MISS HONG KONG 2012

The Standard, 27-Aug-2012: The Miss Hong Kong beauty pageant got a byte messy in the end last night before the crowning of university student Carat Cheung Ming-nga. For computer servers of pageant organizers Television Broadcasts judges crashed, stopping TV viewers from casting the decisive votes and forcing the judges to make the final decision. Cheung, 24, was one of three beauties - the others being Jacqueline Wong Sum-wing, 23, and Tracy Chu Chin- suet, 24 - selected by the judges earlier for the decisive round, which was to be decided by a tally of viewers' vote before the crash. Cheung became the early favorite after winning the Miss International Goodwill. In the end, Wong, also a university student, and Chu, an executive assistant, were named first and second runner-up. Jennifer Shum Hang-yee, 23, won the title of Miss Photogenic. Cheung will compete in next year's Miss World pageant, to be held in Jakarta and Bali, Indonesia.