Eliza Sam (Heung Heung) and Christine Kuo were both Miss Chinese
International (MCI) winners. Since their debut, the media constantly
compares the two. Until this year, the former's healthy and cute image
has successfully won her a promotion and is moving further away from the
latter. This year, Heung Heung got the most noise to get the Most
Improved Actress award, not only is she a goddess to the 'home boys',
but she also got the fit body figure and the compliments for her
'touching' acting. Facing this year's competitors like Priscilla Wong,
Grace Wong and Oceane Zhu, Heung Heung said: "Whether I get it or not, I
will try my best. I support Priscilla Wong because she has talent in
many aspects."
Heung Heung became popular after appearing in her debut TVB series
Divas In Distress
and she was immediately dubbed "HK Golden's Goddess" by Netizens.
Facing the TV crisis and the major decline of FaDans, Heung Heung was
chosen by TVB to be the next promoted artist. This year, she had five
series on hand and two nominations for the TVB Anniversary Awards --
"Most Improved Actress" and "Best Supporting Actress" for
Sniper Standoff.
"In the entertainment circle, people often like to compare me with
other artists, but I am not greedy, I know I must cherish what I have."
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Heung smiled and said she's extremely pleased to be nominated: "I have
absolutely no confidence in getting the award. I'm just accompanying the
other candidates in the race. I won't give myself pressure, instead I
will enjoy this celebration (awards ceremony). I'm pretty lucky, but I
still think the most important is doing my best, and I won't focus on
the things I cannot control. Sometimes, when one gets too anxious, the
opportunity actually slips away. Life is full of changes, just as long
as you have a good heart, do your best, love yourself and others, then
that is enough."
Heung Heung grew up in Canada. In 2009, she was
crowned Miss Vancouver, and ran for Miss Chinese International the
following year. When she first step foot in Hong Kong, she was
completely unfamiliar with the city and felt really stressed for a
period of time. "Many people thought my outer appearance is a Chinese
girl, but actually I never touched the Chinese language until I came to
Hong Kong. There were so many things I didn't understand, just like I
didn't know the street or location names. [At the restaurant], I had a
menu in my hand, but didn't know how to order anything. Some people
don't understand. At first, I thought its just because I didn't have the
understanding, I wasn't stupid, but when I caused so many
misunderstands in a day, I began losing self-confidence. I gradually
started to agree with what they were saying about me. It wasn't until
one day, I discovered I was losing hair and thought I couldn't go on
like this, so I decided to let go. I'll leave everything to God."
Claiming
to have started from zero, Heung Heung did indeed put in a lot of hard
efforts into her work. Since a year ago, when she was filming
Divas In Distress,
she added Pinyin to 90% of her lines, but today she only needs half of
her lines with Pinyin. "Actually, it depends on the topic. If the other
person is speaking with a mouthful of Chinese proverbs to me, I would be
expressionless."
In the TVB anniversary series
The Hippocratic Crush II,
producer Poon Ka Tak disclosed Heung Heung ended up paying to film the
series. When speaking of this matter, Heung Heung said sincerely:
"Watching the whole crew contributing so much into the series, I was
infected too. I was just like a student going for tutoring and I hired a
translator to help me analyze the script. My elder female cousin
recorded the correct pronunciations of my lines, so I could use it to
practice. I really want to improve myself. I will continue to work hard
on learning Cantonese. I know this is my weakness, once I overcome it, I
will have more confidence in my acting. I am still inexperienced, a lot
like a sponge, constantly absorbing experience from all aspects in
order to prepare myself." Heung Heung doesn't mind the extra work, she's
just charging forward towards her goal.