Theme park performer Bernice Yuen crowned Miss Hong Kong

Theme park performer Bernice Yuen Sze-hang outshone 11 other contenders to take the Miss Hong Kong 2026 title on Sunday night.

The 26-year-old, one of the heavy favourites, dazzled both judges and the audience to claim the tiara in the beauty pageant final at TVB City in Tseung Kwan O.

“We went through two or three hours [during the final], rushing through many things. Until the very end, when they announced the results, I hadn’t even realised it was time,” Yuen said.

The Baptist University communication graduate has also worked as a theme park performer and actress in theatre and commercials, with additional experience as an event host and model.

“When they called my name I was really shocked and happy,” she added, shortly after receiving the tiara from last year’s title-holder, Stacey Devina Chan.

Her official aspiration is “to use her story to ignite the possibilities in everyone’s heart”.

Ada Tang Hong-man, 24, a patternmaker’s assistant at a haute couture label, was first runner-up in the 54th edition of the broadcaster’s flagship pageant.