Tiffany Lam or Tiffany Lam Man Lei (, born 25 October 1980) is a former beauty queen from

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. She held the title of

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2002 and

Miss Chinese International Miss Chinese International Pageant ( zh, 國際中華小姐競選, formerly 國際華裔小姐競選), or MCI ( zh, 華姐) for short, is an annual international beauty pageant, organized and broadcast by TVB, a network television station in Hong ...

2003 runner up.

Early life

Lam was born in

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in 1980. During her childhood, she immigrated to

San Francisco, California San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, where she studied for many years. Lam later attended the

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. She is a member of Sigma Omicron Pi sorority, Delta chapter. She then returned to Hong Kong to compete in the Miss Hong Kong 2002 pageant. Her younger cousin, Sandy Lau, won the 2009 Miss Hong Kong.

Miss Hong Kong 2002

She was chosen out of many delegates from USA and

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to go back to Hong Kong to compete. She made the top 12 of the Miss Hong Kong 2002 pageant in early July. Three weeks later, she competed and won the Miss Hong Kong pageant final on its 30th anniversary, also winning two side awards, "Miss International Goodwill" and "Miss Modern Style".

Miss Chinese International 2003

After winning the Miss Hong Kong title, Lam became an ambassador for Hong Kong, representing Hong Kong at the

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2003 The 15th anniversary of the pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2003 was held on January 25, 2003 in Hong Kong. TVB of Hong Kong broadcast and distributed the pageant worldwide. In the end, Miss Chinese International 2002 Shirley Zhou of ...

in January 2003, where she finished second behind

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of Kuala Lumpur.

Post-pageant

Lam subsequently starred in two

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dramas, '' Net Deception'' and '' Not Just A Pretty Face''. Her 1st runner up and friend, Victoria Jolly, also appeared in ''Not Just A Pretty Face''. After she crowned her successor, Mandy Cho Man Li, Lam returned to San Francisco to continue her studies. She returned to Hong Kong to crown the 1st runner up of the

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2004 Miss Chinese International Pageant 2004, the 16th Miss Chinese International Pageant, was held on January 17, 2004 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and televised by TVB in Hong Kong. At the end of the pageant, Miss Chinese International 2 ...

. As of 2007, Lam works for her family restaurant business in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Awards

* Miss Hong Kong 2002: Winner, Miss International Goodwill, and Miss Modern Style. * Miss Chinese International 2003: 1st runner up.

TVB Dramas

* '' Net Deception'' (2002) * '' Not Just A Pretty Face'' (2003)

References

External links

Miss Hong Kong 2002 site
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