Career
Because of her facial features, Grace was speculated to be a mixed Chinese. After completing her university studies, Grace immediately returned to Hong Kong for the pageant. She even sacrificed her own graduation ceremony in Vancouver.
This year"s pageant voting system differed from the past as the committee introduced a one-vote-one-person from Hong Kong citizens which would account for 50 percent of the final score.
The other 50 percent was awarded by the panel of professional judges. As an early favourite, Grace beat the other nine contestants by gaining a majority of the 170,000 votes that were cast from the Hong Kong audience.
Organizers this year decided to change the formula of the competition and introduced an elimination round after nearly every segment. Not only did Grace Chan represented herself well in the pageant, she is also the 3rd representative from Hong Kong to have held both titles, the last title belonging to Sonija Kwok 14 years ago.