Karl Ting

Karl Ting
Chinese name 丁子朗 (traditional)
Pinyin Dīngzi lǎng (Mandarin)
Born (1997-06-30) 30 June 1997
British Hong Kong
Other name(s) 膠丁
Occupation Actor, Student, YouTuber
Ancestry Han Chinese
Influenced by Exo (band)

Karl Ting Tze Long (born 30 June 1997) is a Hong Kong actor. He is the first-runner up and Mr. Photogenic at the Mr. Hong Kong 2016 contest.[1] Ting holds the distinction for being the first Mr. Photogenic, as well as the youngest contestant to win the most awards in the contest's history.

Biography

Early life

Karl Ting was born in British Hong Kong. He studied at Pui Kiu College before immigrating to Toronto, Canada at the age of 14. He completed his freshman year at the University of Waterloo before entering the inaugural Project Boyz Power Toronto, a preliminary organized by Fairchild TV that sends overseas contestants to the Mr. Hong Kong contest.[2] Ting did not win any awards at the contest, with Freeyon Chung being the winner and Christian Yeung winning first runner-up.[3]

The winner received an air ticket, while Yeung and Ting traveled to Hong Kong at their own expense.[4][5] All three entered the Mr. Hong Kong 2016 contest (which was on a five-year hiatus previously) and successfully made the top 14 after two rounds of interview.[6] Consequently, they all made the top 10 and gained the opportunity to travel to Taiwan for filming and shooting.[7]

For the first time, the Mr. Hong Kong and Miss Hong Kong pageants were held together; with the winners being announced together onstage.[8] Initially criticized for his body,[9] Ting bested a number of favorites and ended up winning the most awards in the contest - First-Runner Up, Mr. Photogenic,[10] and a side award - Most Liked by Audience.[11] He plans on entering TVB and furthering his college education simultaneously.[12]

Ting speaks four languages - Cantonese, English, Mandarin, and Korean.[13] He learned Choy Li Fut from grade 1 to grade 9 [11] and hence performed it as his talent at both competitions. He enjoys filming short clips and uploading them to YouTube. His personal channel is named, "膠Ding日記 Your Happy Virus."

Filmography

Variety Shows (TVB)

Variety Shows (Fairchild TV)

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Crystal Fung and Jackson Lai crowned Miss and Mr Hong Kong 2016 - South China Morning Post". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "TVB Combines Miss Hong Kong and Mr. Hong Kong Pageants; to Rival ViuTV's 'Beauty D.n.A.' - ASZ News". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  3. ↑ "A colossal Success #6 Freeyon Chung Champion in Toronto Final won the golden opportunity to becoming TVB Rising Star - Project Boyz Power Toronto". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  4. ↑ "Yoki必勝三式備戰港姐 - 東方日報". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "羅天宇細佬胡（非玉）改名戰港男 - 東方日報". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  6. ↑ "羅天宇弟出局「嫩版黎明」硬住入圍 - 東方日報". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  7. ↑ "港男梁裕恆疑「畀鬼責」腳軟失魂 - 東方日報". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  8. ↑ "Crystal Fung and Jackson Lai Win Miss and Mr. Hong Kong 2016 - Jaynestars". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  9. ↑ "Mr. Hong Kong Karl Ting: "It's Not Just About Our Muscles" - Jaynestars". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "好老公港男搶分！黎振燁跑出爆喊 - 東方日報". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  11. 1 2 "丁子朗先拔頭籌　爆冷奪現場最受歡迎港男". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  12. ↑ "丁子朗拎亞軍興奮到爆：好想喺TVB發展 - 東網". Retrieved 21 September 2016.
  13. ↑ "Karl Ting 丁子朗". Retrieved 21 September 2016.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/23/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.