Jerry Lam Hiu Fung and Chin Ka Lok talk about Vivian being the new Shiseido spokesperson for HK and Taiwan..

Vivian Chow signs a contract with Shiseido

Vivian has used this brand of skincare products for a long time already. Earlier, she received a skin test.

There has been constant rumors about Vivian making a comeback to do advertisements. Earlier, there was even a rumor that Vivian was asking for a really high price to do advertisements for one skincare brand, which scared them into changing to find Sandy Lam Yik Lin to be their spokesperson instead. But actually, Vivian had already been chosen in June to be the first Hong Kong and Taiwan spokesperson for Shiseido's 'Revital eye anti-wrinkle mask' skincare product. The advertiser even hired photographer Cheung Man Wa, who has worked with Vivian many times before and has taken pictures for many of her album covers. Although it's been a long time since Vivian has faced the camera, but Vivian said, "Taking pictures is not an unfamiliar matter to me. Also, I'm working together with a high quality production team, so I have a lot of confidence." Vivian has signed a one year advertising contract with Shiseido. Also, Shiseido's corporate office in Japan personally handled the contract signing with Vivian. There will be a press conference next week for the new advertisement. The advertiser has even started to plan for Vivian's photo shoot for her newest advertisement. After Vivian decided to do the advertisements, she went to one of Shiseido's beauty salons to look around and to receive a skin test.

Vivian Chow defeats Japanese model and pockets millions of dollars

In June, Vivian already took pictures for the print ads.

Vivian Chow, who has left showbiz, recently defeated a Japanese model to be the Hong Kong and Taiwan spokesperson for the famous Japanese skincare name brand, Shiseido, for a 7 figure amount of money. She signed a one year advertising contract with them. According to Shiseido, the reason why they abandoned the idea of using a Japanese model and instead decided to use a Chinese person to be the spokesperson was mainly because they wanted to focus on the Hong Kong and Taiwan markets. After going through many choices, in the end, they felt Vivian was the most suitable person for this job. This time, Vivian is the spokesperson for the newest eye anti-wrinkle mask product. Back in June, they began shooting pictures for the print ads. The ideas of the advertisement are 'restart' and 'reborn,' which correlates with the meaning of Vivian coming back to the flash light (taking pictures). Vivian even personally invited Cheung Man Wa, who has taken photos for many of her album covers before, to be the photographer for the ad. Vivian said, "Taking pictures isn't an unfamiliar thing. I've already done preparations before the photo shoot. Before going to sleep, I used an eye mask which made the eye wrinkles disappear, and I was at my best state in front of the camera. Even the Japanese makeup artist complimented me on having good skin!"

Vivian Chow comes back

Vivian's knowledge and elegant image were the reasons the advertiser invited her to be their spokesperson.

There's constant rumors of Vivian making a comeback, but other than her being a guest at Sam Hui's concert, there hasn't been any news heard about her having plans to perform. Actually, she has already come back secretly to make a TV commercial, being the spokesperson for Shiseido's eye anti-wrinkle mask. She signed a one year advertising contract, and she will appear at next week's press conference. She has high hopes on the new advertisment. The advertisement hasn't officially been shown to the public yet, but the company is already making preparations for the photo shoot on another product advertisement. It's clear that they have confidence in Vivian. Advertiser invited her because of her elegant image This brand had abandoned the idea of using a Japanese model and changed to a Chinese person to be the spokesperson for the product. They did a market survey in Hong Kong and Taiwan. They surveyed many businesses, such as the commercial business, cultural business, fashion business, and art business, as well as professionals, in order to choose the most suitable spokesperson for the product's image. After going through many choices, in the end, Vivian was invited by that brand's Japanese corporate office to be their spokesperson because of her knowledge, inner quality, and elegant image. Vivian said, "I am also a user of this brand of products, therefore, we have a common understanding when I accepted to do this ad, and I feel really into this!" When Vivian was making the TV commercial, she felt she was 'reborn again.' Earlier, she had used the product for some time and has verified the effectiveness of the product for the skin. It's clear she's very serious about the photo shoot. In order to make print advertisements at an even higher level of quality, the advertiser used the best team of photographers to do the photo shoot. Vivian even personally stepped in to invite the famous photographer Cheung Man Wa to take the pictures. As for the image of the advertisement, no matter from the hair style to the makeup, Vivian took the initiative to propose her personal opinion to mould a perfect image which fits her personality the best. The level of the production team members is high The advertisement puts emphasis on Vivian's bright eyes and beautiful face. In order to match with the requests of the advertisement idea, she had to lay down halfway for a long time and maintain a graceful appearance like a butterfly. Vivian said, "Taking pictures is not an unfamiliar matter to me. This time the advertiser arranged a production team which is extremely professional and high quality, which makes me feel very confident. The day before the photo shoot, I put on an eye mask before going to sleep. The next day, my eye wrinkles had disappeared. Even if I changed my makeup many times and had to apply my makeup again, my skin wouldn't be dry, and it's even easier than usual to put on my makeup! Even the Japanese makeup artist complimented me on having good skin."

Vivian Chow making eye wrinkles disappear, doing advertisements

Vivian defeats one Japanese model to become Shiseido's spokesperson for the Hong Kong region.

Recently, Vivian has become the spokesperson for Japan's Shiseido skincare products. The advertiser decided to abandon the idea of using a Japanese model because they wanted to work with the Hong Kong and Taiwan market. After a detailed survey and research, Shiseido's corporate office in Japan decided to invite Vivian to be their spokesperson. The contract will last for one year. The other day, Vivian even made a special trip to this brand's beauty salon to understand the product's detailed material. Vivian said, "I am also a user of this brand of products, so I feel like I am part of this product and I'm really into making this ad." The beauty expert even did a skin analysis for Vivian while she was there. She found out her own skin type is a mixed(?) nature. This time, Vivian even personally stepped in to invite photographer Cheung Man Wa to do the photo shoot for the ad. Vivian said, "Taking pictures is not unfamiliar to me. But on the day before the photoshoot, I purposely put on an eye mask before I went to bed. The result was my eye wrinkles all disappeared. Changing my makeup many times was also no problem. Even the Japanese makeup artist complimented me on having good skin."

Chris Wong personally goes to look for proof that Vivian Chow will be making a comeback to do advertisements
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During an event yesterday, Chris Wong Hoi Kan was asked about the rumors that his good friend Vivian Chow would be making a comeback. Chris said he had already privately looked to confirm if this news was true and found out Vivian is only coming back to do the advertisements and will be doing promotional activities a little later, but she's not making a full comeback to the front of the screen. Chris laughed saying, "As a good friend, I would support her in whatever she decides to do!"

Turning to Shiseido for HK$4 million and showing off her value;
Vivian Chow fights back on her first advertisement job after her comeback, facing against Sandy Lam

Vivian became the new spokesperson for Shiseido for a comeback price of HK$4 million. (Picture on file)

Originally Vivian Chow planned to do advertisements for SK-II as her first job for her comeback. However, Sandy Lam Yik Lin took away the advertisement from her with a lower price. But Vivian turned to another brand, Shiseido, for HK$4 million and even took the initiative to suggest doing the promotions at an earlier time than first planned, facing against Sandy who's coming back at the end of this month! The rumors about Vivian making a comeback have always been heard. Earlier, it was rumored Vivian would be doing advertisements for SK-II as her first job after her comeback, but because Vivian stood firm on her price of HK$4 million, Sandy Lam, who has returned to HK after her divorce to make some real money, was able to take away this advertisement from Vivian for a lower price of HK$2 million. But Vivian doesn't show any weakness. She even turned now to another skincare company, Shiseido, for HK$4 million to be the spokesperson for the middle line 'Revital' products for Hong Kong and China. Vivian has stepped out of the entertainment circle for many years, and the first job she accepts when making her comeback is of extreme importance. She hopes this will foster momentum on making a path for future movies and her concert. Besides taking part in the plans for the promotion, Vivian also took the initiative to suggest changing the promotional activities. The activities were originally scheduled for the end of next month, but Vivian wants to make the promotions earlier and have the activities at the end of this month instead, doing face to face battle with Sandy Lam, who took away her SK-II advertisement, and get revenge! Yesterday, this newspaper tried to contact Shiseido's person in charge Miss Lo. She said, "I can't reveal anything at this moment and can't reply yet. The company will make an annoucement later. The reporter asked, "Have the promotional activities been changed to the end of August, which is an earlier date?" Miss Lo said, "I can't reveal anything in this aspect, but I will be having promotional activities at the end of August. Next week, you will naturally receive a notification." "Yes" goes bankrupt Also, Vivian owns 25% of the stocks for "Yes" magazine. During this year in March, the publication company Yes Communication Ltd. was asking for money they were owed. Last month, the publication company applied for bankruptcy, and yesterday the judge, who had no objections to this, declared bankruptcy for the publication company. According to the company registration information, Yes Communication Ltd. has 5 main shareholders, and Vivian is one of them, but Joe Ngai is not.

Cha Siu Yan talks about the rumors of Vivian being the new Shiseido skincare spokesperson and also about the "Ten best high-aged beautiful female artists who haven't married" poll.

Carina Lau and Vivian Chow are the 1st and 2nd place winners for the 'high-aged beautiful female artists who haven't married' poll
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Carina Lau. (Picture on file)

Beautiful women in the entertainment circle can be found everywhere. The older female artists know how to take good care of their skin, and their looks didn't look bad when compared with the younger artists. Yesterday on a website from China, there was a poll for the "Ten best high-aged beautiful female artists who haven't married." Carina Lau Ka Ling was the first place winnner and Vivian Chow was the second place winner. Nine of the winners on the poll are from HK, including Carina Lau Ka Ling, Vivian Chow, Karen Mok Man Wai, Michelle Lee Ka Yan, Athena Chu Yan, Sammi Cheng Sau Man, Kelly Chan Wai Lam, Charlie Yeung Choi Nei, and Lisa Wong Ming Chuen. The only female artist in the poll from Taiwan was Siu Cheung. The ten chosen female artists have a few things in common. All of them are over 30 years old, and they have a certain position in their entertainment career and also have their own unique characteristic. From what's known, Vivian has been living a relaxed lifestyle ever since she left the entertainment circle. Besides being talented, she was able to keep her 'doll face' look for all these years and also kept her mood good by doing lots of charity work. It's for these reasons that she won this award.

Vivian's paintings are circulating around the Internet

After Vivian returned to HK, besides doing an autograph session to promote her new book, she's usually quite low-key when she goes outside. (Picture on file)

Vivian returned to HK last year. She has always been happy being the woman behind Joe. She takes care of Pal Chow and accompanies Joe in playing pool, but it seems like she doesn't have other talents. Up until the beginning of this year, she finally released her own first book, and even made her cat, Pal, as the main character. She has become a real talented woman. On the day her book was released, this reporter was also at her book press conference. Who would have guessed Vivian would have so many fans even though she didn't hold a microphone but instead held a pen. It's been heard that her book is selling pretty well! Actually, Vivian not only writes a good book, she's also a rather talented painter. This reporter recently admired some of her beautiful paintings on the Internet. No matter if it's a portrait, a scenery painting, or Chinese paintings of mountains and water, Vivian is equally able to make her drawings look alive. This reporter's friend also praised this girl for being talented enough. It's a pity that Vivian has been so low-key ever since she came back to HK. Besides singing half a song with Chris Wong during his concert and is guest performing in Sam Hui's upcoming concert, she continuously doesn't have any thoughts about coming back to showbiz. Since we can't wait for Vivian to sing again, the only thing to do is to read her book and look at her paintings to withstand the cravings first!   Vivian has many kinds of paintings, such as water color paintings, paintings of mountains and water, and of course she put forth even more effort in painting her beloved cat Pal Chow!

Sandy Lam lowered the market price to HK$2 million, taking the advertisement from Vivian
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Sandy Lam. (Picture on file) Vivian talked with the advertiser many times, and she wasn't willing to confirm on doing the advertisement. In the end, Sandy grabbed the advertisement from her. (Picture on file)

Recently, Sandy Lam Yik Lin lowered the market price by accepting an offer of HK$2,000,000 to be the spokesperson for SK-II skincare products, taking away the advertisement from Vivian Chow, who stood firm on her comeback price of HK$4,000,000 (US$513,479). Vivian refuses to lower the price Actually, earlier the skincare product company SK-II was planning on using Vivian Chow as their spokesperson for their autumn and winter products. But she stood firm on her price of HK$4 million, and both sides were deadlocked. Also, she had many requests on how the product would be promoted. This made the advertiser step back. On the other side, one of the other candidates for this ad, Sandy Lam, didn't give up and even took the initiative to cut the price to HK$2 million to grab the job. In the end, Sandy was successful in kicking away Vivian Chow to be the new spokesperson for SK-II. Vivian was also interested in returning to the entertainment circle. The reason Sandy was successful in getting this advertisement was because she won with a lower price and also won against Vivian who was standing firm on her price of HK$4 million. Sandy also agreed to do several promotional events at the end of August, such as doing interviews for several magazines, and also didn't mind to talk about her divorce. Regarding Sandy's acceptance to do the new advertisements, SK-II's public relations spokesperson, Natalie, was asked about this. She said, "You got the news so fast! But there won't be a response at this time." The reporter asked, "Was it originally decided that Vivian Chow would do the advertisement?" Natalie said, "It's not appropriate to reveal this. Earlier, a lot of people were rumored to do this ad! Vivian was also rumored to have been chosen. We have to make confirmations before we can make any information public."

Vivian's retina is thin...
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SingPao Daily newspaper: Earlier, there was a report which stated Joe Ngai's girlfriend, Vivian Chow, left the entertainment circle many years ago because her retina had detached, and this also hindered her from making a comeback recently. Joe responded saying, "About three or four years ago, reporters took pictures of me and Vivian at Yeung Woh hospital when Vivian was going to get an eye exam. At that time, her retina was a little thin. The retina didn't detach; maybe it needed to be fixed, but in the end, she didn't have surgery. And this also has nothing to do with her resting and then coming back to work." The Sun newspaper: Earlier, there was a report which stated that Vivian's retina had detached, which affected her plans on making a comeback. Her boyfriend Joe said, "It's because her retina was too thin. She already went to see the doctor 3 years ago about this, but this hasn't affected her daily activities too much. I just think of this news as if I were hearing a story!" MingPao Daily newspaper: Regarding a report about Vivian having a retina detachment, Joe said his girlfriend already discovered her retina was too thin about 3 years ago. But she didn't have surgery, and her vision wasn't affected. The reporter asked if this would affect her plans on making a comeback. Joe said it wouldn't. He looked at this news as if it were a story. Ta Kung Pao newspaper: It's been rumored that Vivian left showbiz many years ago because her retina had detached. Joe clarified saying this didn't happen. He said Vivian can still wear contact lenses now, and her daily activities aren't affected.

Vivian's retina detached, hindering her from making a comeback

Recently, Vivian was a guest performer at Sam Hui's concert, taking one step at a time trying to face the life of bright lights again. (Picture on file)

Vivian has left the entertainment circle for almost 8 years. Film and record companies have been closely watching her ever since, hoping to get her to make a comeback and be the first one to release her film/album, but Vivian doesn't seem to have any plans on doing this yet. Rumor has it that the money isn't attractive enough and also rumors that she's picky about what jobs she chooses to do. The truth is, Vivian has her own reason. Before she decided to leave showbiz, she discovered she had a retina detachment on her left eye. Although the surgery was successful that year, Vivian still had side affects, such as getting teary eyes when she comes across bright light. This was one of the reasons why she left the entertainment circle, and is also the reason she hesitates to make a comeback. About 9 years ago, Vivian discovered that everytime she was busy working the whole day and then returned home, she couldn't see clearly and would even feel dizzy. At first she thought it was just because she was excessively fatigued. When she went to the hospital to do a full body check, she discovered the retina on her left eye had detached. The retina detachment was caused by Vivian having bad eyesight of about 1000 degrees and also because she often worked late nights and was tormented by camera flashes during those years. Although she had surgery to correct this problem, she still had side effects, such as her eyes being easily affected by bright lights, especially when being faced with continuous camera flashes and bright sunlight, where she would continuously have teary eyes. She doesn't want to wear glasses Actually, Vivian had recently planned on making a comeback to act in a movie and even had laser eye surgery to correct her poor vision so she wouldn't have to wear glasses anymore. She was hoping to be in her best shape when making her comeback. Unfortunately, during her recent book press conference and fashion magazine photo shoot, her eyes kept tearing because of the non-stop camera flashes, making her step back from the decision to return to showbiz. Also, when Chris Wong Hoi Kan was at a public event two nights ago, he admitted he was secretly in love with Vivian many years ago, but he knew it wouldn't be possible to have a relationship with her. However, he didn't know if Vivian was already dating Joe Ngai back then. (Ed. Note: Don't believe everything you read! This article exaggerated Vivian's eye problem. Fans don't need to worry! Vivian's eyes feel a little uncomfortable when there's bright sunlight, but she doesn't get teary eyes from camera flashes or from the sunlight. Also, she didn't have LASIK surgery to correct her poor vision.)

Chris Wong talking about Vivian and Joe's relationship...
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Rumors about Chris Wong (above picture) and Vivian have been going around for more than 10 years. (Picture from MingPao Daily) Vivian at Sam's concert last month. (Picture from MingPao Daily)

The Sun newspaper: Chris Wong attended a Commercial Radio 903 event two nights ago. During one part of the show, there was a picture of Chris and Vivian displayed on the screen. One of the DJs asked Chris about Vivian and Joe's relationship. Chris said, "I don't know! Nobody has confirmed if it's true." The DJ then asked, "So do you still have a chance?" Chris said, "No chance! They've already got a family with cats and dogs." The host then asked Chris what characteristics does he look for in a girlfriend. Chris said she has to look pretty, and be a good person, and have bangs, and the fans in the audience kept screaming Vivian's name, making Chris look embarrassed. MingPao Daily newspaper: Chris doesn't know if it's true or not about Vivian and Joe's relationship Rumors about Chris Wong and Vivian Chow have been going around for more than 10 years. Vivian has a boyfriend, Joe Ngai. However, two nights ago when Chris attended a Commercial Radio event, the two hosts showed a picture of Chris and Vivian together and talked about Vivian and Joe dating, and Chris seemed embarrassed. Chris said nobody has talked about Vivian and Joe dating and didn't know if it was true or not. Apple Daily newspaper: Two nights ago, Chris Wong attended a CR 903 event at the HK International Trade and Exhition Center in Kowloon Bay. Chris said he likes a girl who "looks pretty, has bangs, and is a good person." Every time he said one characteristic, the hosts ILoveYouBoy'z would say Vivian's name. SingTao newspaper: During the show, the hosts asked Chris when he found out that Vivian and Joe were together. He said, "What kind of evidence proves that they are together? They haven't even gotten married yet." HK Daily News newspaper: Chris doesn't have delusions towards Vivian Two nights ago during the CR903 show, Chris said that until now, it's still not known if Vivian and Joe are dating. The host asked Chris if there's still hope for him. He despairingly said there's no hope for him.

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