Carat Cheung

Carat Cheung Ming-nga (; born 7 December 1987) is a Canadian actress, model and former beauty pageant winner currently based in Hong Kong and previously under Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) management. She is the winner of Miss Hong Kong 2012.

Biography Carat Cheung Ming-nga hails from Vancouver, British Columbia. She attended Killarney Secondary School and graduated from University of British Columbia majoring in Economics Business Studies. Cheung is also the niece of TVB television drama producer Alfred Cheung Kin-ting. Prior to returning to Hong Kong, Cheung worked as a presenter for Fairchild TV, a Chinese television channel in Canada.

Pageant career Cheung placed as 1st Runner-Up in the 2009 Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant, with Eliza Sam winning the event.

In 2012, Cheung returned to Hong Kong in order to participate in the 2012 Miss Hong Kong pageant for a better chance of aspiration to enter into acting. 2012 was the first Miss Hong Kong pageant to hold viewers choice online voting. The winner was to be selected based on popular online votes by audiences. Cheung was crowned the winner on August 26, 2012. However, her win remained highly controversial as TVB's computer servers were disrupted, resulting in a lot of viewers unable to vote for their favourite. At the end, the winner was decided by the judging panel. Netizens and a few TVB artistes were not happy with the final winner result and demanded TVB do a recount to be fair for all the other contestants. Cheung's uncle, Alfred Cheung, came to her defense noting all past winners were decided by the judges so the rightful winner was crowned.

After winning the 2012 Miss Hong Kong title, Cheung went on to participate in the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2013, where she finished as 2nd Runner-Up.

Acting career Cheung's acting debuted in 2014 with a minor role in TVB drama Tomorrow Is Another Day. The following year, she was cast in supporting roles in dramas Smooth Talker, Wudang Rules and the highly rated Ghost of Relativity which brought her more public attention.

On 7 February 2022, Cheung announced on Instagram that her contract with TVB had ended.

Personal life On July 31, 2016, Cheung announced on her social media account that she was engaged to her boyfriend Joe Choy. They held their wedding ceremony at the Intercontinental Hotel in Hong Kong on September 9, 2016.

Filmography

Television dramas Year Title Chinese Title Role Notes2014 Tomorrow Is Another Day再戰明天 Kelly 2015 Smooth Talker以和為貴 Betty So Fa-yi (蘇花兒) Wudang Rules潮拜武當 Diana Dai On-na (戴安娜) Ghost of Relativity鬼同你OT Anna (狄安娜) 2016 House of Spirits一屋老友記 Joanne Chin Cho-kwan (錢祖君) Daddy Dearest超能老豆 Mak Ka-ka (麥家嘉) A Fist Within Four Walls城寨英雄 Wu Nei (胡妮) 2017 Provocateur與諜同謀 Apple (戴如寶)