Cambridge law graduate Louisa Mak crowned Miss Hong Kong 2015 (and she wants to be city leader)
Straight-A student and Cambridge law graduate Louisa Mak Ming-sze was named the winner of this year's Miss Hong Kong pageant.
Mak told reporters at the time that she would like to become a politician and even the Hong Kong chief executive one day. "I want to become an influential [person], not only for the pay," she had said.
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Ada Pong made it as first runner-up while Karmen Kwok ranked second runner-up in the annual competition hosted by broadcaster TVB.
TVB in 2012 planned for the first time to hold public voting for the champion through the internet and a smartphone app, but the system crashed during the show amid a surge of votes. A HK$480,000 car lucky draw was also scrapped. The winners were picked by a panel of judges instead.
In 2014, the pageant voting system earned public attention again when it seemed to give a taste of what Hong Kong suffrage would look like in 2017. A "one man, one vote" system allowed the public to pick the winner - but not before a panel of celebrity judges had served as a nominating committee to screen out seven of the 10 finalists.
Watch: Miss Hong Kong pageant 2015 (Cantonese)
Veronica Shiu Pui-sie, a university student, was crowned Miss Hong Kong 2014 after winning more than 156,000 votes out of the total 200,000 cast, far outnumbering the first runner-up, Erin Wong Cheuk-ki and law degree graduate Katherine Ho Yim-kuen.
Notable past pageant contestants include Erica Yuen Mi-ming, one of the top five finalists in 2005, who was elected chairwoman of the People Power alliance in July 2013.