Gillian Chung

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Gillian Chung <tr style="text-align: center;"><td colspan="3">Image:GillianHead.png Gillian Chung </td></tr>
Background information <tr><td>Birth name</td><td colspan="2">Chung, Ka-lai</td></tr><tr><td>Also known as</td><td colspan="2">Ah-Giu(阿嬌), Gill</td></tr><tr><td>Born</td><td colspan="2">21 January, 1981</td></tr><tr><td>Origin</td><td colspan="2">Hong Kong</td></tr><tr><td>Occupation(s)</td><td colspan="2">Singer, actress</td></tr><tr><td>Years active</td><td colspan="2">2001—present</td></tr><tr><td style="padding-right: 1em;">Label(s)</td><td colspan="2">Emperor Entertainment Group</td></tr><tr><td>Website</td><td colspan="2">Twins EEG HK Official Site</td></tr>

Gillian Chung Yan-tung (Traditional Chinese: 鍾欣桐, original name: Chung, Ka-lai (鍾嘉勵)), born on 21 January 1981, is a member of the Cantopop group Twins; alongside Charlene Choi.<ref>Gillian Chung at the Internet Movie Database IMDB. Biography for Gillian Chung</ref>

1 Biography
- 1.1 Photographic incident
2 Discography
3 Filmography
4 References
5 See also
6 External links

[edit] Biography

Gillian Chung is a Hong Kong pop singer and actress. She resides in the affluent Midlevels district in Hong Kong with her younger sister. Standing at just over five feet tall, Chung is a graduate of the Kowloon True Light Middle School and attended RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. While at RMIT, she also worked as a part-time model.

In 2001, Chung was approached by Emperor Entertainment Group to form a singing group, Twins, with Charlene Choi, to whom she is not actually related. Initially, people did have difficulty telling the two apart, but they have since developed their own distinct personalities.^{[citation needed]}Image:Gillianmagazinescan.jpg Image:Gillian Twins.jpg

[edit] Photographic incident

On August 22, 2006, Hong Kong tabloid magazine Easy Finder published a series of photos of Chung inside a changing room after a Twins concert at the Arena of Stars in Genting, Malaysia.<ref>BBC. Chan in Hong Kong photo protest. Tuesday, 29 August 2006</ref> The pictures were taken while she was in the changing room with her personal assistant. One of the cover photos shows Chung's bare back as she is fixing her bra backstage. Her breasts are not revealed. A second, smaller cover photo shows Chung undressed and naked from the shoulder up. The headline read, “Ah Gil releases bra near back window", using Chung's Chinese nickname.<ref>Scan of Easy Finder magazine cover</ref> Hong Kong celebrities such as Jackie Chan staged a public protest denouncing the magazine's irresponsible actions. <ref>http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/photo/2006-08/28/content_676221.htm Actress' semi-nude photo taken with hidden camera stirs uproar in HK</ref> <ref>http://asianfanatics.net/forum/FollowUp_Further_reaction_to_EasyFinder_candid_Chung_photos-talk297274.html FollowUp: Further reaction to EasyFinder candid Chung photos, Thursday August 31, 2006 Hong Kong</ref>

On November 1, 2006, Easy Finder lost its appeal against an obscenity ruling on the published article and pictures <ref>HONG KONG: Twin photograph ruling upheld</ref>. The Hong Kong Television and Entertainment Licensing Authority received 2875 complaints regarding the revealing photos and the incident was referred to the Obscene Articles Tribunal for further action.<ref>Hong Kong magazine to be prosecuted in pop star pictures row</ref> In the appeal, a panel consisting of one Magistrate and four lay members, upheld the judgement, branding the article obscene, and saying it was a "calculated act of selling sexuality which is corrupting and revolting" <ref>Hong Kong Magazine Loses Appeal Over "Obscene" Pop Star Pics</ref>. During an interview of Jimmy Lai (founder of Next Media, Easy Finder's publisher) on the television show 'Be My Guest', he apologized to Gillian and claimed that he will return all the negatives of the photos. <ref>Joey Yung is Happy About Outcome Of Gillian Chung's Peeping Incident</ref>. Despite his apologetic actions, Gillian Chung still intends to sue the magazine.