- Mr. Hong Kong
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The Mr. Hong Kong Contest (Chinese: 香港先生選舉), or MRHK (港男) for short, is a beauty contest for young men, organized by leading Hong Kong television station TVB. The contest has been an annual event since 2005, and winners will have the opportunity to represent Hong Kong for the Mister World contest.
Like the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, top Mr. Hong Kong contestants are awarded to a contract with TVB, and many of them become promoted television actors. A contestant and runner-up in 2005, Byron Pang, even went on to become a film star (in the 2009 Hong Kong movie Amphetamine).
The contest also has other consolation prizes that vary slightly from year to year. Unlike their female counterpart, Mr. Hong Kong does not have specific first and second runner-up positions. Contestants are divided into two groups, the Stylish Youth Division (瀟灑少年) and the Maturity Division (健力盛年), and a winner is chosen from both groups. The final winner (the Mr. Hong Kong) will then be determined by the top contestants of both groups.
Judges for the contest are all women, and winners of the contest are also determined by a public vote of 600 to 800 female viewers. The first ever winner of the contest was Matthew Ko.
Contents
Summary of winners
Year Mr. Hong Kong
香港先生Stylish winner
瀟灑組別冠軍Maturity winner
健力組別冠軍2005 Matthew Ko Matthew Ko Rocky Cheng 2006 Francois Huynh Francois Huynh Otto Chan Year Mr. Hong Kong
香港先生Youth winner
少年組別冠軍Maturity winner
盛年組別冠軍2007 Benjamin Yuen 袁偉豪 Michael Chiu 趙國東 Zhiwei Hu 胡志偉 2008 Michael Wilson Tsu 朱允崇 Joey Law 羅天宇 Michael Wilson Tsu 朱允崇 2009 Jack Hui 許家傑 Calvin Chan 陳偉洪 Jack Hui 許家傑 2010 William Chak 翟威廉 2011 Clayton Li 李晉強 Notable winners and contestants
- Mike Ting 丁家熙 (Mr. Hong Kong 2005; A student of IVE)
- Byron Pang 彭冠期 (Mr. Hong Kong 2005 runner-up; actor)
- Stephen Huynh 黃長興 (Maturty division runner-up 2005; actor)
- Francois Huynh 黃長發 (Mr. Hong Kong 2006; actor)
- Benjamin Yuen 袁偉豪 (Mr. Hong Kong 2007; actor)
Controversy
Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority has received a number of complaints from the public regarding the Mr. Hong Kong Contest, in which the programme was of bad taste and male contestants were treated as sex objects by the women in the show. These complaints were later dismissed. [1]
See also
- Miss Hong Kong
External links
Categories:- Recurring events established in 2005
- Hong Kong television programs
- TVB television programmes
- Male beauty pageants
- Beauty pageants in Hong Kong
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