Thursday February 15, 2007 Hong Kong TVB Pearl will begin to air "Ugly Betty" as of 15th March and this series has already picked up Golden Globes for 'Best Series' and 'Best Actress'. To tie in the image of the leading role, Angela Tong was asked to help promote the show by giving her own rendition of the 'Ugly Betty' style and she was joined by former Miss Hong Kong contestants such as Amy Tsang and Chloe Nguyen to help promote the show. Wearing braces, thick eyebrows and thick lipstick, Angela put on the thick framed glasses and looked almost as 'good' as her 'Ah Ho' character. Angela reveals that she did wear a brace when she was younger because she likes to suck her thumb as a child, her teeth started growing outwards and when she was 14, she asked her mother to take her to have them fitted and she had to wear them until she was 16 or 17 before she started attracting the boys again. After finding fame as the 'ugly' character of Ah Ho, Angela does not mind playing the ugly girl again, but she says that this is a harder look to pull off than Ah Ho: "Ah Ho's teeth were easy to put in and take out, but the braces are quite tihgt and the wires are difficult to remove. Luckily my gums are alright." As the character is quite plump, but Angela is fairly thin, she has put on quite a few layers and a turtleneck sweater to pad out, but as the weather has been quite warm of late, she has been sweating a lot whilst they have been out filming for the promotion. She says: "Yesterday, we were filming on location in Causeway Bay and the public recognised me as Ah Ho and complimented me on how pretty I looked. One granny even touched me on the face and said I was beautiful, I couldn't believe it!" credits: tvbspace, asianfanatics.
wow im actually surprised UB has caught on in other parts of the world. it's just in its first season!!!
