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Still Burning Bright

When Louise Wong got the call from Edko Film executive director Bill Kong that she had been chosen, out of thousands of candidates, to portray Canto-pop icon Anita Mui in her biopic, she bought a ticket to Thailand immediately. But it wasn’t to celebrate—she was overwhelmed. “My hands were shaking. I was very scared,” Wong says. “I stayed in the hotel for one week and spent the first two days crying. I didn’t know what to do.”

That she looks the part is without question. The fashion model, who is the only Hongkonger to have won the Elite Model Look Asia Pacific regional contest, which she took part in in 2006, has since been a favourite among brands including

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