Miss Hong Kong 2008: Edelweiss Cheung , against all odds

Miss Hong Kong 2008: Edelweiss Cheung , against all odds

Picture: New Miss HK Edelweiss was crowned by Kayi Cheung (Miss HK 2007)

The Miss Hong Kong 2008 Pageant took place last night at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wanchai. #3 Edelweiss Cheung was crowned as Miss Hong Kong 2008 despite all the negative publicity of her being a smoker, clubbing and kissed her boyfriend in the street.#6 Skye Chan scored a double with 1st runner up as well as Miss International Goodwill. "2nd runner up went to #11 Sire Ma and she also took the Miss Photogenic award. Hot favorites #4 Samantha Ko and #7 Jovy Leung , although got into the last 5, have lost their deposits

Picture from left: 1st runner up Skye Chan, Miss HK Edelweiss Cheung and 2nd runner up Sire Ma

22 years old university student Edelweiss Cheung was the tallest contestant . Despite gossips about her social life. It didn't affect her score from the judges. Samantha Ko also had bad publicity of her appearing nude had also lost her deposit.

Picture:Skye Chan looked very feminine with her long hairIst runner up

Skye Chan was initially a black horse specially with her short hair. She looked like a tomboy. But last night she had long hair, that increased her feminine look. She was full of confident. She appeared calm. The judges took a fancy of her. She deserved the title of Miss International Goodwill. She was also a university graduate now 24, working as a cabin crew.

Picture: Sire Ma with her sweet smile

2nd runner up 20 years old Sire Ma although having a petite built, she remained calm througout. With her lovely smiles, she came 3rd in the contest as well as winning the Miss Photogenic AwardWinner Edelweiss had so much negative publicity earlier on, even the host Eric Tsang was a bit surprised that she won. He said there was only one person took a bet on her winning the contest.Edelweiss to change her image

Picture: Edelweiss Cheung is tall. She impressed the judges with her sexy long legs

Edelweiss said it was a surprise for her too. But she reckoned she did well on stage. She asked the reporters if they were surprised too. She also disclosed that when she was on stage, she was paying a lot of attention to what she said and how she behaved. She worked very hard indeed . Now she has the title, she would be even more careful about her image. When she was asked whether she would continue to smoke and kiss in the street, she sali she would try to improve her image.1st runner up Skye Chan expressed her excitement . She was only trying to do her best and took it as natural as possible, To her surprise, she came second. She also praised Edelweiss for having a good figure and a very pleasant personality. Edelweiss is the best person to get the title. Skye Ma was asked what she thought about Edelweiss's negative image. She replied Edelweiss had already given up smoking and what she does with her boyfriend is not her business.

Source: Mingpao/Sina.com

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