Erica Yuen Mi-ming (, born ) is a Hong Kong politician, actress, and presenter. A former

Miss Hong Kong pageant The 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. The current Miss Hong Kong is Denice La ...

participant, she was the chairperson of the

People Power "People Power" is a political term denoting the populist driving force of any social movement which invokes the authority of grassroots opinion and willpower, usually in opposition to that of conventionally organised corporate or political for ...

political party between 2013 and 2016.

Early life

Erica Yuen graduated from St. Stephen's College in 1997, and continued her education at

Tufts University Tufts University is a private research university on the border of Medford and Somerville, Massachusetts. It was founded in 1852 as Tufts College by Christian universalists who sought to provide a nonsectarian institution of higher learnin ...

in Massachusetts, and graduated summa cum laude.

Pageantry

In 2005, Yuen participated in the

where she was awarded the title of Tourism Ambassador and was named one of the top five finalists on the final night.

In politics

Yuen entered Hong Kong politics in 2011, when she co-founded

Power Voters The Power Voters was a pro-democratic political group in Hong Kong. The core members formed the radical party People Power in early 2011 and became one of its branches. Its major aims were to punish the largest pro-democratic party Democratic P ...

, which would later become a coalition member of

, with the aim of punishing the

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for its stance in the

2010 Hong Kong electoral reform The 2010 Hong Kong electoral reform was the series of events began in 2009 and finalised in 2010 under the ''Consultation Document on the Methods for Selecting the Chief Executive and for Forming the Legislative Council in 2012'', a document publ ...

. In 2012, Yuen announced that she would enter the Hong Kong Legislative Council election in September that year as a People Power candidate for New Territories East constituency with

Raymond Chan Chi-chuen Raymond Chan Chi-chuen (born 16 April 1972 in Hong Kong, ), also called Slow Beat () in his radio career, is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (representing the New Territories East (constituency), New Territories East c ...

. In preparation for this, she renounced her US citizenship as required by Hong Kong election law. She was placed second in her party list under the

Party-list proportional representation Party-list proportional representation (list-PR) is a subset of proportional representation electoral systems in which multiple candidates are elected (e.g., elections to parliament) through their position on an electoral list. They can also be u ...

; Ray Chan, who was first on that list, was elected, but Yuen herself, like all other candidates ranked second or below in their party lists, was not. Yuen was elected the chairwoman of People Power, succeeding

Christopher Lau Christopher Lau Gar-hung (born 8 February 1976 in Hong Kong; ) was the chairman of People Power political party in Hong Kong. He is a presenter for Hong Kong People Reporter and MyRadio. He ran for office in the 2012 Hong Kong legislative elec ...

in July 2013. In March 2014, Yuen stood in a by-election for the South Horizons West seat on the

Southern District Council Southern District Council is the district council for the Southern District in Hong Kong. It is one of 18 such councils. The Southern District Council currently consists of 17 members, of which the district is divided into 17 constituencies, e ...

, following the resignation of

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. She secured second place with 1,083 votes, behind Judy Chan Ka-pui of the New People's Party (2,023 votes) and ahead of Sin Chung-kai of the

(920 votes). She failed again to challenge Chan in the general election in 2015. She stood as the second candidate in Christopher Lau's list in Hong Kong Island in the 2016 legislative election but the list was not elected. She resigned from the chairwomanship of People Power after the Legco election.

Personal life

Yuen started a multi-brand skincare and health product store Mi Ming Mart in 2009. In December 2014, Yuen married political fellow-traveller and

chairman Anthony Lam Yue-yeung. Lam runs the media platform memehk.com until 2016, and – like Yuen – has stood unsuccessfully for

References

External links

Official Website
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Yuen, Erica 1980 births Living people 20th-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Hong Kong actresses People Power (Hong Kong) politicians Former United States citizens Hong Kong women in politics Tufts University alumni Chinese actor-politicians 21st-century women politicians