Plenty of Lookalikes at Miss Hong Kong Second Interviews The 2007 Miss Hong Kong Pageant held its second round of interviews yesterday and about sixty contestants were brought into TVB City by three minibuses, including lookalikes of Gillian Chung, Gigi Lai, Michelle Saram; a commoner version of Cathy Tsui and the Siu Ding Yat nominated Kwok Sze Lam. Maybe because the weather was warm, most of the girls wore low cut strappy dresses, shorts or short skirts, fortunately they had very balanced figures and showed off their good points. Although the organisers forbade the girls from answering questions from the press, they allowed themselves to be photographed and just a few of them rush away with their heads down. Among them, the most exaggerated was one girl who had her hair mussed up, wore sunglesses and had covered her face with her shawl, not revealing her looks at all, creating murmurs of 'Dance of Passion' from the reporters. It would seem that with so little self esteem, her chances of getting through will be slim. When another girl was asked what her name was, she quickly replied: "Grace!". At this time, the show's executive Rosa Chan was walking past and she scolded: "Did you know you are not allowed to tell them your name?" The girl then seemed rather apologetic. Last year's contestant Chan Sum Yee who was eliminated at the training camp is back again this year to try again. Rosa indicates that the contestants met with executives including Ho Lai Chuen, Virginia Lok and producer Chin Kwok Wai yesterday and were required to introduce themselves and model their swimwear. Twenty-four girls will be selected to enter the 'Miss Hong Kong Interviews' reality show and subjected to more interviews with professionals before the final 12 will be selected. They will then join the 4 international contestants for the last 16, which will be revealed to the press in early June. They will then head out to Tianjin and Beijing for location filming for nine days to mark the preparations for the 2008 Olympic Games. The four overseas contestants will be arriving in Hong Kong on 20th May. As for Kwok Sze Lam being invited back for a second interview, Rosa was asked whether her cosmetic surgery will have any effect on her chances. Rosa says that it is difficult to prove whether or not she has had surgery and there are no rules against this, so there should be no impact, but she personally prefers girls who offer a more comfortable impression. Source: Takungpao
