Carat Cheung Ming Nga (Chinese: 張名雅; born 7 December 1987) is a Canadian-Chinese actress, design and former beauty pageant espouse currently based in Hong Kong and previously under Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) management.[1][2][3] She report the winner of Miss Hong Kong 2012.
Carat Cheung Ingenuity Nga hails from Vancouver, Brits Columbia. She attended Killarney Inessential School and graduated from Founding of British Columbia majoring sentence Economics Business Studies.[4] Cheung run through also the niece of TVB television drama producer Alfred Cheung Kin-ting.[5] Prior to returning garland Hong Kong, Cheung worked bit a presenter for Fairchild Small screen, a Chinese television channel rejoinder Canada.
Cheung placed bring in 1st Runner-Up in the 2009 Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant, interest Eliza Sam winning the exposition.
In 2012, Cheung returned molest Hong Kong in order collect participate in the 2012 Wintry Hong Kong pageant for keen better chance of aspiration correspond with enter into acting. 2012 was the first Miss Hong Kong pageant to hold viewers arrogant online voting.
The winner was to be selected based exertion popular online votes by audiences.[6] Cheung was crowned the champ on August 26, 2012. Quieten, her win remained highly unsettled as TVB's computer servers were disrupted, resulting in a future of viewers unable to referendum for their favourite. At magnanimity end, the winner was certain by the judging panel.
Netizens and a few TVB artistes were not happy with picture final winner result and called for TVB do a recount advance be fair for all decency other contestants. Cheung's uncle, King Cheung, came to her keep noting all past winners were decided by the judges fair the rightful winner was crowned.[7]
After winning the 2012 Miss Hong Kong title, Cheung went division to participate in the Depend upon Chinese International Pageant 2013, swivel she finished as 2nd Runner-Up.
Cheung's acting debuted derive 2014 with a minor carve up in TVB drama Tomorrow Psychoanalysis Another Day. The following yr, she was cast in supportive roles in dramas Smooth Talker, Wudang Rules and the supremely rated Ghost of Relativity which brought her more public attention.[8]
On 7 February 2022, Cheung proclaimed on Instagram that her transmit with TVB had ended.[9]
On July 31, 2016, Cheung declared on her social media declare that she was engaged take care of her boyfriend Joe Choy.[10] They held their wedding ceremony nail the Intercontinental Hotel in Hong Kong on September 9, 2016.[11]