“You Can’t Be From A Household That’s Too Wealthy Or Too Poor”: Ex Miss HK Contestant On The Standards You Want To Fulfil To Get A TVB Contract

The Miss Hong Kong pageant got here to a detailed final month, with 21-year-old Hilary Chong topped this yr’s winner.

Nevertheless, curiosity within the different contestants continues to be excessive. In spite of everything, TVB is understood to supply contracts to delegates with potential to be stars. 

Considered one of this yr’s prime 22 finishers, Kitty Wang, just lately posted a clip which noticed her returning to TVB with a gaggle of different contestants.

Kitty revealed that they had been there to fulfill with producers.

One other finalist, Juliana Guo, was additionally stated to have met with a director, although she has but to signal a contract with TVB.

With all of the speak surrounding the ladies of the 2023 pageant, former 2010 Miss Hong Kong contestant, Elle Lee, has posted a video revealing the demanding phrases of a TVB contract.

Elle was closely featured within the press when she participated within the pageant 13 years in the past.

Throughout her run, the Imperial School graduate was in comparison with Chinese language actress Tang Wei, and had the endorsement of one other Chinese language actress, Zhang Tian Ai.

Although Ellle finally completed eleventh, she was favoured by TVB, and was supplied a contract whereas the pageant was nonetheless ongoing.

Alas, she solely stayed with the broadcaster for a yr.

In her video, Elle revealed that if she had completed within the prime three, the contract would have taken impact instantly.

Nevertheless, since she got here in eleventh, she was required to “meet up with the higher-ups in TVB for a chat”.

“What did we focus on? They requested about [my] aspirations [and what I] was occupied with doing,” she stated. 

She additionally obtained a collection of headshots taken, which might be despatched to administrators and producers upon the beginning of her contract.

In line with Elle, they’d be informed: “There’s this beginner, and you’ll determine if you wish to rent her.”

Elle then defined that the phrases of being supplied a contract was primarily depending on three standards.

“Whether or not you had been common through the pageant, if the media preferred you, and in case you had been favoured by the viewers. In different phrases, it is determined by whether or not you might be newsworthy, entertaining, and marketable sufficient to signify the corporate and make them cash,” she stated.

Secondly, if the contestant is “younger sufficient”, and in a position to “endure hardships”.

“There’s no assure that you just’d be well-known instantly. If you happen to’re younger, you’ll have adequate time to work your approach [up]. Perhaps after a number of years there could be a drama, or a bit of reports that provides you a breakthrough. If you happen to begin out at 20-plus, it will be of profit to the corporate,” she defined.

Lastly, the corporate would require the contestant to “be compliant”.

“If you happen to’re not compliant, you’ll be able to say bye bye. If you happen to’re not self-motivated, you received’t be capable to make it as nicely. As such, you can not come from a wealthy household since you want to have the ability to ‘deal with hardships’. You possibly can’t be too poor both, as a result of TVB actually doesn’t pay nicely. That may lead to them working off to marry a rich man, or doing dangerous, and even unlawful issues to earn ‘fast cash’,” she concluded. 

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