10 Miss Hong Kongs from the 1990s – where are they now? From Anita Yuen, who worked with Leslie Cheung and Stephen Chow, and Amy Kwok who married Sean Lau, to Sonija Kwok’s latest ViuTV show

Dec 6 , 2022

1991 Miss Hong Kong Amy Kwok Oi-ming, 1992 Miss Hong Kong Emily Lo Suk-yi, 1994 Miss Hong Kong Halina Tam and 1995 Miss Hong Kong Winnie Young Yuen-yee (left to right). Photos: @myTV SUPER/YouTube

Anita Yuen clearly showed talent in acting, winning back-to-back awards and starring opposite Leslie Cheung before charming the audience in Stephen Chow’s comedy From Beijing with Love

Many Miss Hong Kong winners found love soon after their victories like Amy Kwok, Emily Lo, Hoyan Mok and Virginia Yung, while Lee San-san opened up about her mental health struggles

We know … you might think that beauty pageants are a thing of the past, but TVB’s annual Miss Hong Kong Pageant is quintessential to Hong Kong culture. The younger generation is still tuning in to watch the televised event, with Denise Lam taking home the crown this year. That said, many consider the 1990s as the golden era of Miss HK.

During this 10-year span, the beauty competition catapulted stars like 1990 winner Anita Yuen into the spotlight, while second runners-up Ada Choi (in 1991), Charmaine Sheh (in 1997) and Myolie Wu (in 1999) all saw success after the show, despite not winning the grand title.

1990 Miss Hong Kong Anita Yuen (left) and 1999 Miss Hong Kong Sonija Kwok (right) then and now ... what are the Miss Hong Kongs from the 1990s doing today? Photos: @myTV SUPER/Youtube; @anitayuenwy, @sonijakk/Instagram

The winners during this period, of course, also became overnight superstars, with many of them capitalising on their new-found fame and finding lucrative jobs in showbiz.

So, what have all the Miss Hong Kong champions of the 1990s been up to lately?

1. Anita Yuen Wing-yee, 1990 Miss Hong Kong

Anita Yuen was the winner of the 1990 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. Photo: k.sina.cn

Anita Yuen Wing-yee won the pageant in 1990, and went on to find success on the silver screen. By 1993, just two years after winning Miss Hong Kong title, she won the best new performer title at the Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in the film The Days of Being Dumb. Soon after, she won consecutive best actress awards in 1994 and 1995 for playing characters in C’est La Vie, Mon Chéri and He’s a Woman, She’s a Man opposite Leslie Cheung. The actress then starred in Stephen Chow’s From Beijing with Love (1994) and Man Kei-chin’s Till Death Do Us Laugh (1996).

Anita Yuen (left) and Lau Ching-wan in a still from C’est La Vie, Mon Chéri. Photo: Film Unlimited Production

But despite her triumphs, Yuen also had some negative experiences in the entertainment industry. She reportedly had conflicts with Jackie Chan and Sandra Ng, according to Star Setn. Any supposed bad blood has since been cleared between Chan and Yuen though, as the actress shared a selfie of the two of them on social media in 2017, which the media dubbed as “the picture of the century”, per Jayne Stars.

Anita Yuen and Jackie Chan cleared the air between them, as seen in these photos she posted to her Weibo account. Photo: Weibo

Regarding her love life, Yuen married her beloved Julian Cheung Chi-lam secretly in 2001 and had their only son Morton in 2006. She reduced her on-screen appearances since then, dedicating herself to her family life instead.