CHRISSIE CHOW
Chrissie Chau (born 22 May 1985 in Chaozhou, Guangdong, China) is a Hong Kong pseudo-model and actress. Chau with her usual provocative photos shots and photo album was titled Hong Kong's Young Model Pictorial Queen.She has appeared in a few advertisements which was the starting point of her career.
Biography
Chau emigrated from Chaozhou to Hong Kong with her family when she was 10. She says that she worked in a fast-food restaurant when she was 15, and then as a shop assistant in Causeway Bay earning HK$3,000 a month
Chau is arguably Hong Kong's most famous lang mo, started pseudo modeling after she won 1st runner-up title as the 2002 Comics Festival 'Game Girl'. She came to prominence as the poster-girl for Slim Beauty slimming boutique. During the shooting of a TV commercial for the boutique, Chau ripped off her clothes whilst crossing the road in central business district to reveal a bikini underneath.In 2009 she released a limited edition life-sized bolster with her likeness– dressed in lingerie– printed on the cover, at HK$560 apiece.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Chrissie Chau was invited as a guest for a talk show at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in late 2009, as part of a seminar series entitled "Knowledge Unlimited", aimed at widening students' horizons. Chau was invited as a guest to the seminar to discuss "Unscrambling the Chrissie Chau Phenomenon". Chau was interviewed by Professor Dr. Li Siu-leung of Lingnan University in front of an audience of 400 students. She was asked a number of rather straight forward philosophical and existential questions, and was criticized for not being able to answer them; The Standard described this as "an old-fashioned ambush". The university was in turn criticized by radio host Eileen Cha for choosing Chau for a seminar series entitled "Knowledge Unlimited" when she is not clearly up for it.
Anthony Wong's Remarks
Veteran Hong Kong actor Anthony Wong has openly criticised and ridicule pseudo-models, specifically Chrisse Chau, calling them brainless and overall a "bimbo" during July 2010 in a few open events.[8] This has come upon a recent book fair controversy, where pseudo-models are banned from the event.
Filmography
- Bet to Basic (2006)
- Love Undercover 3 (2006)
- Playboy Cops (2008)
- Nobody's Perfect (2008)
- Split Second Murders (2009)
- Short of Love (2009)
- Seven 2 One (2009)
- Beautyworld (2009)
- Womb Ghosts (2010)
- The Fantastic Water Babes (2010)
- City Under Siege (2010)
- Perfect Wedding (2010)
- Vampire Warriors (2010)
- Marriage with a Liar (2010)
- Beach Spike (2011)
