Janet Chow
{{Short description|Hong Kong actress (born 1983)}}
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| caption = Shooting promotional video of The Future Cut Fashion Design Competition Asia in 2018
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Hong Kong
| years_active = 2004–present
| spouse = {{marriage|Timmy Hung|2012}}
| children = 2
| relatives = Sammo Hung (father-in-law)
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Janet Chow ({{zh|t=周家蔚}}) (born 25 August 1983, in Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant titleholder. She has ancestry in Shanghai.{{cite web|title=Profile |url=http://artiste.tvb.com/index.php?m=guest&u=janetchow0825&list=1 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130630120858/http://artiste.tvb.com/index.php?m=guest&u=janetchow0825&list=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2013-06-30 }} She was the 2nd runner-up in the 2006 Miss Hong Kong competition.{{cite web|title=Miss Hong Kong 2006|url=http://www.misshongkongpageant.com/mhk06.htm}} She attended Markville Secondary School in Markham, Ontario and University of Toronto.
Personal life
She married actor Timmy Hung in 2012 with a grand wedding.{{cite web|title=Wedding Article |url=http://www.ihktv.com/timmy-zhou-wei-wedding.html |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120611020606/http://www.ihktv.com/timmy-zhou-wei-wedding.html |archivedate=2012-06-11 }} In 2013 their son Hung Dai-yan was born. In April 2015, they had a second son, Hung King-xi. Her father-in-law Sammo Hung is also an actor and a martial artist.
Pageant career
Both Chow, and Miss Hong Kong 2006 winner Aimee Chan Yan Mei, had competed at Miss Chinese Toronto 2004, although each failed to place. Chow was the only contestant of the pageant born in Hong Kong. Later, Chow joined the top 16 of the Miss Hong Kong 2006 pageant as one of four women who were selected from overseas (Toronto){{cite web|title=2006 Contestant Profile|url=http://www.misshongkongpageant.com/contestants/mhk06b.htm}} to compete. During the finals, she won the Miss Photogenic award, and received the highest swimsuit score (44) during her catwalk, although her interview only merited 34 points.{{cite web|title=Miss Hong Kong 2006 Scores|url=http://www.misshongkongpageant.com/contestants/mhk06c.htm}} She eventually placed as first runner-up.{{cite web|title=Miss Hong Kong 2006|url=http://www.misshongkongpageant.com/mhk06.htm}}
She represented Hong Kong at the Miss World 2006 pageant due to the winner of Miss Hong Kong, Aimee Chan, being overage.{{cite web|title=Miss Hong Kong 2006 Info|url=http://misshongkongpageant.tripod.com/mhk06.htm}}
Television career
Chow has appeared as an actress for A Fistful of Stances, Fly with Me, Some Day, Growing Through Life, Every Move You Make, Forensic Heroes III, and Let it Be Love for Television Broadcasts Limited Hong Kong.
Awards
- Miss Hong Kong 2006 First Runner-Up
- Miss Hong Kong 2006 Miss Photogenic
References
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120930041402/http://artiste.tvb.com/index.php?m=guest&u=janetchow0825 Official TVB Blog]
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Category:Actresses from Toronto
Category:Hong Kong emigrants to Canada
Category:Hong Kong television actresses
Category:Miss World 2006 delegates
Category:Naturalized citizens of Canada
Category:People from Markham, Ontario