Sabina Mendes de Assunção crowned Miss HK

Local | 12 Sep 2021 11:16 pm

From left: Kristy Shaw, Sabina Mendes de Assunção, Carina Leung

Sabina Mendes de Assunção, 22, has been crowned the new Miss Hong Kong.

The first runner-up of the pageant show is Carina Leung, 26, and second runner-up is Kristy Shaw, 27.

Sabina, of mixed Chinese and Portuguese heritage, started learning dancing at the age of six. She is skilled in ballet, Chinese dance, jazz, hip-hop and latin dance, among others.

She graduated with a double degree in biochemistry and human biology at University of Toronto in Canada. She hopes to become a doctor.

Sabina rose to become a strong contestant after her confident exchanges with judges. She used fruits to describe several judges – Awayuki strawberry for Loletta Chu Ling-ling.

Shaw also won the title of Miss Friendship, while Miss Photogenic goes to Penny Yeung, 19.

https://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking-news/section/4/180187/Sabina-Mendes-de-Assun%C3%A7%C3%A3o-crowned-Miss-HK