Li Lan

Biography

Li Lan, originally named Liang Shuzhen, was a Chinese actress born in 1923. She attended secondary school in Guangzhou, and her father was a prominent silk merchant in Hankou. Before winning the beauty pageant, she had already participated in film shoots and enjoyed horseback riding with seven years of riding experience. Prior to World War II, she had traveled to Hankou, Shanghai, and Peking, and during the war she moved from Dongjiang to Qujiang, then to Guilin and Chongqing. In May 1946, she traveled from Hong Kong to Chongqing, then returned to Guangzhou in June 1946 and rushed to Hong Kong to register for the first Hong Kong beauty pageant. On June 23, 1946, she won the title of the first Miss Hong Kong in history at age 23 with a score of 82.9 points. After her victory, she entered the film industry and became an active actress in Cantonese films during the 1950s. It was reported that she passed away on January 28, 2005 in Hong Kong due to illness, but this has not been confirmed.