Wednesday June 25, 2008 Hong Kong The twelve finalists for this year's Mr Hong Kong 2008 Contest met with the media at their first official press engagement today. The men first modelled some casual gear and then changed into their gym clothing to give a demonstration of the fitness equipement. Among the contestants were plenty of well-muscled contenders, the largest of which was Number 4 Bill Chan (陳冠標). He certainly capitalised on this, giving plenty of archer poses for the reporters. He seemed very pleased with his physique, boasting that he had only 4% body fat and he is working to reduce this even more. Bill was asked about the recent news around the photograph of him and Miss Hong Kong contestant Samantha Ko (高海寧) appearing on his personal blog and her subsequent clarification that she does not know him. He explained that they were schoolmates from different classes and they did make contact, but he did not know her very well. As for whether this was just an early publicity stunt, he said that the truth was that they did go to school together and if he saw her again, he would say hello. He added that he has quite a lot of knowledge around nutrition and many people, including Samantha, has asked for his advice. Number 8 Ho Kwan Shing has been compared to actor Takeshi Kaneshiro (金城武) and asked if he felt that his slight build would put him at a disadvantage compared to the other men, he said that this was because of his latin dancing. As for reports that he knows Stephy Tang (鄧麗欣), he explained that he and Stephy took part in a schoolyard modelling competition and they got to know each other during the competition, but did not keep in touch afterwards. Asked about suggestions that he is quite flirtatious, he said that this was not the case, but he declined to comment about whether or not he had a girlfriend. Koni Lui (呂慧儀)'s rumoured boyfriend Number 10 Dickson Wong (黃文迪) was asked once again about his greasy complexion and he said that he has learned to start using grease absorbant tissues. Asked if Koni had made the suggestion to him, he denied this and said that they have both been working hard so have not been in contact for a while. Overseas contestants, Number 12 Chu Wang Sung (朱允崇) and Number 6 Wan Ka Wai (溫家偉) stood out from the rest in terms of looks. Chu revealed that when he was at university, he performed on the power rings as a gymnast for a year. He said that he has the support of his family and his girlfriend to take part in the contest and has been keeping in touch with them at every step of the way. Wan's appearance caused some people to wonder if he is mixed race. He said taht his parents are both Hong Kong people, but he was born in America. After being checked over by the coach at the event, he admitted that he is a fat and his figure is only so-so. credits: batgwa.
Some of them are jus toooo muscular, i like someone slightly more than toned, jus not full blown muscles, but guess thats just me!
ye i know hilarious, i wonder who would win. anyway i never knew they had one for males, i thought the competition was miss hong kong only. i guess i was wrong.
lol im guessing this was before they got famous, lol anyway , i bet everyone wants to get in touch with stephy NOW haha at least the contestants are better than last years ones, =P
