Editing Maggie Cheung (section)

==Early life and education==
Maggie Cheung was born in Hong Kong on 20 September 1964 to [[Shanghainese people|Shanghainese]] parents.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.voguehk.com/en/article/celebrity/maggie-cheung-style-file/ |title=Style File: Maggie Cheung}}</ref> She attended St. Paul's Primary Catholic School in [[Happy Valley, Hong Kong|Happy Valley]], where she began at the primary one level. Her family emigrated from Hong Kong to the United Kingdom when she was eight. She spent part of her childhood and adolescence in [[Bromley]], London, and attended St Edmund's School, Canterbury. She returned to Hong Kong at the age of 18 in 1982 for a vacation but ended up staying for modelling assignments and other commitments. She also briefly had a sales job at the [[Lane Crawford]] department store.<ref name=vamp />

In 1983, Cheung entered the [[Miss Hong Kong pageant]] and won the first runner-up and the Miss Photogenic award as well.<ref>{{cite web|title=Miss Hong Kong 1983|url=http://www.misshkbeauties.com/mhk/1983/index.htm|work=misshkbeauties.com|access-date=18 September 2010}}</ref> She was a semi-finalist in the [[Miss World]] pageant the same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.missworld.tv/history/previousTitleHolders.sps?iType=6919&icustompageid=13079|title=Miss World Previous Title Holders - 1983|work=missworld.tv}}{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> After two years as a TV presenter, it led to a contract with TVB (the television arm of the Shaw Bros. Studio).<ref name=vamp>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/maggie-cheung-the-lady-is-a-vamp-496611.html|title=Maggie Cheung: The Lady Is A Vamp|work=The Independent|date=5 October 2011}}</ref>

Cheung is a [[polyglot]] as a result of her upbringing in Hong Kong and England and ten years' stay in Paris. In ''[[Center Stage (1991 film)|Center Stage]]'', Cheung performed in [[Standard Cantonese|Cantonese]], [[Standard Mandarin|Mandarin]], and [[Shanghainese]] fluently, switching languages with ease. In ''[[Clean (2004 film)|Clean]]'', she performed in fluent English, French, and Cantonese.{{cn|date=March 2025}}