Chrissie Chau

Chau migrated from Chaozhou to Hong Kong with her family when she was 10. She states 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 (about US$380) a month.[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=101271&sid=29119311&con_type=1&d_str=20100803&sear_year=2010 "Chrissie lends voice to minimum-pay workers"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629184715/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=101271&sid=29119311&con_type=1&d_str=20100803&sear_year=2010|date=29 June 2011|title=}} The Standard

Chau is Hong Kong's most famous pseudo-model, or lang mo,[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=100834&sid=28984111&con_type=3&d_str=20100722&sear_year=2010 "Pretty chaotic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629184531/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=30&art_id=100834&sid=28984111&con_type=3&d_str=20100722&sear_year=2010 |date=29 June 2011 }}. The Standard She began pseudo-modelling after she won the runner-up title in the 2002 Comics Festival 'Game Girl'. She rose to prominence as the poster girl for Slim Beauty slimming boutique. In a TV commercial for the boutique, Chau rips off her clothes, revealing a bikini underneath, to 'stop the traffic' while she crosses the road in the business district of Central.[http://www.neonpunch.com/chrissie-chau-takes-storm/ "Chrissie Chau: The Bikini Girl That Melted Hong Kong"]. Neon Punch In 2009, she released a limited edition life-sized poster with her likeness– dressed in lingerie– printed on the cover, at HK$560 (about US$72) apiece.[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=85729&sid=24803507&con_type=1&d_str=20090803&sear_year=2009 "Hard line urged over Chau `sex toy'"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629184254/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=21&art_id=85729&sid=24803507&con_type=1&d_str=20090803&sear_year=2009|date=29 June 2011|title=}} The Standard

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".[http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15&art_id=89692&sid=25844554&con_type=3&d_str=20091028&sear_year=2009 "Fresh lunches offer food for thought"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629184734/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=15&art_id=89692&sid=25844554&con_type=3&d_str=20091028&sear_year=2009|date=29 June 2011}} The Standard Chau was interviewed by Professor Li Siu-leung of Lingnan University in front of an audience of 400 students. She was asked a number of philosophical and existential questions, and was criticised for not being able to answer them; The Standard described this as "an old-fashioned ambush". The university was in turn criticised by radio host Eileen Cha for choosing Chau for a seminar series entitled Knowledge Unlimited.Lau, Nickkita (23 October 2009). [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=36&art_id=89631&sid=25809743&con_type=3&d_str=20091023&sear_year=2009 "Beauty and the beasts"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629184832/http://www.thestandard.com.hk/news_detail.asp?pp_cat=36&art_id=89631&sid=25809743&con_type=3&d_str=20091023&sear_year=2009|date=29 June 2011}} The Standard

In 2010, veteran Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong openly criticised and ridiculed pseudo-models, specifically Chrissie Chau, several times, calling them brainless and "bimbos".{{Cite web|url=https://afspot.net/forum/topic/726111-anthony-wong-scolds-chrissie-chau-is-brainless/|title=seeyoueveryday.com|last=|first=|date=|website=blog.seeyoueveryday.com|access-date=}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The related controversy led to pseudo-models being banned from a book-fair.

[http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=19479 Chrissie Chau at hkcinemagic.com]

[http://chinesemov.com/actors/Chrissie-Chau.html Chrissie Chau at chinesemov.com]

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• {{IMDb name|3012172}}
• [http://weibo.com/chrissiechau Chrissie Chau's Official Mini Blog (sina)]
• [http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=27369&display_set=eng Chrissie Chau on Hong Kong Movie Database]

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