Chrissie Chau

Chrissie Chau
Chinese name	周秀娜
Pinyin	Zhōu Xiùnà (Mandarin)
Origin	Chaozhou, China
Born	22 May 1985 (1985-05-22) (age 26) Chaozhou, Guangdong
Years active	2005 - Present

Chrissie Chau (born 22 May 1985 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China) is a Hong Kong pseudo-model and actress. Chau with her usual provocative photos shots and photo album was titled Hong Kong's Young Model Pictorial Queen.^[1] She has appeared in a few advertisements which was the starting point of her career.

Biography

Chau emigrated from Chaozhou to Hong Kong with her family when she was 10. She says that she worked in a fast-food restaurant when she was 15, and then as a shop assistant in Causeway Bay earning HK$3,000 a month.^[2]

Chau is arguably Hong Kong's most famous lang mo,^[3] started pseudo modeling after she won 1st runner-up title as the 2002 Comics Festival 'Game Girl'. She came to prominence as the poster-girl for Slim Beauty slimming boutique. During the shooting of a TV commercial for the boutique, Chau ripped off her clothes whilst crossing the road in central business district to reveal a bikini underneath.^[4] In 2009 she released a limited edition life-sized poster with her likeness– dressed in lingerie– printed on the cover, at HK$560 apiece.^[5]

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Chrissie Chau helping to "unscramble the Chrissie Chau phenomenon"

Chrissie Chau was invited as a guest for a talk show at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in late 2009, as part of a seminar series entitled "Knowledge Unlimited", aimed at widening students' horizons. Chau was invited as a guest to the seminar to discuss "Unscrambling the Chrissie Chau Phenomenon".^[6] Chau was interviewed by Professor Dr. Li Siu-leung of Lingnan University in front of an audience of 400 students. She was asked a number of rather straight forward philosophical and existential questions, and was criticized for not being able to answer them; The Standard described this as "an old-fashioned ambush". The university was in turn criticized by radio host Eileen Cha for choosing Chau for a seminar series entitled "Knowledge Unlimited" when she is not clearly up for it.^[7]

Anthony Wong's Remarks

Veteran Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong has openly criticised and ridicule pseudo-models, specifically Chrisse Chau, calling them brainless and overall a "bimbo" during July 2010 in a few open events.^[8] This has come upon a recent book fair controversy, where pseudo-models are banned from the event.

2011 Career Moves

After being cast in her first starring role in the Hong Kong movie Beach Spike in 2011, Chau was hired by La Miu, a Beijing-based lingerie company, as a spokesperson with a reported 7-digit [US$] contract.^[9]

Filmography

• Bet to Basic (2006)
• Love Undercover 3 (2006)
• Playboy Cops (2008)
• Nobody's Perfect (2008)
• Split Second Murders (2009)
• Short of Love (2009)
• Seven 2 One (2009)
• Beautyworld (2009)
• Womb Ghosts (2010)
• The Fantastic Water Babes (2010)
• City Under Siege (2010)
• Perfect Wedding (2010)
• Vampire Warriors (2010)
• Marriage with a Liar (2010)
• Men Suddenly in Love (2011)
• Beach Spike (2011)
• Hong Kong Ghost Stories (2011)

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References

1. ^ "Chrissie Chau attracts Japanese geeks". 10 February 2010. http://illusive-serenity.forumotion.net/asian-entertainment-news-f35/chrissie-chau-attracts-japanese-geeks-t975.htm. Retrieved 3 March 2010. 
2. ^ "Chrissie lends voice to minimum-pay workers", The Standard, 3 August 2010
3. ^ Chan, Samuel (22 July 2010). "Pretty chaotic", The Standard
4. ^ "Chrissie Chau: The Bikini Girl That Melted Hong Kong", Neon Punch, 17 April 2009
5. ^ "Hard line urged over Chau `sex toy'", 3 August 2009. The Standard
6. ^ "Fresh lunches offer food for thought" The Standard, 28 October 2009
7. ^ Lau, Nickkita (23 October 2009). "Beauty and the beasts", The Standard
8. ^ Anthony Wong Scolds Chrissie Chau is Brainless
9. ^ http://tumblr.com/xue3vgjrqa "Chrissie Chau", 2 August 2011. Skaught BJ
10. ^ "Chrissie Chau". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3012172/. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 
11. ^ "Chrissie Chau". chinesemov.com. http://chinesemov.com/actors/Chrissie%20Chow.html. Retrieved 5 April 2010. 

External links

• Chrissie's Official Blog (Jasco)
• Chrissie's Official Blog (Yahoo)
• Chrissie's Official Mini Blog(sina)
• Chrissie on Hong Kong Movie Database
• Chrissie Chau portrait

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Name	Chau, Chrissie
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Date of birth	22 May 1985
Place of birth	Chaozhou, Guangdong
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