Shirley Yeung Advises Contestants Not to Step Out of Line The 24 selected contestants for the 2007 Miss Hong Kong pageant attended a further round of auditions at TVB City on Monday to fight for a coveted place in the show's finals. The programme will be aired on 2nd June, so the results are top secret at the moment and the 12 finalists will join the 4 overseas contestants at that time to meet the press. Before filming started, the 24 girls joined together for a photocall, with their positions dictated by their groups. As they are yet to be 'packaged', they all looked a little plain and innocent, but were not allowed to be interviewed by the press. The show's producer Chin Kwok Wai indicated that the girls have been split into six groups to firstly meet with representatives from the Wai Yin Association and as well as introducing themselves wearing swimwear, they had to answer questions from the panel and then go on to perform their talent performances, including acts such as belly dancing, playing the Chinese zither, knotting and magic. The top six scoring contestants will automatically qualify for the final and the other 18 will go forward to the second round, where they will met with representatives from the fields of education, television, make-up. feng shui, sport and economics to answer more questions. The Wai Yin representatives included Tracy Ip and Shirley Yeung, who appeared in low cut dresses. Tracy says that she has dressed up especially to be a judge and as her dress was sponsored, she missed out on the more conservative designs because she arrived late at the fitting. Talking of her requirements, she says that the most important thing are comfortable looks and gracious and elegant poise, whereas figure is less important. Shirley says that inner beauty is as important as their appearance and the most important thing is to be confident, natural and charming. As for the contestants being followed around by the press, Shirley advises tham that they have to be more aware of things around them during the contest and as long as they keep within the bounds, then being followed is not a problem. http://www.takungpao.com.hk/news/07/05/16/UL-736961.htm
