Cally Kwong

Cally Kwong Mei-wan (born 24 December 1962) is a Hong Kong singer. She entered the entertainment industry through the 1982 Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant as the first runner-up. She has been a member of the National People's Congress since 2017.

Early life

Kwong was born Cally Kwong Mei Wan on 24 December 1962 in British Hong Kong. Her family was poor and her mother died when she was 14.

Career Cally entered 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 that year was Anglie Leon Leung and the 2nd runner-up was Isabella Kau . As the 1st runner-up, Cally represented Hong Kong in the 32nd edition of the Miss World contest in 1982. 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 later became the Cantonese Singing voice for Ariel.

She started jewelry studies and obtained a diploma in gemology and in 2000, she opened her own store, Cally Jewellery.

Political career Kwong 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 (Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference). She was elected as one of the 36 deputies representing Hong Kong in China's National People's Congress in Dec 2017.

Personal life In 1996, Kwong married actor Ray Lui Leung-wai, however the marriage lasted only 18 months.

From 2000, Cally started to donate in China, mostly in Jiangxi province in building primary and secondary schools for the poor. Her goal was to build 100 schools.