early life

Cheung was born on 18 November 1983 in British Hong Kong with family roots in Chaozhou, Guangdong. She was educated at David Thompson Secondary School and graduated from University of British Columbia and Chinese University of Hong Kong. At the age of 9, her family moved to Vancouver, Canada.

Pageant career

Kayi Cheung Crowned Miss Hong Kong 2007

In 2005, Cheung entered the Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant but she did not make the Top 3. However, she captured 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 was not a favourite to win, and was not considered a contender. When she was announced as the winner, the reception by the audience and the public was very controversial.

What followed was massive criticism totally unseen in Hong Kong pageant history.[1] The media and the public severely bashed Cheung for being one of the least beautiful Miss Hong Kong winners ever. TVB, the organiser 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 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, Valeska Saab 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 in 1987. The Miss World 2007 title went to Zhang Zilin of the People's Republic of China.[2]

In January 2008, Cheung went on to compete in the Miss Chinese International 2008 pageant[3] where she was met again with the same criticism and was not expected to win despite being the host delegate representative. Again she broke all odds and became 1st runner up. This was again criticised as being the result of TVB's "help."

Filmography

Films

  • 72 Tenants of Prosperity (2010)
  • I Love Hong Kong 2013 (2013)

TV series

Year Title Role Notes
2010OL SupremeSeung Ka-ka
Beauty Knows No PainBetty
Growing Through LifeFanny
2011Til Love Do Us LieLing
2012Tiger CubsTong Yuen-kei (唐宛琪)
Highs and LowsOperations Officer (霍霜華)
2013Sergeant TabloidIvy Wong
Sniper StandoffKwok Mei-kam (郭美金)
2014Come Home LoveIsabella
2015Brick SlavesNana Che Bou-na (車寶娜)
Angel In-the-MakingRay's mother (楊志明媽媽)
2016K9 CopLai Suk-chu (黎淑珠)
ICAC Investigators 2016
2019My Commissioned Lover

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References

  1. "Kayi Cheung".
  2. "Miss China Zi Lin Zhang crowned Miss World 2007". Modern Ghana. Dec 1, 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2010.
  3. "Kayi's Profile". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  4. Kayi Cheung at hkmdb.com
  5. Kayi Cheung at chinesemov.com
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