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Artist
Cally Kwong
12+ albums
cantoneseHong Konghong kongese
about
Cally Kwong Mei-wan (born 24 December 1962, Hong Kong China) (Traditional Chinese: 鄺美雲 | Simplified Chinese: 邝美云) is an ex-singer, actress, and business woman. Cally entered into the Miss Hong Kong contest organised by HK TVB in 1982 when she was 19 and won the 1st runner-up title. The Miss Hong Kong of this year was Anglie Leon Leung (Chinese: 梁韻蕊) and the 2nd runner-up was Isabella Kau (Chinese: 寇鴻萍). As the 1st runner-up, Cally represented Hong Kong in the 32nd edition of Miss World 1982 contest. Her contestant number was 29 out of 68. The event was held on 18 November 1982 at the Royal Albert Hall in London, UK. She later became a cantopop singer. In 1984, she signed up to PolyGram Records and released her first solo album a year later. She started jewelry studies and obtained a diploma in gemology and in 2000, she opened her own store, Cally Jewellery. From 2000, Cally started to donate in Mainland China, mostly in Jiangxi province in building primary and secondary schools. Her goal was to build 100 schools. In 2008, she was named one of the top 10 philanthropists in Jiangxi. Cally started her charity work back in early 1990s. Because of her contribution to Jiangxi province, she was elected as delegate to the 9th and 10th Jiangxi CPPCC: The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Cally was elected as one of the 36 delegates representing Hong Kong to the China National People's Congress in Dec 2017. User-contributed text is available under the Creative
