Pauline Yeung

Pauline Yeung Po-ling (Chinese: 楊寶玲 ) (born April 17, 1967) is a Hong Kong actress and beauty pageant titleholder who won the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant and did well in other international pageants too. She was born in Hong Kong with ancestry in Dongguan, Guangdong, China. She graduated from Diocesan Girl’s School, one of the top schools in Hong Kong, then further her studies in the UK.

Yeung won the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and went on to compete at the 1987 Miss World pageant, where she was placed amongst the top 12 semi-finalists and went on to win the Continental Queen of Asia award. She later participated in the 1988 Miss Universe pageant. She entered the semi-finals in 6th place, and was crowned the fourth runner-up in the final. Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand was crowned Miss Universe that year. To date, Yeung is the only Miss Hong Kong to participate at both Miss World and Miss Universe pageants, and she has had the best performance in the international pageants ever. https://twitter.com/MsUniverseCrown/status/452809119880454147

Her first movie Dragons Forever, in which she played Jackie Chan's character's girlfriend, was released in 1988, and it was a big hit. She later wrote 5 books on beauty and fitness, which all became top sellers in Hong Kong.

She is also the co-founder of Lukfook Jewellery, which became a listed company in 1997, and now has over 1,500 stores worldwide. She has been a director on the board since the beginning. She is also a GIA diamond graduate, and has designed jewelry for her own company.

After she married Nelson Wong, the President of Far East Marketing of MGM Resorts in 2002, she moved to the United States and she became a mother at the age of 40.[citation needed ] She divorced after 12 years of marriage[citation needed ] and later remarried in 2015.