Michelle Reis

Reis was born in Macau on 20 June 1970. She is of mixed ancestry; her father Francis Reis was Portuguese, and her mother Wu Guofang (吴国芳), who is Chinese, moved to Hong Kong. Reis has an older sister named Yuet Chi (named as Joanna Francisca Reis or Li Jiaming; 李嘉明).[1] Her father was born in Hong Kong. He was captured by the Japanese in Hong Kong during World War II. He was sent to work in Japanese mines until Japan's surrender. After his liberation, he returned to Hong Kong and married Michelle's mother.

Reis's parents divorced in 1987. She rarely contacted her father afterwards, who died in 1995.[2] Reis recalls her childhood as an unhappy one devoid of toys or new clothes. She recalls only her mother's tears and parents' endless bickering, her father gradually coming home less and less, thereby resulting in her being raised by her mother. Many years later after having abandoned his family, Reis's father was thought to have made a phone call to her. By this time, she was already famous. Many years later, Reis recalled this phone call, which left her hurt.[3]

Reis had excellent results when attended Maryknoll Convent School result to 2A (English, Bible) and ranked 7B five-year secondary education graduation exam. Participated in Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination shortly after she won the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant.

In 1973, 3-year-old Michelle Reis was first discovered by shooting a baby ad. In 1982, 12 years old, she took on a second advertisement. During her study, many scouts had stopped her on the road, and offered her casting and shooting commercial film but Reis refused because she wanted to be a flight attendant. Reis started part- time modelling at the age of 14.[4] She first came to fame when she won the 1988 Miss Hong Kong Pageant at the age of 18. Reis was also the first Miss Chinese International in the same year. Following her Miss Chinese International crowning, she went on to participate in the Miss World 1988 pageant, where she promoted the image of Hong Kong. She was then supposed to compete in the Miss Universe 1989 pageant but withdrew due to health problems.

Reis started to build a career within the entertainment industry in the 1990s. She starred in commercials eventually leading to movies. She has also appeared in music videos and TVB television episodes.

On 23 November 2008, following a very public two-year courtship, Reis married business tycoon Julian Hui, son of real-estate billionaire Hui Sai Fun (1921–2018).[5][6][7] Julian was formerly married to Pansy Ho, the daughter of Macau casino businessman Stanley Ho.[8] Their son Jayden Max "JM" Hui was born on 8 February 2011. His is derived from the first initials 'JM' of his parents' names.[9]

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Chinese white-collar workers display images of Michele Reis at the office to subtly ask for a raise in salary because her Chinese name Jiāxīn (嘉欣) is an exact homophone of 加薪 ("pay raise") in Mandarin Chinese,[12] and is a near-homophone in Cantonese language (ga1yan1/ga1san1).

• Cinema of Hong Kong
• Macanese people
• Macanese language

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