Hallyu star actress Lee Young-Ae (1971) topped the list in Hong Kong for Woman of the Year in 2005. On December 31st, RTHK, a public network in Hong Kong, released the results of a mail-based poll of 1,398 citizens. It showed Lee Young-ae, the lead actress of the soap opera Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum), atop the list with 49 percent of the votes.Lee was chosen as the Woman of the Year in 2005 by far outdistancing the second place choice, an elderly woman named Lu Shaolan (21 percent), who became famous for filing a lawsuit against a giant real estate corporation.
Jewel in the Palace aired on Hong Kongβs TVB from January 24th to May 1st, hitting an all-time high in viewership rates (average rate of 47 percent and a high of 50 percent) in the history of Hong Kong TV broadcasting.
It is estimated that 3.28 million Hong Kong residents, or half of the entire population of the city, watched the drama. The Hong Kong daily Ming Bao chose Jewel in the Palace as the TV drama of the year.
Meanwhile, pop singer Rain ranked second as the Man of the Year in 2005 with 22 percent of the votes following Donald Tsang, Hong Kongβs Chief Executive (33 percent). The late Pope John Paul II, who died in April 2005, ranked third with 13 percent of the votes.
Source:
China Daily 3 Jan 06
Some selected Lee Young-Ae links:
Lee Young-Ae Official Homepage
Lee Young-Ae Fanpage
Lee Young-Ae Fanpage (Japanese)
Not a very flattering photo if you ask me… too much light shining on her face.
If you can find a better one, please feel free to change this one Robin.
she looks greasy..
I like it – it looks real.
Changed it.
(Open to suggestions for better ones)
I like the first one better!
Yeah, your photo taste somewhat differs from mine π
To be honest, I am not really happy with this one also. But I think it’s better than the first one. There aren’t a lot of ‘big’ photo’s available of her… Let me look further.
How about this one, this one or this one ?
The last one doesn’t seem to work, and I don’t like the first two.
Have to agree with Lee, the first one was much better. Reality photography that is π
It looked terrible (and I was not alone on this one ;-)) Sorry guys! So I guess we stick with this one then. Too bad. Liked the latter 3 better.
Ok, last try:
one or two or three or four
Does anyone have a link to the original pic that Marco posted just out of curiosity?
Robin, I think that “four” is the most interesting (“two” didn’t open for me). The other two I could view were good as well. I actually think that “four” would look even better if it were cropped a bit on the left. My runner up choice is “three” but again I think it would look better cropped a bit on the top.
Number fout is definitely not bad! Btw, you can still find my original pic here:
Robin’s fourth pic would be a good choice, as would this first one (both need cropping of course). The second one didn’t work for me either.
I guess Marco is like me in that he likes photos that show what a model really looks like. π
I guess Marco is like me in that he likes photos that show what a model really looks like. π
haha! are you serious??! π
number four it shall be.
woman of the year….how good is she…