[2024.09.16] "CITY U MICHELLE REIS" ELLYN NGAI WINS MISS HONG KONG

Emily Leung (from left), Ellyn Ngai and Amina Yeung were successfully crowned. Congratulations!

Ellyn Ngai performed aggressively since participating in the competition and successfully won the championship

Crystal Fung

Celina Harto (right) praises Stephanie Lee for her great figure

Samantha Ko in pink

Carmaney Wong descends from above

Clary Wu (left) made the audience laugh during the question and answer session.
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Fresh out the oven Miss Hong Kong Ellyn Ngai (center), first runner up Emily Leung (lef) and second runner up Amina Yeung (right) congratulate each other

Known as "City U Michelle Reis", Ellyn Ngai thinks she won due to her ability to talk

Emily Leung wins Miss Photogenic and says she was already full of confidence before the race 

Amina Yeung says that she never thought that she would be a triple crown second runner up and is very excited

Second runner up Amina Yeung performs Beijing Opera and a split for the talent competition , and is praised for stealing the spotlight with the outstanding performance.

Last night's Miss Hong Kong has an all female line up, the guest performer was the master class singer Sally Yeh

Both in low cut dresses, Celina Harto (right) yields to Stephanie Lee

Crystal Fung appears in a Greek goddess look and says that she wants to dress prettier to match her junior counterparts

Samantha Ko does not want to steal the spotlight from the pageant on the red carpet

Last year's Miss Hong Kong first runner up Lynn Wang, Miss Hong Kong Hilary Chong, and second runner up Lovelle Wang took the opportunity for a photo with their crowns before the end of their term
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The beauty pageant event "Miss Hong Kong 2024 Finals" was held last night at the Tseung Kwan O TV City. The 15 beauties gave their best, and the results of this year's competition were as expected. The popular Ellyn Ngai Lok Lam stood out and won the crown, while Emily Leung Ka Ying and Amina Yeung Chi Yiu won the first and second place respectively. The second runner-up, Leung Ka Ying, also won the title of "Miss Photogenic", and Yeung Chi Yiu became the triple crown second runner-up.

In order to fit in with the pageant theme of this year's Miss Hong Kong "Proud To Be A Woman", this year's Miss Hong Kong contest for the first time featured an all-female class of performers and a professional judging panel to select the best winners from a female perspective. The queen of the music industry, Sally Yeh (Yip Sin Man) led the rising stars of the music industry Janees Wong Lok Yin, Sabrina Chiu Chi Lok, Angel Lau Wing Tung, Maggie Chu Chung Yee, Hung Sum Yee, and three members of XiX, Crystal, Charlotte and Caitlin, as guest performers; JW Wong Ho Yee, Yumi Chung Yau Mei and Windy Zhan Tianwen sang the theme song of Miss Hong Kong. The emcee lineup includes Janis Chan Bui Yee, Mayanne Mak Mei Yan, Roxanne Ho Pui Ka, Rachel Chan Yi Tak and Hilary Chong Tsz Shuen. As for the judges of the event, they are also judged by five representative female celebrities from all walks of life, Liza Wang Ming Chuen, Daisy Ho Chiu Fung, Selina Chow Liang Suk Yee, Melissa Kaye Pang Wan Hei and Christine Ip Yeung See Ming; while the "Most Photogenic" judges were representatives of "Wai Yin Association" Mandy Cho Man Lei, Monica Chan Fat Yung, Heidi Chu Hoi Ting, Virginia Yung Ka Shui and Sandy Lau Ching Ting.

This year's Miss Hong Kong has included a lot of interactive elements with the audience and online. People around the world participated in the "My Favorite Beauty" voting event and worked with the judges to select the top four beauties of this year. The relevant voting activities did not officially end until the finals. The trend of the beauties can be reversed at any time based on the live performance of everyone. After the final four were officially selected last night, the event also launched the "Who is the Champion" voting event. People around the world can directly vote for their favorite online. Some of the online votes and the event judges' will each account for half of the score, make the results more variable and exciting. In addition to participating in voting for their favorite contestants, this year's audience also has 100% say in the "Talent Goddess Award". Last night, the TVB online streaming platform myTV SUPER also opened its chatroom, allowing viewers to leave messages and interact in real time. They could also vote directly on the beauties' talent competition and participate in the "Talent Goddess Award" voting event. Another major interactive aspect was that viewers could go to TVB's official social platform to leave messages and ask questions to their favorites. Related questions might be arranged to be answered by the beauties themselves.

At the beginning of the show, all the contestants were arranged to publicly respond to the negative online comments. When Ngai Lok Lam was accused of not being worthy of the title of "City U Michelle Reis", she frankly said that she hoped that with her outstanding performance, everyone would not remember "counterfeit whatever" or "City U Whatever" but "City U's pretty decent Miss Hong Kong Ngai Lok Lam" in quite a show of ambition. Candice Wong Shun Man was criticized online for saying "her face is bigger than a pizza". She laughed at herself, "I even heard someone say that I looked like a squashed pineapple bun!" Rose Chen Tiantian, who does not know Cantonese, was once again ridiculed online, "why not speaking it even worse". With her high EQ, she laughed and replied, "Then I can play President Cao's daughter in LO AND HOLD!" She said that she understood everyone's concern, but thought that she could represent Hong Kong in many special ways -- like her manner of speech being hilarious. However, when Kimmy Chong Hiu Ting responded that she was accused of looking like an MK girl, she stuttered. In the end it was up to emcee Janis Chan Bui Yee to smooth things over: "Mong Kok is a part of Hong Kong, so it's a good representation of Hong Kong."

The 15 beauties responded to online questions one by one on the stage. Zoie Tse Suk Yi was accused of being evil like a "treacherous concubine". She admitted that people should not be judged by their appearance. She also fully kissed up to general manager Eric Tsang Chi Wai, "The charm of the general manager does not lie in height or appearance," Hosts Mak Mei Yan and Ho Pui Ka immediately went "wow" as the camera cut to a smiling Tsang Chi Wai in the audience.  She continued, "but in wisdom and brains that millions of people aspire to possess."

Contestant 10 Clary Wu Zhijing was praised online for being beautiful, but also said to look like a "vixen" (temptress). She said jokingly, "Thank you so much! Because you have to be pretty to be able to play the vixen!" The whole audience burst into laughter. Senior Mayanne Mak said, "You should know that TVB's costumes will definitely make you very pretty. Even I have played the 'turtle lady' (Madame)!"

As for the talent competition, the top 15 beauties were divided into three groups to compete. Group A includes contestant 1 Jessie Chan Chi Tung who sang, 4 Zoie Tse Suk Yee played the piano, 8 Lo Hoi Yee and 15 Kanis Yu Ho Ching performed dancing and aerial yoga respectively; Group B included contestant 6 Adria Li Mansi who performed the ribbon dance on roller skates, 13 Dolores Ching Keung Yuet who performed bell-ringing skills on roller skates, 2 Ellyn Ngai Lok Lam, 5 Kimmy Chong Hiu Ting, 9 Rose Chen Tiantian and 12 Tracy Chung Chui Sze danced; Group C included contestant 3 Candice Wong Shun Man sang, 7 Yvonne Qin Jiwen performing stick skills, 10 Clary Wu Zhijing performing sword dance.

Since the "Talent Goddess Award" was newly added this year, many beauties in the "talent competition" tried their best to stand out. Among them, Kanis Yu Ho Ching performed "Sexy Aerial Yoga", Leung Ka Ying performed "Shock Wave Drumming", Yeung Chi Yiu performed Beijing Opera with a ribbon dance, and Clary Wu Zhijing's sword dance all left a deep impression on the audience. In particular when Wu Zhijing dropped her sword and then calmly continued the performance, even Elena Kong Mei Yee could not help but praise her. However, Yeung Chi Yiu even performed a split and received a lot of applause. Yeung Chi Yiu finally defeated Wu Zhijing and received the award from the guest presenter Samantha Ko Hoi Ning with a large number of online votes. .

After the 15 beauties walked around the venue in silver swimsuits, the top 10 were announced, including Ngai Lok Lam, Wong Shun Man, Zoie Tse Suk Yi, Yvonne Qin Jiwen, Kerry Lo Hoi Yi, Wu Zhijing, Leung Ka Ying, Tracy Chung Chui Sze, Yeung Chi Yiu and Yu Ho Ching. Chen Tian Tian, one of the favorites before the competition, was eliminated in the first round in a shocking manner. The swimsuit question-and-answer session that followed invited a think tank of 100 people to be responsible for scoring, but the relevant questions failed to make the contestants show their due intelligence. Yeung Chi Yiu's original answer of "mango pomelo sago" for "two item rice" choices to represent Hong Kong made no sense, but she won 74 votes she took the lead and won the "Top 100 Think Tank Goddess Award" in the next victory. She explained that she wanted to add the "mango pomelo sago" to the two item rice. "I feel very happy to be in Hong Kong, every time I return to Hong Kong I am very happy." In addition, Yvonne Qin had to interpret the expressions of different weather conditions like the station's animated Mr. Weather; she smiled and pouted in a cute performance but only received 29 votes.

As for "Miss Photogenic", Leung Ka Ying won the title. She also joined the top four together with Yeung Chi Yiu, Ngai Lok Lam and Wu Zhijing. The four people debated on the topics of "co-ed bathrooms" and "separated marriage". Except for Ngai Lok Lam, the other three seemed nervous when speaking, which made their Cantonese a bit unclear and them fighting over stuff to say. Fortunately, they were not boring. After singer Sally Yeh (Yip Sin Man) led a group of juniors to perform a song and dance number, the pageant immediately announced the results of the competition and the atmosphere reached a climax. In the end, Ngai Lok Lam lived up to expectations and successfully ascended to the title of Miss Hong Kong this year, while Leung Ka Ying and Yeung Chi Yiu won the first and third runner-up respectively. Yeung Chi Yiu even swept up 3 awards in one breath and became the triple crown second runner-up, while Wu Zhijing came in "fourth".

This year's Miss Hong Kong performance was quite eye-catching. First, singers JW, Yumi Chung Yau Mei, and Windy Zhan Tianwen led the contestants to sing this year's Miss Hong Kong theme song "Proud To Be A Woman." Then the contestants appeared in groups with their predecessors Carmaney Wong Ka Man, Juliana Kwok Pui Man, Denice Lam Yuk Wai and others. Wong Ka Man descended on wires, wielded a sword and performed a backflip, which was full of style. However, she was caught once and could not turn over. Fortunately, she succeeded in the second time. Kwok Pui Man performed the fan dance and Lam Yuk Wai played the umbrella dance, both showing off their long legs and turning heads. Kwok Pui Man had difficulty when trying to stand on one leg and had help to maintain her balance.