The Beauty Queen Who Used "Pretty Privilege" To Climb Hong Kong's Billionaire Class

Head to https://betterhelp.com/jgao to get 10% off your first month with our sponsor, BetterHelp. Therapy can be a meaningful space to reflect, grow, and create positive change in your life. Beauty queens chasing billionaires is nothing new in Hong Kong. But the story of Michele Reis — Miss Hong Kong 1988, actress, and arguably the most beautiful woman this city has ever produced — is genuinely one of the wildest rags-to-riches stories in Hong Kong entertainment history. And by 30 she had dated billionaires, survived palace intrigue, outlasted a gambling princess, and married into one of Hong Kong's oldest dynasty fortunes. This is the story of Michele Reis — beauty queen, actress, and Hong Kong's most calculated Cinderella.