Aimee Chan (born 1 April 1981) or Chan Yan-mei (

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: 陳茵媺) is a

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born actress based in Hong Kong. She was the winner of

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2006 and was offered a TVB contract shortly after.

Biography

Aimee was born in

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, Canada. Her parents were immigrants from

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. She began her modeling career at the age of 16. She attended

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in Woodbridge, Ontario. After high school, Aimee studied at the

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. She graduated at the age of 23 and became a

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. One year later, she entered a modelling competition and won the title. Later she competed in her first

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. Shortly thereafter, she moved to Hong Kong in 2005. She married

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in June 2013. The couple have three children: sons Aiden Joshua Chan (born 4 December 2013) and Nathan Lucas Chan (born 26 February 2015) and daughter Camilla Chan (born 27 April 2016). Chan reportedly has left TVB after her contract ended two months ago, while she was still in hiatus to take care of her two sons. Sources claimed that Chan didn't make her departure known since husband

is still working with TVB. Allegedly, Moses has been busy with dramas and show appearances as a way of paying his wife's debt to the company.

Pageant career

Miss Chinese Toronto 2004

Competing with 9 other delegates in the

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2004, she did not place in the top 3. The eventual winner of the pageant was Lena Ma. She later started to host Toronto's What's On TV show at Fairchild.

Miss Hong Kong 2006

After losing in the Miss Chinese Toronto pageant, she competed in the

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in 2006. Though coming from Toronto, she went back to Hong Kong to compete. She made the top 21 of the Hong Kong group. After going into camp for 5 days training in Group C, she made the top 16. After filming with

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in Korea, she competed on 12 August 2006 for the title. Though being a favorite, there were negative reports circulating about

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. Despite this she won the crown, audience favourite and won the Miss International Goodwill title as well.

Miss World 2006

As the Miss World Organization no longer accepts runners-up as contestants in the

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pageant, Aimee was asked to compete in the

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pageant in

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. However Aimee did not compete in Miss World 2006 due to being overage, first runner-up

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replaced her.

Miss Chinese International 2007

In January 2007, Aimee competed in the

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pageant, representing Hong Kong. She was a favorite to win the title and was expected to at least make the top 5. However, due to an average performance in the interview stages, she placed in the top 10 only. Aimee became the fifth Miss Hong Kong to not place in the top 5, after Winnie Yeung in 1996 and her predecessor, (Hoyan Mok) 1994,

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in 2005, and

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in 2006. The pageant was eventually won by

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of Sydney.

After Miss Hong Kong

Upon winning Miss Hong Kong, Aimee was signed by

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and began a career in television, initially starting in MC duties at large charity shows, award shows and other live broadcasts. In 2007 Aimee was featured in TVB's Children's Music Awards. Upon passing her crown, Aimee reaffirmed her interest in design - stating that she intends to work on her own brand in the future. She starred in the highly acclaimed TV drama series:

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. She earned a best supporting actress nomination and won most improved actress for her work in

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Off Pedder ''Off Pedder'' (Traditional Chinese: 畢打自己人) is a TVB modern drama series broadcast since October 2008 and ended on 12 February 2010. The sitcom is about office politics in a magazine company, as well as family and romantic relationship ...

and

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She also starred in

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alongside

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and

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Filmography

TV dramas

Film

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References

External links

Official TVB blog
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, - {{DEFAULTSORT:Chan, Aimee 1981 births Living people 21st-century Canadian actresses Actresses from Toronto Canadian expatriates in Hong Kong Canadian film actresses Canadian graphic designers Canadian people of Hong Kong descent Canadian television actresses Miss Hong Kong winners OCAD University alumni TVB actors Women graphic designers Canadian-born Hong Kong artists