Maria Chen Chai Ping

Biography

Maria Chen Chai Ping was born in Taiwan to Taiwanese parents but moved to Hong Kong with her family during childhood. After completing primary school, she went to New York in the United States for her secondary education and later attended the University of Toronto in Canada, majoring in commerce and psychology. She returned to Hong Kong and earned a master's degree from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where she worked as a teaching assistant in the media department. She entered the entertainment industry in 1995 after participating in the Miss Hong Kong pageant, which was originally part of a university assignment. She worked at Metro Radio alongside colleagues such as Lu Hao Ming and Chen Jian Feng, and was also a contracted artiste with Television Broadcasts Limited and a programme host on Pearl Channel. She left TVB in 2008, with the drama series being her farewell production, and later participated in filming the movie in the United States. She began her career as an author in 2005, publishing books on English language learning. In 2013, she launched a smartphone app titled to teach English conversation and pronunciation rules. She also joined Hong Kong Television Network the same year to host programmes and appear in dramas. She currently works as a private tutor and as a master of ceremonies for brand launch events and promotional activities.