Mandy Lee Cho (born 2 September 1982 in
Sacramento County, California
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)
[Date of birth found on the '']California Birth Index
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1905-1995'', under Cho, Mandy Lee, on 2 September 1982 in Sacramento County. is a Hong Kong beauty contestant and television personality.
Cho studied in
San Francisco
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, United States. She went to Hong Kong in 2003 and competed in the 2003
Miss Hong Kong
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 ...
Pageant. A favorite at the start of the competition, she made it into the semifinals and won the Perfect Team Award. Then in August, she competed in the finals and beat favorites like
Selena Li
Selena Lee Sze-wa (, born 12 February 1981), former stage name Selena Lee Sze-Wan (), is a Hong Kong-born Canadian actress and former beauty pageant contestant.
After participating in the 2003 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, Lee had signed an artiste co ...
,
Rabee'a Yeung, and
Carrie Lee for the title. Later Cho appeared in
TVB
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series including
Split Second
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* Split Second (1992 film), ''Split Second'' (1992 film), a British science fiction film
* Split Second (game show), ''S ...
,
Guts of Man Guts of Man (Traditional Chinese: 肝膽崑崙), also called Courageous Kunlun, was a Hong Kong TVB costume action series produced by Tommy Leung Choi Yuen. 20 episodes were produced for the series in 2004.
Plot
Dung Fei (Sammul Chan) and Seung ...
, and
The Charm Beneath
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Sheren Tang and Bobby Au-Yeung were originally cast in this series inst ...
. She also became the seventh contestant from Hong Kong to win the
Miss Chinese International
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First Runner-up title. Cho is also the second woman after Winnie Yeung (also from Hong Kong) to win the Miss Friendship title. The eventual winner of the 2004
Miss Chinese International
Miss Chinese International Pageant (, formerly 國際華裔小姐競選), or MCI () for short, is an annual international beauty pageant, organized and broadcast by TVB, a network television station in Hong Kong. It was established in 1988 and t ...
title was
Linda Chung
Linda Chung Ka-yan (; born on 9 April 1984) is a Chinese-Canadian actress, singer and songwriter. She signed a long-term contract with TVB in 2004 after winning the Miss Chinese International. Chung was always Non-official Best Actress duri ...
.
In 2006, Cho completed her studies at the
Gemological Institute of America
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in New York City and is now a Graduate Gemologist. She returned to Hong Kong in September 2006. Though she said she was working as a PR at a jewelry company when she first returned to Hong Kong, she is now working as an actress once more.
Filmography
TV series
Awards
2000 Model Competition:
* Internet Popularity
Miss Hong Kong 2003:
* Miss Hong Kong 2003, Diamond Skin, Miss International Goodwill, Miss Figure Beauty, Perfect Group
Miss Chinese International 2004:
* First Runner up and Miss Friendship
TVB:
* Best Newcomer
References
External links
Official TVB Blog*
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1982 births
Actresses from the San Francisco Bay Area
American emigrants to Hong Kong
American people of Hong Kong descent
Hong Kong film actresses
Hong Kong television actresses
Living people
Miss Hong Kong winners
People from Sacramento County, California
TVB actors
21st-century Hong Kong actresses
American born Hong Kong artists