Sharon Luk or Luk Sze-wan (born 29 December 1980) is a

TVB Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) is a television broadcasting company based in Hong Kong SAR. The Company operates five free-to-air terrestrial television channels in Hong Kong, with TVB Jade as its main Cantonese language service, and ...

actress. She is also

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 ...

2005 1st runner up.

Background

Growing up in a family of 2, Sharon was born in

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. Ever since she was young, Sharon wanted to be a

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, but instead became a flight attendant with

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and then

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. She entered the

2005 pageant.

Miss Hong Kong 2005

After getting interviewed by

staff members, she made the top 40. She was in the acting group for

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. Tsang chose her to be in the top 20 of the pageant. After 3 months of training and filming in

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and Sri Lanka, she competed on 20 August for the crown. At first she wasn't a favorite for the crown. However she had an excellent performance during the final night. Her top 10 interview was also interesting. Eventually she made the top 5 and won 2nd runner up.

Afterwards

After she won the 1st runner up, she signed a contract with TVB. She hosted E-Buzz and many charity shows. Many thought she would compete in the

Miss World 2005 Miss World 2005, the 55th edition of the Miss World pageant, was held on 10 December 2005 at the Crown of Beauty Theatre in Sanya, China. María Julia Mantilla of Peru crowned her successor Unnur Birna Vilhjálmsdóttir of Iceland. 102 contesta ...

pageant. However, due to her being overage,

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, Miss Hong Kong 2005, was sent instead to the pageant.

Filmography

Television series

* ''

Best Selling Secrets ''Best Selling Secrets'' (Traditional Chinese: 同事三分親) is a TVB modern sitcom series broadcast from March 2007 to August 2008. The sitcom is about office politics in an advertisement company, as well as family and romantic relationships ...

'' (TVB 2007-2008) as Carrie * '' Survivor's Law II'' (TVB 2008) as a Hong Kong International School Vice Principal * ''

Forensic Heroes II ''Forensic Heroes II'' (Traditional Chinese: 法證先鋒II) is a TVB modern suspense series broadcast in May 2008 and it stars Bobby Au-Yeung, Frankie Lam, Kevin Cheng, Charmaine Sheh, Yoyo Mung, Linda Chung, Raymond Cho & Florence Kwok in the s ...

'' (TVB 2008) as Cherry Miu * '' A Journey Called Life'' (TVB 2008) * '' When a Dog Loves a Cat'' (TVB 2008) as Nam Yue Sze, Vet * ''

When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West ''When Easterly Showers Fall on the Sunny West'' (Traditional Chinese: 東山飄雨西關晴) is a Hong Kong TVB period drama series broadcasting from October till December 2008, starring Joe Ma and Charmaine Sheh as the main leads. The stor ...

'' (TVB 2008) as Chiu Hiu-Mei

Film

* '' Overheard'' (2009) as Mary * '' Love in a Puff'' (2010) * ''Lives in Flame'' (2012) * ''Fooling Around Jiang Hu'' (2016) * ''Our Days in 6E'' (2017) Sharon Luk at chinesemov.com
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Reference

External links

Sharon Luk
on Sina Weibo
Official TVB blog of Sharon Luk

Official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Luk, Sharon 1980 births Living people Hong Kong film actresses Hong Kong television actresses TVB actors