Kelly Cheung ( zh, c=張曦雯, p=Cheung Hei-Man, born 11 May 1990) is a Hongkonger-American actress, tv host and beauty pageant titleholder. She currently contracted to

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. She is the winner of Miss Chinese International 2012 and represented Hong Kong at

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Early life and personal life

Cheung was born in

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and was raised there until she was ten years old before moving to

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where she attended St. Therese Chinese Catholic School and later graduated from

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with a degree in

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. Mark Brunyez of American and Japanese descent, have been dating for 6 years. The couple met in the United States, Kelly’s home country, prior to her entry into the Miss Chinese International Pageant. They had stayed in touch as friends for many years, before deciding to take their relationship to the next step in 2018
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Career

Cheung was 21 when she won the Miss Friendship Ambassador Pageant and represented Chicago at Miss Chinese International 2012. She was crowned the winner, becoming the only Chicago representative to have won the beauty pageant title. She was the winner of Friendship Ambassador as well. Cheung represented Hong Kong, at

in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, marking the first time a

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titleholder represented Hong Kong at Miss World instead of a

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titleholder. This was due to the Miss World pageant timeframe shifting from November to August and thus conflicting with that of Miss Hong Kong Pageant. At Miss World Pageant 2012, Cheung entered top 47 in Top Model and top 40 in Beach Fashion. Cheung relocated to Hong Kong and joined

after crowning her successor at

in January 2013. With her fluent English, she joined the English language channel

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and

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as a television presenter, hosting '' Dolce Vita'' and '' Pearl Entertainment Tonight,'' and ''Scoop'' (東張西望). Cheung also had a successful modeling career prior to her pageant wins. She was awarded "Best New Model 2010" by Elite HK Model Management. She had appeared in numerous television commercials as well as featuring in fashion and beauty magazines. In 2016, Cheung made her acting debut in the legal drama ''

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''. In 2019, she starred in the critical acclaimed medical drama ''

Big White Duel ''Big White Duel'' () is a 2019 Hong Kong television medical drama produced by Marco Law and TVB. It stars Roger Kwok, Kenneth Ma, Natalie Tong, Ali Lee and Kelly Cheung as the main leads. The series follows a team of medical practitioners at ...

'', receiving attention from netizens. She gained recognition by winning the Most Improved Female Artiste award at the 2019

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Filmography

Television dramas (
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)

Television dramas ( Shaw Brothers Pictures)

Awards and nominations

References

External links

Kelly Cheung on Weibo

1990 births Actresses from Chicago Hong Kong emigrants to the United States American expatriate actresses in Hong Kong Hong Kong film actresses Female models from Illinois University of Illinois Chicago alumni American television actresses Living people Miss Chinese International winners Miss World 2012 delegates Models from Chicago TVB actors 21st-century American women 21st-century Chinese actresses {{US-pageant-bio-stub