Leanne Li

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Leanne Li
Chinese name 李亞男 (Traditional)
Chinese name 李亚男 (Simplified)
Pinyin li3 ya4 nan2 (Mandarin)
Jyutping lei5 aa3 naam4 (Cantonese)
Origin Hong Kong
Born November 25, 1984 (1984-11-25) (age 23)
Shanghai, China
Occupation Actress, TV host

Leanne Li, born November 25, 1984, was the 2005 Miss Chinese International Pageant winner hailing from Vancouver, Canada. She is now an actress and TV host for TVB.

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[edit] Biography

Leanne's family originate from Shanghai, China. She was a second year student at the University of British Columbia before participating in the pageants at the age of 20.

At the age of 20, Leanne competed as #10 in Miss Chinese Vancouver 2004 Pageant, taking the crown. She also took the titles of Miss Photogenic and Best Posture. As the winner this pageant, she represented the city of Vancouver at Miss Chinese International the following year.

In January, she arrived in Hong Kong to compete for the Miss Chinese International 2005 crown. Being considered just a favorite, she beat out bigger favorite, Fala Chen of New York for the title. Her performance received positive reviews, especially during the final interview portion.

[edit] Career

After winning Miss Chinese International 2005, she gave up her studies in Vancouver and started her acting career at TVB. Due to her limited Cantonese, she was only able to host some shows on the TVB8 channel. Afterwards, she improved her Cantonese and now stars in TVB series. Her first series was "Love Guaranteed", playing an assistant of Melissa Ng's character, Hazel. She also had a role in the big production The Drive of Life. She played the role of Tavia Yeung's (Freeda in this series) best friend in the TVB series, The Building Blocks of Life.

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Preceded by
Linda Chung 鍾嘉欣
Miss Chinese Vancouver
2004
Succeeded by
Crystal Li 李培禎
Preceded by
Linda Chung 鍾嘉欣
Miss Chinese International
2005
Succeeded by
Ina Lu 呂怡慧
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