Miss Hong Kong 2020 election is confirmed to be closed for one year!
TVB senior and Hong Kong sister co-ordinating manager Yu Yongshan admitted on April 7 that due to the epidemic, the competition will be suspended for one year in consideration of the safety of players at home and abroad.
This is also the unprecedented suspension of the Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant in TVB 48 years.
Seeing this, maybe many people have to say:
Miss Hong Kong closed? I do not care.
I think that there was a saying in the media circles in Hong Kong back then:
is not the clock tower in Tsim Sha Tsui, or the old pavilion in Victoria Peak, or Ocean Park, or the Big Boss Nightclub. It's Miss Hong Kong.
Nowadays, "one year is uglier than one year" is endless. How did the once smashing beauty pageant become a field where no one cares?
First of all, we might as well take a look at its history of rise and fall.
01. The game of dignitaries and "Landhead Dragon" (1946-1954)
In 1946, the Second World War just ended, it was difficult for ordinary people to have enough food and clothing. Naturally, the first beauty contest Some powerful people did it.
is sponsored by Li Jianfa, known as "Hong Kong Du Yuesheng", and he started the beauty pageant at his own nightclub in Retiro Garden.
At that time, the beauty pageant was more casual, that is, walking two laps in a bathing suit, and a few big shots would be considered a competition.
The last selected champion was Li Lan, who was born in poverty, and became the first Miss Hong Kong in Hong Kong history.
She is not only the heroine of the first film "Flame of Love" produced in Hong Kong after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, but also the heroine of the first Huang Feihong movie in the history of film-"Wong Feihong whip the wind and extinguish the candle".
In 1947, there were 6 contestants and 12 judges, which is the smallest number of contestants in the history of the selection of Hong Kong sisters.
In 1948, a new audience voted, but it was exposed to the black box operation. After the champion Simayin became a star of singing and shadow.
It can be seen that the scale of the first three sessions was very small, and the election scandal also interrupted the selection of 1949-1951.
The selection of Hong Kong sisters restarted from 1952 to 1954 began to be in line with the "Miss World" pageant, and the competition system became more complicated.
02. Shaw Brothers' actor reserve "Back Garden" (1959-1972)
From 1955 to 1958, Hong Kong once suspended the selection of Hong Kong sisters.
Beginning in 1959, the top three beauties of Hong Kong sisters beauty pageant, after passing the audition, can get a five-year actor contract with Shaw Brothers.
Here I have to mention that Shaw Brothers, a Hong Kong film giant founded in 1958 and chaired by Run Run, has produced a total of thousands of Chinese films and is known as "Oriental Hollywood".
After the second runner-up Wang Lizhen signed the contract, he acted in more than 20 movies including "A Thousand Beautiful Girls", "Sing and Laughing Marriage" and "Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio".
However, she often played the role of a woman in the dust and could not play the leading role in 6 years. She finally took a sleeping pill and passed away, becoming the first Hong Kong sister to commit suicide.
In the following years, there are more famous Hong Kong sister champion winners such as Zhang Huiyun, the daughter of the movie emperor Zhang Ying, Du York and Ma Jiahui.
During this period, "Miss Malaysia" and "Miss Singapore" also appeared, and the degree of internationalization was further strengthened.
03. Golden Age TVB "Star-Making Dream Factory" (1973-1999)
To say that less than 30 years before is the initial stage, 1In 973, TVB formally took over the Hong Kong sister beauty pageant, which gave it new life in a sense.
Compared to the traditional concept of prioritizing players’ virtues, TVB at this time put forward the slogan of "wisdom and beauty."
The first session after taking over was unusual. Xie Xian’s first wife, Deborah, won the championship. Although Zhao Yazhi was only fourth, she has since been hailed as "the first Chinese beauty" and "the coordinate of an era." "She is one of the most prestigious Hong Kong sisters.
This period is also the golden age of the Hong Kong sister beauty pageant, and many goddesses who have been "entitled to gods" come from this period.
The "Hong Gu" Zhong Chuhong of "No matter how red is red, but Zhong Chuhong, and Chow Yunfa", the scene where she dances with Fa Ge in "Across the World" is so beautiful.
1983 runner-up Maggie Cheung, who created countless classics such as "Sweet" and "In the Mood for Love". In 2004, she became the first Cannes film queen in Asia with "Clean". "God" title.
Qiu Shuzhen, the sexy and charming "tiger goddess" who dominates the list all year round, her action in "God of Gamblers 2" in red and holding cards is nothing more classic.
TVB led to new questions on knowledge, experience, and on-the-spot reactions, as well as swimsuit elections, location shooting and other processes. Since 1988, it has gradually become a "universal beauty contest."
The first beauty in the peak period is undoubtedly Li Jiaxin, who is called "shocking beauty" by everyone. Her appearance of mixed blood is unprecedented.
Since then, the first champion with the highest degree of education, Chen Farong, as well as "beautiful" Yuan Yongyi and charming Liang Xiaobing were born.
And Guo Aiming, the master's sister Hong Kong champion, made a stunning appearance as one of the "Five Beauties" in "The Big Times", and even became involved in drama with the actor Liu Qingyun.
and she was in the same session as Cai Shaofen, who became popular in the mainland because of "concubines can't do it" in the future, and combined with Zhang Jin to become a demon.
In addition, Li Qihong, who portrayed Guo Xiang who "I saw Yang Guo's life", and Charmaine Sheh on TVB, her starring "The Sideburn Is Not Begonia Red" is also on the air.
There is also a crisis behind the peak. The closer to the end of the 20th century, the influence of Hong Kong's beauty pageant becomes weaker and weaker.
Champion Guo Xianni, second runner-up Myolie Wu's 1999 was regarded as "the last glory of Hong Kong sister".
04. One year is not as good as one year's decline (2000-2019)
After the millennium, there are very few Hong Kong sisters who can be named by everyone, but instead of a beauty contest The ridicule of the ugly contest.
From "The Ugliest Hong Kong Sister" started by Mo Kexin in 1993, to Zhang Jiaer, who was complained as a pie-faced in 2007, "You are uglier than Hong Kong" has become a buzzword.
In 2001, the ratings of the Hong Kong Sisters Finals dropped to 19 points, the lowest since TVB held a beauty pageant in 1973.
Therefore, in order to increase the ratings, the organizers racked their brains, and adopted the reform of the competition system in the form of reality show, and it was the "plain selection" and came up with various tricks.
Especially with the development of the Internet, the contestants have become Internet celebrities and took to the streets to broadcast live campaigns.
Nevertheless, 8 judges voted in 2017, when He Yiting 4 votes, Lei Zhuanger 3 votes, in order to avoid a tie, let the last judge Zheng Yuling hold two votes.
In the end, Lei Zhuanger, who doesn't speak Cantonese or Mandarin, was upset and won the championship. Netizens ridiculed the overly random competition system:
Choosing a Hong Kong sister is more trivial than choosing a monitor.
In addition, during the selection process, TVB changed the awards to promote its own live broadcast platform, and made Hong Kong sisters dance with the mascot. It is no wonder that Zeng Zhiwei, who has hosted many competitions, couldn’t help but say ：
Four words to describe-terrible, in fact, the level of Hong Kong sisters varies every year, but the level of the program is the most important. The 45th anniversary of Hong Kong sisters has become an advertising program.
Through the above four stages, you can see the 74-year-old Hong Kong beauty pageant, and the peak period is only more than ten years.
So, why did it decline?
Let’s start with the problem of the program itself.
Here we take the 1991 final, which has a ratings of 44 points and cannot be surpassed so far, and compare it with the latest 2019 final.
First, judging from the appearance of the top three in the two sessions, the overall appearance level has declined.
The top three in 1991 were awarded by Yuan Yongyi, Weng Xinglan and Liang Xiaobing, who were the champions and runners-up of the previous session.
Second runner-up Cai Shaofen, 17 years old, has a face full of collagen, like a shy rose, cute and innocent.
runner-up Carina Zhou is gentle and elegant, full of classical beauty.
Champion Guo Aiming, who was elected as a master of mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California, is confident and humorous, and has a great conversation.
The top three in 2019 were also awarded by the previous champions and runners-up Chen Xiaohua, Deng Zhuoyin and Ding Zitian.
Second runner-up Gu Peiling, runner-up Faye Wong, champion Huang Jiawen.
Have you never heard of the name? I won’t comment on the value of the face. Look at the photos.
Secondly, from the perspective of stage and style, 30 years of aesthetics are like a day.
The stage art of 1991 is resplendent and has a sense of the times. The clothing is matched with a large area of red, green and green, which conforms to the aesthetics of the times.
and the stage in 2019 is still blue skirt green Barbie powder, truthfully 30 years have passed, this kind of dance is really tacky now.
Third, judging from the format of the program, there is nothing new in the old style.
The program flow in 1991: chorus, debut, magic trick, quiz, dancing, awarding of small prizes, limited time response, guest performances, and the top three were decided.
Except Zhou Yunfa as one of the hosts, interacting with Zhonggang Sister.
The most highly anticipated are the three singing and dancing of Wang Zuxian, Jacky Cheung, and Andy Lau. The most funny is the 2 mao special effect sword dance competition of the two singers.
Have you seen Jacky Cheung and Andy Lau in the second grade?
In 2019, the program flow continues the routine 20 years ago, but there are more insignificant links such as canvassing and gesture guessing. The number of
guests was also seriously reduced, only the last champion Chen Xiaohua was invited to dance ballet and Zhou Bohao came to sing.
And the talents of the players are even more awkward. Some people play lightsabers, clumsy postures but no power. Just say that you have held Buddha's feet temporarily for a few days.
and singing rap is even more magical, which is similar to "light yellow dress and fluffy hair".
In addition to the era filter, we can see that the format of the program has not changed for thousands of years, and the aesthetics has not kept up with the times, and it is lackluster.
It can be said that the decline of Hong Kong sister beauty pageant and the lack of advancement in the program itselfIt also matters a lot.
Finally, let’s talk about external reasons.
First, the decline of Hong Kong's film and television industry, there is no platform to let Xingang sister ferment.
Why are we so familiar with the previous Hong Kong sisters, but now the Hong Kong sisters are all blind?
In addition to makeup, plastic surgery and other factors, it is largely because we have seen too many previous works.
Take Maggie Cheung as an example. The first movie she debuted was the heroine in "The Frog Prince" by Wang Jing.
Jackie Chan's "Police Story" series, Wong Kar-wai's "Mong Kok Carmen" "A Fei Story", Tsui Hark's "New Dragon Inn" "Green Snake"......
Resources too Well, many of the movies starring in became classics.
A good actor needs time to polish and ferment. Watching so many Hong Kong movies starring her, there is no chance of blinding you.
Throughout the 1980s, the total film output value of Hong Kong films once ranked first in Asia and second in the world. Hong Kong sisters became the heroines of many Hong Kong films.
And now, Hong Kong movies are no longer glorious, and Hong Kong Radio Television (TVB) is also scarce.
Once mainland stars went south, now they have become Hong Kong stars. TVB content is monopolized, industry monopoly, and employees are exploited, which leads to the lack of access, leaving only some old bacon.
The Hong Kong sisters of the millennium can only shed tears and have no chance to let everyone know them.
Secondly, Hong Kong media has attracted the attention of people with scandals, and beauty pageants are no longer the only way to become famous.
Now "black and red fame" seems to have become a common routine, and "scandal" is a common method used by many media.
Compared with the underdevelopment of the media before, now everyone seems to be stripped, which also scares away many girls.
From Li Lan, the first Hong Kong sister who was originally a receptionist, turned into a well-known actress, to Wang Jing’s support for his girlfriend, Qiu Shuzhen, and Li Jiaxin, the "Regal Harvester"...
Cinderella flew on a branch overnight to be a phoenix myth is no longer, now an Internet celebrity may be able to earn more than a Hong Kong star.
From "Rich Concubine Election" to reality show competition, the girls on the Hong Kong sister stage laughed stiffly like performances. Compared with the sleeping beauty who was awakened by the prince's kiss, today’s Many girls even want to sing their own voices independently and strongly like Princess Jasmine in "Aladdin".
The rise and fall of Hong Kong sisters for more than 70 years is behind the ups and downs of Hong Kong's entertainment and film industry for more than 70 years.
When we talk about the ugliness of Hong Kong sister, we are not only lamenting the decline of Hong Kong sister, but also lamenting the unparalleled elegance of Hong Kong film and television industry.
青石电影编部 | 晨晨
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