黎美言

简介

Winkie Lai Mei-yin was born in Macau and later moved to Hong Kong with her family. She was educated at Canossa St. Francis School and Canossa St. Francis College, then studied in the Bilingual Communication programme at City University of Hong Kong's Community College before leaving in her second year. She was a Girl Scout from ages 13 to 18, and was discovered by Neway Star after participating in a dance competition at the 2006 Comic Festival. On 4 April 2007, she debuted as a member of the girl group HotChe alongside Regen Cheung and Crystal Cheung. Before their official debut, the group trained at the renowned Japanese entertainment academy Avex. In 2010, they visited Korea to film a music special and receive training. Winkie specialised in Hip Hop and Jazz Funk dance. In 2014, HotCha disbanded and Winkie began her solo career. During her time with the group, she won awards including the CRHK Newcomer Group Gold Award. She participated in films, TV programmes, large-scale concerts, and published photo books, essays and a travel book. In 2015, she joined ViuTV's MMA reality show G-1, reaching the semi-finals, which became a turning point in her career. She then developed a strong interest in boxing, obtained Thai boxing and fitness coaching certifications, and founded a boxing-dance school in 2016. In 2020, she established entertainment company 燃夢者娛樂 to nurture young dance and performing arts talents.