Janet Chow () (born 25 August 1983, in

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) is a Hong Kong actress. She has ancestry in Shanghai. She was the 2nd runner-up in the 2006

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competition. She attended

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and

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Personal life

She immigrated to Canada at age 7. She married actor

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in 2012 with a grand wedding. and had her first child, a boy, in 2013. Her father-in-law

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is also an actor and a martial artist.

Pageant career

Both Chow, and

2006 winner Aimee Chan Yan Mei, had competed at

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2004, although each failed to place. Chow was the only contestant of the pageant born in Hong Kong. Later, Chow joined the top 16 of the Miss Hong Kong 2006 pageant as one of four women who were selected from overseas (Toronto) to compete. During the finals, she won the Miss Photogenic award, and received the highest swimsuit score (44) during her catwalk, although her interview only merited 34 points. She eventually placed as first runner-up. She represented Hong Kong at the

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pageant due to the winner of Miss Hong Kong, Aimee Chan, being overage.

Television career

Chow has appeared as an actress for '' A Fistful of Stances'', '' Fly with Me'', '' Some Day'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and ''

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'' for

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Hong Kong.

Awards

*Miss Hong Kong 2006 First Runner-Up *Miss Hong Kong 2006 Miss Photogenic

References

External links

Official TVB Blog
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chow, Janet 1983 births Living people Actresses from Toronto Hong Kong emigrants to Canada Hong Kong television actresses Miss World 2006 delegates Naturalized citizens of Canada People from Markham, Ontario TVB actors 21st-century Hong Kong actresses 21st-century Canadian actresses