Carat Cheung


Carat Cheung is a Canadian-Chinese actress, model and former beauty pageant queen currently based in Hong Kong and currently under Television Broadcasts Limited management. She is the winner of the 2012 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.

Biography

Carat Cheung hails from Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended Killarney Secondary School and graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Economics Business Studies. Cheung is also the niece of TVB television drama producer Alfred Cheung Kin-ting. Prior to returning to Hong Kong, Chueng worked as a presenter for Fairchild TV, a Chinese television channel in Canada.

Pageant career

Cheung was a contestant at the 2009 Miss Chinese Pageant, coming in 1st Runner-Up, behind that year's winner Eliza Sam.
In 2012, Cheung returned to Hong Kong in order to participate in the 2012 Miss Hong Kong pageant for a better chance of aspiration to enter into acting. The 2012 was the first Miss Hong Kong pageant to hold viewers choice online voting. The winner was to be selected based on popular online votes by audiences. Cheung was crowned the winner on August 26, 2012, however her win remains highly controversial as TVB's computer servers were disrupted, resulting in a lot of viewers unable to vote for their favorite. At the end, the winner was decided by the judging panel. Netizens and a few TVB artistes were not happy with the final winner result and demanded TVB do a recount to be fair for all the other contestants. Cheung's uncle Alfred Cheung, came to her defense noting all past winners were decided by the judges so the rightful winner was crowned.
After winning the 2012 Miss Hong Kong title, Cheung went on to participate in the 2013 Miss Chinese International Pageant, where she came in as 2nd Runner-Up.

Acting career

Cheung's acting debuted in 2014 with a small role in TVB drama Tomorrow Is Another Day. The following year she was cast in main supporting roles in dramas Smooth Talker, Wudang Rules and the highly rated Ghost of Relativity which brought her more public attention.

Personal life

On July 31, 2016, Cheung announced on her social media account that she was engaged to her Joe Choy. They held their wedding ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Hong Kong on September 9, 2016.

Filmography

Television dramas