CHRISTINA CHUNG
Hong Kong
Christina Chung signed up for catwalk training and was ready to become a model in her twenties, before deciding that working in banking would offer a more sustainable career. She only started to pick up freelance modelling jobs a few years ago in her fifties but is now making waves in the local fashion scene as a silver model whose elegance defies time. Chung’s journey has come full circle: just as she has started a second career and is loving the self-expression and artistic side of the job, her daughters are also now working as models in the city.
“In my [youth], models had to be young to be beautiful and sexy. However, I see the gradual transition from the old concepts to a more open-minded outlook nowadays—people’s perception of age has changed
