Weibo Fever # 14: Still More Celebrity Childhood Pictures (answers included)

Since I last posted about the celebrity childhood pics that I came across on Weibo (courtesy of netizen Chok桐regina), there have actually been about a dozen more pics released.

I will try to post as many as I can here and continue with additional posts as more pics are released, so stay tuned!

Have fun and happy guessing! :o)

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All pictures credited as listed

Pic 7: Combined Male and Female Artists – TV Kings and Queens

** Hint: Ok, this is a combined one, containing pics of both male and female artists. All of these artists had won TVB’s TV King or TV Queen award at one point (this should make it easier to guess, since there are only 25 or so artists to choose from). One further hint (this one is a freebie, just cuz I feel like it..hahaha): pretty much all of these artists won the award in the year 2000 and later (only 2 amongst the bunch won prior to 2000).

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):

.Top row (left to right):  Roger Kwok (郭晉安), Gallen Lo (羅嘉良), Liza Wang (汪明荃)
Middle row (left to right): Wayne Lai (黎耀祥), Kevin Cheng (鄭嘉穎), Moses Chan (陳豪)
Bottom row (left to right): Sheren Tang (鄧萃雯), Bobby AuYeung (歐陽震華), Louis Koo (古天樂)


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Pic 8: Combined Male and Female Artists – Martial Arts Stars

** Hint: Another combined one (males and females) – all of these artists are what we would consider as ‘martial arts’ stars – meaning that they made their names in the industry through being involved in martial arts / kung fu. Again, this one shouldn’t be too difficult to figure out, since there aren’t too many famous kung fu stars in the entertainment industry. One additional hint – don’t limit yourself to just Hong Kong martial artists…

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):

.Top row (left to right): Yuen Wah (元華), Sammo Hung (洪金寶), Jackie Chan (成龍)
Middle row (left to right): Jet Li (李连杰), Bruce Lee (李小龍), Donnie Yen (甄子丹)
Bottom row (left to right): John Chiang (姜大衛), Louis Fan (樊少皇), Michelle Yeoh (楊紫琼)

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Pic 9: Female Artists – HK Singers (and a few ‘Queens’ of Cantopop)

** Hint: It should be pretty obvious from the title that these artists are all female singers from HK. A few of them rose to fame back in the 80s and 90s, while a few others started in the after 2000s era. There are quite a few ‘queens’ of Cantopop in the mix (though there are also a few who I definitely wouldn't call 'queens'). Anyway, see how many you are able to recognize?

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):

.Top row (left to right): Anita Mui (梅艳芳), Karen Mok (莫文蔚), Joey Yung (容祖兒)
Middle row (left to right): Faye Wong (王菲), Gigi Leung (梁詠琪), Sammi Cheng (鄭秀文)
Bottom row (left to right): Kelly Chen (陳慧琳), Twins [Charlene Choi (蔡卓妍) & Gillian Chung (鍾欣桐)], Priscilla Chan (陳慧娴)

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Pic 10: Male Artists – Former TVB Artists

** Hint: This one might be a bit harder, as there are so many male artists who had worked for TVB over the years, so I will try to give as many clues as possible. All of these artists didn’t just film series at TVB, they were all male leads at one point (though some were only lead for a few series). Also, none of these artists are work for TVB anymore – some of them have moved into the HK film world while others moved into other ‘disciplines’ such as radio and hosting. Lastly, half the artists have shifted their careers to the Mainland.

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):

.Top row (left to right): Adam Cheng (鄭少秋), Ekin Cheng (鄭伊健), Ronald Cheng (鄭中基)
Middle row (left to right): Steven Ma (馬浚偉), Joe Ma (馬德鍾), Benny Chan (陳浩民)
Bottom row (left to right): Michael Tao (陶大宇), Kwong Wah (江華), Joey Leung (梁榮忠)

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Pic 11: Female Artists – After 90s TVB Fa Dans

** Hint: This one should actually be quite easy, as all of these artists are currently active in the TV industry and all but 2 are currently employed by TVB (the 2 are former TVB younger generation fa dans who recently jumped ship to one of the new TV stations). Easy enough, right?

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):

.Top row (left to right): Myolie Wu (胡杏兒), Tavia Yeung (楊怡), Fala Chen (陳法拉)
Middle row (left to right): Kate Tsui (徐子珊), Bernice Liu (廖碧兒), Linda Chung (鍾嘉欣)
Bottom row (left to right): Niki Chow (周麗淇), Leila Tong (唐寧), Nancy Wu (胡定欣)


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Pic 12: Male Artists – Current (and former) TVB ‘Eyecandy’

** Hint:  First, I have to clarify that the ‘eye candy’ part is pretty much the original poster’s opinion, not mine [the ‘hint’ that is given by the original poster is that all of these males are ‘handsome guys’ (帥哥) [very important that I clarify that…hahaha]. Pretty much all these artists are currently active at TVB except for 1 person, who has already left TVB and moved his career to the Mainland. Bonus ‘giveaway’ hint: for all you “Triumph in the Skies” fans, yes, this is the set of pics that has all the original ‘S4’….

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):

.Top row (left to right): Raymond Lam (林峰), Ron Ng (吳卓羲), Bosco Wong (黃宗澤)
Middle row (left to right): Kenneth Ma (馬國明), Sammul Chan (陳鍵鋒), Ruco Chan (陳展鵬)
Bottom row (left to right): Edwin Siu (蕭正楠), Stephen Wong (黄嘉樂), Raymond Wong (黃浩然)

Weibo Fever # 12: More Celebrity Childhood Pictures **Edited to include Answers**

Hope you guys had fun guessing the celebrities in the 3 pics that I posted earlier (see Weibo Fever #11 post)!

Some of the pics were obvious (Tony Leung’s for example…he hasn’t changed one bit from that picture…hahaha) whereas others were a bit of a shocker. There were a few where I actually had to go back and study the pics again once I found out the answers because the celebs looked way too different!

Anyway, ready for more? Here are 3 more pics for you to try, along with the relevant clues underneath. Answers will be posted in the next few days.

Enjoy!

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** All pictures credited as listed **

Pic 4: Female Artists - 'Nostalgia' edition

** Hint: These female artists are all former TVB fa dans from the 80s (hence the 'nostalgia' part). Most of them (except for one) are still active in the entertainment industry in some way (though not necessarily in HK).

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):

.Top row (left to right): Maggie Siu (邵美琪), Carina Lau (劉嘉玲), Barbara Yung (翁美玲)
Middle row (left to right): Jamie Chik (戚美珍), Kathy Chow (周海媚), Carol ‘Dodo’ Cheng (鄭裕玲)
Bottom row (left to right): Sandra Ng (吳君如), Angie Chiu (趙雅芝), Margie Tsang (曾華倩)

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Pic 5: Male Artists C - Music industry edition

**Hint: All male artists in this segment are SINGERS. It shouldn't be too hard to guess, as almost all of them (except for one person) are still active in the entertainment industry even now [the first 2 pics in the first row should be VERY obvious]. One artist is a non-HK singer. One BIG hint (just cuz I feel like it..haha...) -- yes, my idol's childhood pic is included among these (won't go so far as to say which row the pic is located in though...LOL).

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):
.Top row (left to right): Leo Ku (古巨基), Hacken Lee (李克勤), Andy Hui (許志安)
Middle row (left to right): Jordan Chan (陳小春), Paul Wong (黄贯中), Daniel Chan (陳曉東)
Bottom row (left to right): Danny Chan (陳百强), Jacky Cheung (張學友), Luo Da You (羅大佑)

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Pic 6: Female Artists C -- Beauty Queens

**Hint: As the title suggests, all of these female artists participated in some type of beauty pageant (not necessarily TVB, so don't just think about Miss HK pageant).

Answers (place cursor on 'period' and highlight to read):
.Top row (left to right): Michele Reis (李嘉欣), Anita Yuen (袁詠儀), Amy Kwok (郭藹明)


Middle row (left to right): Charmaine Sheh (佘詩曼), Sonjia Kwok (郭羡妮), Anne Heung (向海嵐)
Bottom row (left to right): Shirley Yeung (楊思琦), Kenix Kwok (郭可盈), Maggie Cheung Hor Yee (張可颐)

Weibo Fever # 11: Celebrity Childhood Pictures **Edited to include Answers**

As I was doing my daily 'stalking' on Weibo (LOL), I stumbled across a few pictures from a netizen that I thought would be kind of fun to share.

Pictures can speak a thousand words (as the saying goes) and for me, getting the chance to look at baby or childhood pictures of people is fun, as I like to see how much a person may (or may not) have changed. Some people may look the same throughout their lives (and hence even in a baby picture, he/she is easily recognizable) while others may look entirely different when they're adults versus when they were children.

Below are a few childhood pictures of various celebrities who are pretty well-known in the HK entertainment industry (that is, to those of us who follow HK entertainment pretty closely that is).

How many celebrities are you able to identify?

Have fun!! :-)

** All pictures credit as listed **

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Pic 1: Female Artists

** Hint: All pictured are TV actresses for the most part (except for 1, who was in very few series) and all of them worked for TVB at one point (I know that's not much of a hint, since almost every celebrity in HK worked for TVB at one point in their lives...LOL).

Answers (highlight to read):

Top row (left to right): Ada Choi (蔡少芬), Jessica Hsuan (宣萱), Esther Kwan (關詠荷)
Middle row (left to right): Monica Chan (陳法蓉), Annie Man (文頌嫻), Flora Chan (陳慧珊)
Bottom row (left to right): Vivian Chow (周慧敏), Noelle Leung (梁小冰), Athena Chu (朱茵)

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Pic 2: Male Artists A

** Hint: Again, all the guys pictured are (or were) TV actors (though that doesn't mean they didn't do 'other things' throughout their careers -- such as singing) and all worked for TVB at one point. One of the guys is now a popular movie actor (actually, an 'award-winning' movie actor).

Answers (highlight to read):

Top row (left to right): Alex Fong Chun Sun (方中信), Ben Wong (黃智賢), Raymond Cho (曹永廉)
Middle row (left to right): Sunny Chan (陳錦鴻), Derek Kok (郭政鴻), Gordon Lam (林家棟)
Bottom row (left to right): Bowie Lam (林保怡), Nick Cheung (張家輝), Julian ‘Chilam’ Cheung (張智霖)


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Pic 3: Male Artists B

** Hint: This is the 'superstar' edition (meaning most of them are popular, 'big name' stars) -- don't limit yourself to TV, as a few of them could be movie actors and/or singers.

Answers (highlight to read):

Top row (left to right): Eric Tsang (曾志偉), Leon Lai (黎明), Chow Yun Fat (周潤發)
Middle row (left to right): Tony Leung (梁朝偉), Aaron Kwok (郭富城), Felix Wong (黃日華)
Bottom row (left to right): Andy Lau (劉德華), Leslie Cheung (張國榮), Stephen Chow (周星馳)