Winnie Young has a face that is familiar to the average local TV audience. She started out in the local showbiz in 1995 as a beauty pageant contestant; she worked as TV show MC / host, and appeared in various TV dramas as the female lead. However, in order to take better care of her growing kids, she bowed out of showbiz. Out of the spotlight, she still managed to launch another profession and continue to lead a dazzlingly enriching life.
Winnie grew up in the United States. At college, she majored in Journalism. After graduation, Winnie signed up for a beauty pageant, hoping to pursue a career in the TV station as a news reporter. Finally she won the pageant, only to attract media spotlight that compelled her into showbiz. A bit reluctant as she was, Winnie nevertheless did her duties the best she could, to avoid her colleagues working overtime because of her. As she recalls, “It was quite daring for me [to join showbiz] at that time, as I, not too well versed in Chinese, was doing a job that required good Chinese skills.
Finally, the burden of family made her bid farewell to showbiz. Entering motherhood, she continued to “do her best”; that’s why she insisted on studying Child Education and Psychology even as a busy mother, all because she wanted to give her kids a better upbringing. While doing further studies, she discovered her interest in education. With the encourage and support of Miss Lili Tsang, principal [of a ballet school] and someone to whom she had been indebted so much, Winnie launched her teaching career, starting out as an etiquette instructor. Now she has opened her education centre and kindergarten, venturing into the career of an educator.
Winnie has never tried to shape her own future, and yet whatever task is presented before her, she will always try her best, for her own good as well as for the good of those around her. Maybe this is the driving force behind her next target: to open her own primary school in the near future, so that
Winnie,楊婉儀,一個螢幕上廣為人熟悉的面孔,由1995年參加選美開始,踏上演藝之路,做過司儀、節目主持、電視劇主角等等。但為著一對子女的成長,Winnie甘願淡出幕前。不在鎂光燈的照射下,她仍可找到演藝以外的另一專業,繼續璀璨人生。
Winnie自少在美國長大,大學時修讀新聞傳播。畢業後,Winnie一心希望以選美之途進入電視台當記者。不過當選後,Winnie旋即成為傳媒焦點,在身不由己下,投身了演藝之路。雖然如此,她還是盡力做好自己,免得其他同事因她的緣故而延遲收工,她回想:「當時都幾大膽,一個不大懂得中文的人選擇需要讀好中文的這份職業。」
Winnie當了媽媽後,就是這個「盡力做好自己」的原則,她在百忙中修讀兒童教育及心理課程,希望更好地教養子女。但生活的拉扯,使她不得不放下演藝工作。Winnie進修時發掘到自己對教育的興趣,在恩師曾雪麗校長的鼓勵及支持下,Winnie開始了她的第一次教班經歷:教授儀態班。現在,Winnie開設了一所教育中心及幼稚園,開展教育工作者的生涯。
Winnie雖無刻意安排自己的前路,但臨到她的每一件事情,都會盡力做好,為身邊的人奮鬥。也就是這份心志,Winnie期望在不久將來開設小學,讓信任她的家長不用擔憂子女升學的煩惱。