| Anita Yuen | |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | 袁詠儀 (Traditional) |
| Chinese name | 袁咏仪 (Simplified) |
| Pinyin | Yuán Yǒngyí (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | jyun4 wing6 ji4 (Cantonese) |
| Born | September 4, 1971 Hong Kong |
| Years active | 1990- |
| Spouse(s) | Julian Cheung |
| Children | Morton Cheung |
Anita Yuen Wing-Yi is a Hong Kong film and television actress. Events 476 - Romulus Augustus, last emperor of the Western Roman Empire, is deposed when Odoacer proclaims himself Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Julian Cheung Chilam is a Singer and Hong Kong actor Early life At age 16 Chilam migrated to Sydney, Australia with his father Hong Kong ( officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, is a territory located on China 's south coast on the Pearl River Delta, and borders Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works She was the winner of the 1990 Miss Hong Kong Pageant. The Miss Hong Kong Pageant ( or MSHK (港姐 for short is a Beauty pageant organized by the leading Hong Kong television station Television Broadcasts (TVB
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At the age of 18, Anita entered the Miss Hong Kong 1990 pageant. The Miss Hong Kong Pageant ( or MSHK (港姐 for short is a Beauty pageant organized by the leading Hong Kong television station Television Broadcasts (TVB She was a heavy favorite to win the crown from the semifinal to final. During the semifinals on August 5, 1990, she won the Miss Photogenic award. She had a semifinal score of 485, placing 3rd overall. The finals were held on August 21, 1990. She eventually beat out another big favorite, Helen Yung who was 1st runner up and the winner of 2 other awards. Anita later represented Hong Kong at the Miss Chinese International 1991 pageant, held on February 2, 1991. Miss Chinese International Pageant ( Chinese: before 2007 國際華裔小姐競選, 2007 onwards 國際中華小姐競選) or MSCI (Chinese She took 1st runner up for Hong Kong. She also competed at the Miss Universe 1991 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. Miss Universe 1991 was held at Aladdin Theatre for the Performing Arts on the Las Vegas Strip, USA on May 17, 1991 Las Vegas ( Spanish: "The Meadows" is the most populous City in the state of Nevada, the seat of Clark County, and an internationally She failed to make the top 10 and was placed 60th. The pageant was won by Miss Mexico, Lupita Jones. Lupita Jones (born María Guadalupe Jones Garay on September 6, 1968 in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico) became
Anita Yuen is best known for her role as the female lead in Derek Yee's 1993 tear-jerker C'est la vie, mon chéri (1993). C'est la vie mon chéri ( is a 1994 Hong Kong movie directed by Derek Yee Tung-Shing and starring Anita Yuen, Lau Ching-Wan She is also well remembered in her cross-gender comic role opposite Leslie Cheung in He's a Woman, She's a Man (1994). Leslie Cheung Kwok-Wing ( September 12, 1956 – April 1, 2003) nicknamed elder brother (哥哥 was an Actor and Musician He's a Woman She's a Man (金枝玉葉 or Jīn Zhī Yù Yè is a 1994 Film directed by Peter Chan Ho Sun and written by James Yuen The two roles won for her the Hong Kong Academy Best Actress awards. She has also acted in a number of television serials, notably in Taiwan. Taiwan ( Taiwanese: Tâi-oân/Tāi-oân (historically 大灣/台員/大員/台圓/大圓/台窩灣 is an Island in East Asia.
Her boyfriend of 14 years is Hongkong actor and singer Julian Cheung. Julian Cheung Chilam is a Singer and Hong Kong actor Early life At age 16 Chilam migrated to Sydney, Australia with his father In May 2006, Yuen announced that she was 3 months pregnant with their first child. Their son, Morton Cheung, was born on November 12, 2006. On June 23, 2007, Anita was a guest on TVB's Be My Guest with host Stephen Chan revealing that she and Julian were secretly married in the United States, San Francisco, back in 2001. Events 1180 - First Battle of Uji, starting the Genpei War in Japan 1305 - The Flemish Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Television Broadcasts Limited ( commonly known as TVB, was the first over-the-air commercial Television station in Hong Kong. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the During the same program, Anita admitted that she was involved with an older married man during her younger years. A love of material goods and wealth encouraged her to do this.
| Preceded by Monica Chan 陳法蓉 |
Miss Hong Kong 1990 |
Succeeded by Amy Kwok 郭藹明 |