Janet Chow () (born 25 August 1983, in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

) is a Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She has ancestry in Shanghai. She was the 2nd runner-up in the 2006

Miss Hong Kong Miss Hong Kong Pageant (), or Miss HK () for short, is an annual beauty pageant organised by local Hong Kong television station, TVB. The pageant was established in 1946, and acquired by TVB in 1973. Regulations Recruitment All participants ...

competition. She attended

Markville Secondary School Markville Secondary School (commonly known as MSS or Markville) is a public high school located in the community of Unionville, Ontario, Unionville within the city of Markham, Ontario, Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is one of 33 high schools adminis ...

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and

University of Toronto The University of Toronto (UToronto or U of T) is a public university, public research university whose main campus is located on the grounds that surround Queen's Park (Toronto), Queen's Park in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It was founded by ...

Personal life

She immigrated to Canada at age 7. She married actor

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in 2012 with a grand wedding. In 2013 their son Hung Dai-yan was born. In April 2015, they had a second son, Hung King-xi. Her father-in-law

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is also an actor and a martial artist.

Pageant career

Both Chow, and

2006 winner Aimee Chan Yan Mei, had competed at Miss Chinese Toronto 2004, although each failed to place. Chow was the only contestant of the pageant born in Hong Kong. Later, Chow joined the top 16 of the Miss Hong Kong 2006 pageant as one of four women who were selected from overseas (Toronto) to compete. During the finals, she won the Miss Photogenic award, and received the highest swimsuit score (44) during her catwalk, although her interview only merited 34 points. She eventually placed as first runner-up. She represented Hong Kong at the

Miss World 2006 Miss World 2006 was the 56th edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Sala Kongresowa, a theatre at the Palace of Culture and Science in Warsaw, Poland, on 30 September 2006. It was the first time ever that the pageant was held in the ...

pageant due to the winner of Miss Hong Kong, Aimee Chan, being overage.

Television career

Chow has appeared as an actress for '' A Fistful of Stances'', '' Fly with Me'', '' Some Day'', ''

Growing Through Life ''Growing Through Life'' (Traditional Chinese: 摘星之旅) is a 2010 TVB series co-production with Shanghai Television. Synopsis Hoi Sing (Hanson) (Raymond Lam) and his mother Ho Wai Sum (Lui Yau Wai) runs a domestic appliance manufacturing fa ...

'', ''

Every Move You Make ''Every Move You Make'' (Traditional Chinese title: 讀心神探) is a 2010 Hong Kong police procedural television serial drama produced by TVB. The 20-episode drama originally aired five days a week, running from 4 to 29 October 2010 on the T ...

'', ''

Forensic Heroes III ''Forensic Heroes III'' () is a 2011 Hong Kong police procedural television drama produced by Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB). It stars Wayne Lai, Maggie Cheung, Kate Tsui, Ron Ng, Aimee Chan, Edwin Siu, Nancy Wu and Ruco Chan in the ...

'', and ''

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'' for

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Hong Kong.

Awards

*Miss Hong Kong 2006 First Runner-Up *Miss Hong Kong 2006 Miss Photogenic

References

External links

Official TVB Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chow, Janet 1983 births Living people Actresses from Toronto Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Hong Kong television actresses Miss World 2006 delegates Naturalized citizens of Canada People from Markham, Ontario TVB actors 21st-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses