Edelweiss Cheung (, born 27 October 1985) is a Hong Kong model and

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titleholder who was crowned

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 Lam ...

2008.

Biography

Cheung was on born 27 October 1985 in

British Hong Kong Hong Kong was a colony and later a dependent territory of the British Empire from 1841 to 1997, apart from a period of occupation under the Japanese Empire from 1941 to 1945 during the Pacific War. The colonial period began with the Briti ...

. Her parents are

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from

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. She attended at

Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School Hoi Ping Chamber of Commerce Secondary School ( Chinese: 旅港開平商會中學, abbr. HPCCSS) is a Band 1 EMI secondary school located in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon Hong Kong. Hoi Ping is also well known for its school athletic team which ranked th ...

and also educated in

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. Later, she move to

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to attend design classes at the Burgo Fashion and Design Institute. Cheung was aged 22 year old and at tall, she was the tallest Miss Hong Kong since 1973. She competed in

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which was held on 19 July 2008 at the

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. She won the

Miss Hong Kong 2008 Miss Hong Kong 2008 The 36th Miss Hong Kong Pageant which was televised live internationally from the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 19 July 2008. Twenty-two-year-old Edelweiss Cheung became the new Miss Hong Kong and the tallest Mi ...

pageant. After winning the crown, Cheung was criticised for smoking and kissing her boyfriend in public. The pageant organiser TVB froze Cheung's contract following criticism of her behaviour on public, which it deemed unfit for a Miss Hong Kong champion. Cheung was not invited to present at Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2009 and crown her successor,

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References

External links

Miss Hong Kong: Edelweiss CheungEdelweiss Cheung - TVB BlogMiss Hong Kong Pageant 2008 Official Website
1985 births Living people Miss Hong Kong winners {{HongKong-bio-stub