Mr. Hong Kong

Mr. Hong Kong
Formation	2005
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Hong Kong
Location	China;
Membership	Mister World
Official language	Chinese, English

The Mr. Hong Kong Contest, (Chinese: 香港先生選舉) abbreviated as Mr. HK (港生), is a beauty contest for young men organized by the leading Hong Kong television station, TVB. The contest began in 2005, was suspended from 2012 to 2015 and in 2017, and then resumed. Winners have the opportunity to represent Hong Kong in the Mister World contest.^[1]

History

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 his first film role, in the 2009 Hong Kong movie Amphetamine, his pubic hair, penis and testicles were fully exposed on camera, in several scenes.

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. But from 2016, first and second runner-up positions added as first time,^[2] also the minimum participant age limit has lowered to 16.^[1]

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.

The modern Mr. Hong Kong Contest is completely unrelated to the original Mr. Hong Kong bodybuilding contest from the 1970s.

Titleholder

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 高鈞賢	Matthew Ko 高鈞賢	Rocky Cheng 鄭健樂
2006	Francois Huynh 黃長發	Francois Huynh 黃長發	Otto Chan 陳志健

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

Year	Winner 冠軍	First runner-up 亞軍	Second runner-up 季軍
2016	Jackson Lai 黎振燁	Karl Ting 丁子朗	Freeyon Chung 鍾君揚

Notable winners and contestants

Matthew Ko 高鈞賢 (Mr. Hong Kong 2005; actor)
Rocky Cheng 鄭健樂 (Mr. Hong Kong 2005 runner-up; actor)
Stephen Wong 黃長興 (Maturity 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)

Hosts

Year	Host
2005	Carol Cheng, Niki Chow & Anna Yau
2006	Carol Cheng, Kathy Chow & Anna Yau
2007	Carol Cheng, Maggie Cheung Ho-yee & Anna Yau
2008	Carol Cheng, Miriam Yeung & Anna Yau
2009	Carol Cheng, Miriam Yeung & Janis Chan
2010	Carol Cheng, Christine Ng, Koni Lui, Ella Koon &Mandy Lieu
2011	Carol Cheng, Sharon Chan, Koni Lui, Jacquelin Chong & Hanjin Tan
2015	Carol Cheng, Luk Wing Kuen & C Kwan
2016	Carol Cheng, Luk Wing Kuen & C Kwan

Mister World

Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Special Award

Year	Mr. Hong Kong	Special Awards
Did not compete between 2012 - present
2010	Wesley Lee Chun Ming	Top Model (Top 20) Talent (Top 20)
2007	François Huynh 黃長發
2000	Lam Ming-lok 譚澤峰

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 said to be of bad taste and that the male contestants were treated as sex objects by the women in the show. These complaints were later dismissed. [1]

References

^ ^a ^b "岑麗香願推圈外男友參選「香港先生」". Sing Tao Daily. 7 June 2016.(in Chinese)
^ "佳麗互選友誼小姐". TVB. 7 September 2016.(in Chinese)

External links

[singtao20160607-1] "岑麗香願推圈外男友參選「香港先生」". Sing Tao Daily. 7 June 2016.(in Chinese)

[2] "佳麗互選友誼小姐". TVB. 7 September 2016.(in Chinese)

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