Sherine Wong

Sherine Wong Sook Ling (simplified Chinese: 黄淑玲; traditional Chinese: 黃淑玲; pinyin: Huáng Shūlíng; Cantonese Yale: Wong Suk Ling; born 28 March 1979) was a winner of Miss Malaysia Universe in 1998 and represented Malaysia in the Miss Universe 1998 pageant in Hawaii in United States.[1][2] She is currently a full pledge model in Hong Kong.

Sherine Wong
黃淑玲
Born
Sherine Wong Sook Ling

(1979-03-28) 28 March 1979
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
NationalityMalaysian
Other namesSherine (尚羚)
Alma materMonash University
Occupation
  • Model
  • Emcee
  • Actress
  • Singer
Known forMiss Malaysia Universe 1998
Modelling information
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Hair colourBlack
Eye colourDark brown
TitleMiss Malaysia Universe 1998
Miss Asia 2004
Beauty pageant titleholder
Major
competition(s)		Miss Malaysia Universe 1998
(Winner)
Miss Universe 1998
(Unplaced)
Miss Asia 2004
(Top 8)
Websitewww.sherinewong.com

Early life

Born on 28 March 1979, Sherine Wong grew up in Kuala Lumpur. During her high school days, she was excelled in athletics. She represented her school and Malaysia in triple jumps and long jumps competition. She graduated in 2005 with Bachelor of Business & Commerce at Monash University, Australia.

Miss Malaysia 1998

Standing at 5'9', when she was just 18 years old, Wong participated in Miss Malaysia/Universe 1998 pageants. She was crowned as the Miss Malaysia/Universe 1998 winner at Kota Kinabalu, Malaysia where the final round of the pageant was held. She represented Malaysia in the Miss Universe 1998 pageant in Hawaii.

Miss Asia 2004

After winning the title of Miss Malaysia Universe 1998, Wong started off as fashion model Malaysia, then Singapore and finally landed herself in Hong Kong in the year of 2004. She participated in the Miss Asia 2004 which was organised by the ATV. Despite she did not win the pageant, she was one of the top favourites, placed in top 8 and won the Miss Photogenic and Perfect Skin titles.

Career

Since she started off as a runway model, Wong has worked for some renowned international brands such as Prada, Christian Dior, Chanel, and Cartier in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. As a degree holder in Bachelor of Business and Commerce, she always has the ambition to become a self entrepreneurs where she invested in a club in Hong Kong. However the club were sold due to the world economy crisis in 2008.

She eventually threw herself back into modelling with full force and landed into some prestigious endorsement deals, TV commercials, event host and even starred in music videos with famous cantopop singers Hacken Lee and Eric Suen. She started to take the Hong Kong market by storm and now expanding to greater China which she saw as a big market with a lots of opportunities.

Sherine would later possessed talents in acting and singing. She was once starred in a 2005 movie called Scary Incident (恐怖事件) alongside Hong Kong actor Mark Cheng, who is the main lead actor.

In 2011, she worked towards releasing her first EP and photobook, after being inspired and praised by the Hong Kong-based Swedish musician, Anders Nelsson.

Wong also starred in an 2013 independent Japanese film Fly Me to Minami.

She eventually released her first EP in 2018.

Filmography
Films
Date of release Title Role Note
2005 Scary Incident Detective
2013 Fly Me to Minami Serene Independent Japanese film

Discography
EP
Date of release Title
2018 Sherine
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References
  1. "Melodious Journey of Malaysian Beauty Queen". Malaysia. Bernama. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
  2. aanuarzulkifli. "'Irama kehidupan' seorang Ratu Cantik – Selebriti". Utusan Online. Malaysia: Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 20 March 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
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