Miss Hong Kong Pageant
While there has been other Miss Hong Kong pageants in prior years producing notable titleholders such as Judy Dan (1952), Virginia June Lee (1954), Michelle Mok (1958), Laura da Costa (1967), Mabel Hawkett (1970) and Shirley Yu (1974, contest organized by Miss Pearl of the Orient Company and overlapping with TVB's),[3][4] the current annual TVB pageant began in 1973.First, a preliminary event is held where 12 finalists are selected from a group of candidates, the number of which is usually around 20–25 (with 30 being the maximum).They include Toronto, Vancouver, New York, Los Angeles, Seattle, and San Francisco.Local contestants coming from Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, London, and more enter at Hong Kong.The overseas delegates wait for the notification of their regional sponsors of TVB and if they are chosen, they fly to Hong Kong to compete.