Helena Chan Rui Ying () (born 6 July 1989) is a

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 ...

- Swedish

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presenter and fashion model. She is of Chinese and Swedish descent. She is best known for representing Hong Kong in the first season of ''Asia's Next Top Model''. She is the current host of

STAR World Star World, currently stylized logo-wise in capital letters and formerly known as Star Entertainment Channel and Star Plus respectively, is an Asian English language entertainment television channel originally launched on 15 December 1991 by ...

's ''Style Setter''. Helena is a keen shark fin activist. As a top model, she has graced the pages of top fashion magazines, including ''

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'', ''Esquire'', ''Baccarat Magazine'', and ''MRMagazine''. She is currently working on her own fashion line.

Early life

Chan is a kindergarten teacher in Hong Kong, where she was raised for thirteen years, and currently works as a freelance model. She began her modeling career at the age of fifteen. She attended

King George V School (Hong Kong) King George V School (KGV, pronounced "K-G-Five") is a coeducational international secondary independent school of the English Schools Foundation (ESF), located in Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong. The school has more than 1,900 students and is one of the ...

. Before signing to

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, she was turned down by various modeling agencies. After being encouraged by her friends, she applied for the first season of ''

Asia's Next Top Model ''Asia's Next Top Model'' (abbreviated as ''AsNTM'') is a reality television show based on the American franchise ''America's Next Top Model'' in which a number of aspiring models compete for the title of ''Asia's Next Top Model'' and a chance ...

'', representing Hong Kong, where she was evicted for her bad temper after making it to the top six. After participating on AsNTM she enjoyed a successful career as a celebrity in Hong Kong. Among her top model campaigns are an Inniu campaign and a fashion spread in ''

''. She was inspired by supermodels like

Cara Delevingne Cara Jocelyn Delevingne ( ; born 12 August 1992) is an English model and actress. She signed with Storm Management after leaving school in 2009. Delevingne won Model of the Year at the British Fashion Awards in 2012 and 2014, and List of award ...

and fashion designer

Roberto Cavalli Roberto Cavalli (; 15 November 1940 – 12 April 2024) was an Italian fashion designer and inventor. He was known for exotic prints and for creating the sand-blasted look for jeans. The Roberto Cavalli fashion house sells luxury clothing, perf ...

Filmography

References

1989 births Hong Kong people of Swedish descent Hong Kong female models Swedish female models Swedish people of Hong Kong descent Living people Asia's Next Top Model contestants Alumni of King George V School, Hong Kong {{model-stub