Sonija Kwok Plagued by Negative Rumors; Noticeably Absent from Miss HK Promo Caption: Due to illness, Sonija Kwok was absent from yesterday's Miss Hong Kong recruitment event. However, was her absence also correlated to recent negative rumors? Miss Hong Kong 1999, Sonija Kwok Sin Lei was originally scheduled to appear at a recruitment event for this year's pageant. Due to her sudden absence from the event, one had to question whether it was tied to her recent rumors as the third party in Michael Tao Dai Yu's divorce. Chan Chi Lin, the organizer for the Miss Hong Kong pageant, explained, "Sonija had a stomache last night and notified me that she could not attend last minute. Her absence was unrelated to her recent rumors. Ho Lai Chuen, the manager for the pageant, acknowledged that they will invite Sonija to future events. "We do not know whether the rumors are true or false. I do hope that she could attend because she is a representative Miss Hong Kong." "Since Sonija could not attend, we can only look forward to next time." Sonija's manager also noted, "Sonija was resting at home. Although she was not feeling well, she did not enter the hospital. In the past, she had attended numerous Miss Hong Kong events."
