Pageant Career
After a short stint as a flight attendant, she returned back to Hong Kong in 1999 and competed in the Miss Hong Kong 1999 pageant. Before the semi-finals, she was a favorite for the crown because of her looks. In the semi-finals, she took the Miss Photogenic award. After winning that award, she became a huge favorite for the crown; for the Miss Hong Kong pageant contests of 1996 to 2001, all winners of the pageant had also won the Miss Photogenic award. Ultimately, she won the title of Miss Hong Kong in July 1999. She also managed to grab two other awards: Miss International Goodwill and Miss Intelligence. Coincidentally, the winners of the Miss Hong Kong pageant 1997-2000 hailed from Vancouver, Canada.
After winning the Miss Hong Kong title, she participated in many TVB events. In February 2000, she represented Hong Kong at the Miss Chinese International 2000 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. She won and was crowned and had also won two other awards. She is considered one of the most successful Miss Hong Kong and Miss Chinese International winners, especially since she is the only Miss Hong Kong representative to win the Miss Chinese International pageant since Hong Kong's Michelle Reis took the crown in the pageant's inaugural year in 1988. After her success in both pageants, she represented Hong Kong at the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. Unfortunately, she did not managed to enter the top ten in that pageant which was held in Cyprus. However, she did make some impact, for instance, by making the top ten of the Miss Photogenic polls and being featured in the front image of the Miss Universe website. Kwok, as of now, is the last representative from Hong Kong to enter the Miss Universe beauty pageant.
Today, she is filming TV series for TVB and continues to star in many TV shows, series, commercials, and entertainment functions, as well as being a spokeswoman for many beauty and other commercial products in Hong Kong. She is also filming TV series in mainland China.
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