Cally Kwong Mei-wan (born 24 December 1962) is a Hong Kong singer.
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| Born | 24 December 1962 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Hong Konger | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation | Singer | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1982-present | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Chinese name | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 鄺美雲 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 邝美云 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editKwong was born Cally Kwong Mei Wan on 24 December 1962 in British Hong Kong. Her family was poor and her mother died when she was 14.
Career
editCally entered the Miss Hong Kong contest organised by HK TVB in 1982 when she was 19 and won the 1st runner-up title. The Miss Hong Kong of that year was Anglie Leon Leung (Chinese: 梁韻蕊) and the 2nd runner-up was Isabella Kau (Chinese: 寇鴻萍).[1] As the 1st runner-up, Cally represented Hong Kong in the 32nd edition of the Miss World contest in 1982. Her contestant number was 29 out of 68. The event was held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK.[citation needed]
She later became a cantopop singer. In 1984, she signed up to PolyGram Records and released her first solo album a year later.[2] She later became the Cantonese Singing voice for Ariel.
She started jewelry studies and obtained a diploma in gemology and in 2000, she opened her own store, Cally Jewellery.
Political career
editCally started her charity work back in early 1990s. Because of her contribution to Jiangxi province, she was elected as delegate to the 9th and 10th Jiangxi CPPCC: The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.[3] Cally was elected as one of the 36 delegates representing Hong Kong to the China National People's Congress in Dec 2017.[4][5]
Personal life
editIn 1996, Kwong married actor Ray Lui Leung-wai, however the marriage lasted only 18 months.[2]
In 2000, Kwong became a Buddhist and joined the Fo Guang Shan (Mountain of Buddhist Light) (佛光山 )whose headquarters is near Kaohsiung in the south of Taiwan. Since then, she adopted her religious principles in her investments.[6]
From 2000, Cally started to donate in China, mostly in Jiangxi province in building primary and secondary schools for the poor. Her goal was to build 100 schools.[6] In 2008, she was named one of the top ten philanthropists in Jiangxi.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Miss Hong Kong archive, TVB, Retrieved on 2018-05-01". Archived from the original on 2018-05-01. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
- ^ a b Chung, Winnie (28 June 1998). "Her marriage may have failed, but Cally Kwong is discovering some unexpected". South China Morning Post. Archived from the original on 2015-08-03. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
- ^ Former Miss Hong Kong Cally Kwong as delegate to Jiangxi CPPCC, Sina News 2012-02-04 Retrieved 2018-05-01
- ^ Who are the 11 new Hongkongers elected to China’s legislature – and what impact will they have on policy making? SCMP 2017-12-19
- ^ Cally Kwong joined Jiangxi Political Party since 2006, China News network, 2016-01-29 Retrieved 2018-04-24
- ^ a b Buddhist role model finds beauty in giving, not receiving, SCMP, 2009-10-30 Retrieved 2018-04-24
- ^ Hong Kong Polytechnic University Endowed Professorship Retrieved 2018-04-24