Olivia Cheng

Olivia Cheng Man Nga (simplified Chinese: 郑文雅; traditional Chinese: 鄭文雅; pinyin: Zhèng wén yǎ; born 14 February 1960), is a Hong Kong based former actress.

Background

She won the 1979 Miss Hong Kong Pageant and was also elected "Miss Photogenic." She represented Hong Kong in Miss Universe 1979 in Perth, Western Australia, where she went unplaced but ranked a very respectable 21st place in the preliminary swimsuit competition. Olivia created a controversy when she joined ATV (the arch-rival of TVB, the organiser of the Miss Hong Kong pageant) immediately after crowning her successor in 1980. This incident embarrassed TVB so much that in 1981, TVB decided to sign 1.5-year contracts with all Miss Hong Kong winners so that they had to stay with TVB for at least 6 months after their reign was over.

Subsequently Olivia she was the cover model of the first issue of Playboy magazine's Hong Kong edition, appearing in a topless pictorial inside. More pictures from the same photo session, filmed by Kevin Orpin in Boracay, later appeared as a large format book.

She was married to business executive Jeffrey Yu in 1991.

A high jump champion in secondary school, Olivia was known for her sporty and active image. She is a golf pro and teaches golf now.^[1]

Filmography

• Blue Lightning (1991) - Ellen Fong
• A Killer's Blues (1990) - Wai
• Trouble Couple (1990) (V)
• Mr. Coconut (1989) - Ping
• The Wild Ones (1989) - Sandy Kwong
• The Happy Bigamist (1987)
• Sapporo Story (1987)
• Millionaire's Express (1986) - Siu-hon
• The Missed Date (1986) - May
• United We Stand (1986)
• Why Me? (1985) - Koko
• Hong Kong Graffiti (1985) - Susan Yang
• A Family Affair (1984) - Nancy
• Mr. Virgin (1984)
• Till Death Do We Scare (1982) - Irene Leen
• The Spooky Bunch (1980)

References

External links

• Olivia Cheng on IMDb
• Pictures on Miss Hong Kong website
• Information at misshkbeauties.com