Shirley Yeung’s Future Daughter Will Also Compete in Pageants

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This year’s Miss Hong Kong Pageants is starting their recruiting operations. Yesterday, TVB made special arrangements for past Miss Hong Kong pageant contestants to do a press conference on a cruise ship. Shirley Yeung, Tracy Ip, Mandy Cho, Aimee Chen, Kayi Cheung, Suki Chui and others were in attendance. The filming locations for this year’s pageant will be the most glamorous since the 1973 pageant year. All the contestants will go to Miami for three days for filming. Then they will board a cruise ship to finish up filming the specials. Preparations are made to start filming on May 22nd.

Yesterday, all the pageant winners wore low cut evening dresses. Shirley was the sexiest. Next in line would be Tracy, Suki and then Mandy. Kayi was talking about how her reign was ending and she couldn’t help but start to cry. She had tears in her eyes when she said: “I am going to miss it. Everyone was together when we went out to events during this year. We would help each other apply makeup every time.” Kayi said that she wanted her reign to end quickly at first so she could have different work experience. As the year progressed, she found that she didn’t want to let go. She also said that she was envious of this year’s contestant because they could film outdoor scenes on a cruise ship. Kayi has not gone onto a cruise ship before.

Shirley became the oldest contestant among her younger “sisters”. Shirley laughingly said: “I actually feel young because I had a lot of different jobs during the past seven years. It was fulfilling. It only feels like two or three years time. I received a lot of supports from friends and that made me very happy. So, if I have a daughter, I would tell her to compete in pageants. Besides learning a lot of things, you can discover your potential.”

The reporter told Suki that she didn’t stand out. She responded and said: “They (other “sisters”) are of very high class!” She revealed that this year she wants to nominate people. She wants to nominate a friend from high school. Suki said: “This friend of mine was very pretty when was in school. She is still pretty right now so it shouldn’t go to waste. Also, she would ask me about the pageant. (“Who is prettier?”) We have a different type of beauty. I am more demure and she is more stereotypically pretty. She has a lot of people interested in her.”

Mandy has never been on a cruise ship and she joked that she wants to join the Miss Hong Kong pageant again before she passes the age limit. She is confident that she can win again. She gave it some more thought and decided that it was an unforgettable experience and a one time experience was enough for her. She should leave the chance for others. Some people asked her to nominate her sister but she said that people had different goals. Her sister loves to sing and she signed a contract with i-Cable. Mandy said: “My friends said that I became happier and had more confidence after I joined the pageant. So if they are within the age limits, they would join it.”

Yesterday was April’s Fool day and Aimee’s birthday. So the organizers had a birthday cake for her but they didn’t forget to fool her. First, they gave the cake to Shermon Tang and sang the birthday song. After they finished singing the song, they revealed the cake was actually for the real birthday girl, Aimee. Aimee happily said: “All these years, I was fooled twice. Besides this time, the other time was last year. I received a call from a friend wishing me a happy birthday. But she told me she had broken her leg in an accident and was calling me from the hospital. She stopped talking for 20 seconds before laughing out loud. I found out then that I was fooled. Actually I like to be fooled because people will be happy about it.” Yesterday, after the promotional event, she went back to TVB to take pictures for the weekly magazine. She wasn’t unhappy about it and feels that working on your birthday brings you good luck. This means she would have work throughout the year. Her birthday wish is to film more series and her acting skills to improve. Her fans organized a birthday party for her and gave her lots of presents including candy, photo albums and such. But she was most happy to received birthday wishes from her friends.