Tran Khai Lam: Trinh Gia Dinh's wife won 2 beauty pageants, gave birth to 3 children in 5 years

Chan Kai Lam is known as the wife of famous TVB actor Cheng Ka-ying. She won two national beauty contests but did not compete internationally, which many people regret.

Grace Chan (born June 23, 1991 in Hong Kong) is a famous Hong Kong-born Canadian television, film and television actress and host, who graduated with a degree in communications and publishing from Simon Fraser University.

Born in Hong Kong, Chan Kai-lam moved to Vancouver, British Columbia at the ag.e of 5. She also has an older sister and a twin brother. At the ag.e of 8, she declared herself a Christian.

In response to speculations based on her mixed-race facial features, Chan Kai-lam has insisted that she is Chinese and that her parents are of Han Chinese descent. Her father is said to have made millions of Hong Kong dollars after selling some properties to avoid losses during the 1997 economic crisis.

According to media reports, Chan Kai-Lin comes from a wealthy family and the villa currently owned by her grandmother in Kowloon Tong is worth more than 10 million HKD. However, the beauty has denied the rumors and stated that her family is only middle class, and that her family's life is currently very happy and comfortable.

Ever since she was a chil.d, Chan Kai-lam had dreamed of competing in the Miss Hong Kong pageant. After completing her undergraduate thesis, she immediately flew back to Hong Kong to compete in the pageant and did not even make it to the graduation ceremony in Vancouver.

It is known that the voting system at the competition that year was different from previous years as stated by the organizers, including the votes of each audience in Hong Kong (each person has one vote) and 50% from the jury for the final result.

Winnin.g the audience's love from the beginning, candidate number 17 Tran Khai Lam surpassed the other 9 candidates and won the final with more than 170,000 votes, while the first runner-up with candidate number 15, Thai Tu Boi only had about 60,000 votes.

In addition, in the final night, the beauty born in 1991 also won the Miss Photogenic, Tourism Ambassador, Audience and Media Choice, Audience Favorite and First Priz.e in the Speech Contest. In the mandatory public competitions, there were a total of 20 candidates participating in sports, she also took the lead and won the running competition.

Finally, after passing many rounds of competition, Chan Kai Lam was crowned Miss Hong Kong on September 1, 2013. In 2014, she registered for Miss Chinese International and continued to be crowned.

With her confidence and pretty face, Chan Kai Lam was expected to represent Hong Kong in the Miss World 2014 pageant held in London, England in November of the same year. However, for unknown reasons, she was not sent to compete internationally.

Also in 2014, Tran Khai Lam participated in the film "The Foreign Chil.d" with the supporting role of Tuong Le. 1 year later, the beauty was given the main role of Duong Tinh Tu in "The Story of 4 Lawyers" and the role of Huynh De Muoi in "Truong Bao Tu".

In 2016, the former Miss Hong Kong continued to develop in acting when she received 3 main and secondary roles in the works "Cương Thị - Ân Oạn Truyền Kiếp", "Đanh Môn Âm Chiến" and "Cự Luân 2". In 2017, she appeared in "Nhung Ke Ba Hoa" as a special guest.

In 2018, Tran Khai Lam appeared in 3 films: "Women's War", "Martial Arts Resurrection" and "Flying Tigers". In 2019, she played the character Phuc Lan in "The Legend of Bao Thanh Thien".

In her personal life, Tran Khai Lam married Trinh Gia Dinh in 2018. After that, she stopped acting. She is happy to be a mother and has given birth to three children in 5 years. The two children of the beauty queen are also loved by the audience thanks to their adorable appearance. Although they are only a few years old, they are paid high salaries to participate in commercials with their parents.

Kevin Cheng is known as one of the most flirtatious male artists in Hong Kong. He has dated Wang Hing Ping, Chow Li-Ki, Charmaine Sheh and was rumored to be in a relationship with Liu Xin-yu. Because of this, Chan Kai-Lin's parents were not happy about this relationship.

When the two were still dating, the father of Miss Hong Kong 2013 was worried that his daughter would be hurt by the Forensic Heroes actor's flirtatious personality. Plus, there was a 22-year ag.e gap. However, Chan Kai Lam believed that her love would keep Kevin Cheng. Since having a family, the actor has not been involved in any love scandals and has become a loving husband and father.

Currently, Kevin Cheng is still working hard on acting. Meanwhile, Chan Kai-lam has become a KOL, selling cosmetics, and producing TV shows. In early 2023, she will share her experience with contestants of the 2022 Miss Hong Kong pageant.

On June 18 of the same year, HK01 reported that while participating in an entertainment sho.w, Chan Kai Lam shared about the most depressed time when she started filming her first movie. She was so afraid of public criticism that she did not dare to leave the house.

It is known that after winnin.g the Miss title, Tran Khai Lam was signed a management contract by TVB and turned to acting. Due to lack of experience, she did not perform well and received many negative reviews. "That was the darkest period of my life," the beauty said.

Tran Khai Lam added: "Because I had no experience and no training in acting, people talked a lot. They criticized me for being a bad actor, saying I was a walking flower vase, taking advantage of unspoken rules to get the role. Articles said that I couldn't be the female lead, why was the role given to me? So much negative news came pouring in that I didn't know how to react."

Miss Hong Kong continued: "I hid in my room, not wanting to see other people. I felt ugly, disappointed in myself. I didn't know what to do, just lying on the bed, depressed. When someone on the street asked me if I was Chan Kai Lam, I felt like they were laughing at me. I felt like everyone was talking about me at that time, it was terrible."

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