Телеканал TVB не смог повторить успех конкурса красоты «Мисс Гонконг»

Was Mr Hong Kong ‘bad taste’ or ‘great’? Critics and contenders on controversial pageant Slated for objectifying men, TVB’s male beauty contest couldn’t match Miss Hong Kong’s longevity. But will it ever return? Modelled loosely after the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, a beauty contest that the station took over in 1973, Mr Hong Kong effectively also served as a star-scouting vehicle for recruiting male talent while offering hopefuls with bulging muscles and big smiles the promise of fame. TVB teased a 2021 revival, but the contest never materialised, and many title winners left the industry within a few years. Perhaps Mr Hong Kong was unintentionally camp and misunderstood by viewers, or maybe, with its salacious attempts at comedy that took precedence over selecting stand-out talent, it was simply a bad knock-off of the Miss Hong Kong contests. It has been a decade since the show was shelved, but one question remains: why did Mr Hong Kong fail to emulate Miss Hong Kong’s longevity?