1. Vivian Chow Wai-man is a Hong Kong-based Cantopop singer-songwriter and actress.
36 Facts About Vivian Chow
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Vivian Chow's father died before her birth due to heart disease.
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Vivian Chow was brought up by her mother and grandmother.
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Vivian Chow began her singing and acting career by becoming the first runner-up at a freelance DJ competition held by RTHK in 1986.
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In 1988, Vivian Chow was invited by TVB to hosted the TV music program Jade Solid Gold.
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Vivian Chow starred in her first movie Heart to Heart and was nominated for "Best New Performer" of Hong Kong Film Awards for her role in this movie.
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Vivian Chow won "Best New Prospect Exceptional Award" of Top 10 Gold Songs Award in 1989.
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Vivian Chow resigned from RTHK and started to focus on her career as a singer and actress in 1991.
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In 1992, Vivian Chow was named as one of "Ten Artists with Healthy Image" by Commercial Radio Hong Kong.
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Vivian Chow joined Linfair Record Taiwan and broke into the Taiwan market with releasing her song "Rumor" successfully in 1992.
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In 1993, Vivian Chow won 3rd place in the "Next Magazine TV Awards for Most Popular Artists" for her role on the TV drama The Greed of Man.
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Vivian Chow was chosen as the "Most Popular Female Artist" by Taiwan media.
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Later, Vivian Chow released her sixth Cantonese album "Most Love" which got double platinum award.
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Vivian Chow won Metro Hit Radio's "Best Female Singer-Bronze Award" and Japan NHK's "Most Popular Foreign Female Singer Award".
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Vivian Chow released her Japanese debut album Love Legend to broke into the Japanese market in April 1994.
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Vivian Chow got a breakthrough in her singer career for the total selling of these Cantonese and Mandarin albums got 8 platinum awards.
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Vivian Chow was awarded the "Most Popular Hong Kong Female Singer Award" by Japanese media.
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In 1995, Vivian Chow won the award of "TVB JSG Top Ten 94 New Generation Performance ".
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Vivian Chow has been elected as one of the "Top 10 worldwide celebrities on the Internet" by internet users.
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Vivian Chow was voted as one of "Top 10 celebrities on the internet".
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Vivian Chow is obsessed with painting, writing and playing pool.
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Vivian Chow's painting "Old Man from San Geung" and "Looking Towards the Future" won many painting awards.
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Vivian Chow revealed the reason she stopped her entertainment career in 1997 in TVB talk show "Queen's Feast".
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In 2004, Vivian Chow launched her first book My Cat Son Pal Vivian Chow which quickly sold more than 20,000 books and was in the top 10 best-selling books for several months.
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Vivian Chow was invited to be Shiseido spokesperson for the Asia region in the same year.
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Vivian Chow worked with World Vision Hong Kong, Oxfam, Hong Kong Aid Foundation, Cancer Fund, Society for Abandoned Animals Limited and Non-Profit Making Veterinary Service Society to promote taking care of the social vulnerable group through her social influence.
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Vivian Chow donated all of the rewards she got for the 3 concerts to NPV to raise money for establishing a veterinary clinic which grand opened on Chow's birthday in the same year.
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In 2013, Vivian Chow started her own talent agency, V Vision Workshop Limited.
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Vivian Chow's agent is Lorraine Chan a talent agent.
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The album was produced by Vivian Chow and issued by Emperor Group Music and Linfair Record Limited.
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The English song "A Love Like This" was composed by Vivian Chow is about how her faith changed her life.
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Vivian Chow started to participate in different forms of sermons to share Christian testimony after the album's release.
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Vivian Chow started a relationship with the vocalist of Raidas, Chan Duk Cheung, when she worked in RTHK.
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Later, Vivian Chow met Joe Nieh, the son of famous novelist Ni Kuang in a RTHK television programme in 1989 and they parted amicably in 1992.
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Vivian Chow met Ka Sen when she was in a Kao advertising shooting.