Miss Universe Hong Kong Jen Zhou is on her way to Puerto Rico. Crowned in September, she will spend three weeks competing at the 75th Miss Universe, the pageant’s “Diamond Edition”, alongside delegates from more than 120 countries and territories.
Raised in Hong Kong and an alumna of Hong Kong International School, Zhou was offered places at both the Beijing Film Academy’s acting department and the University of Southern California’s School of Cinematic Arts. She chose USC, graduating with dual degrees from its film school and Marshall School of Business.
She then spent nearly three years in corporate finance at UBS before earning a Master’s in Journalism from Columbia University. She now works as an English-language TV feature host in Hong Kong, a bilingual content creator and a commercial model, and was previously a finalist at both Miss Asia and Miss Hong Kong.
“Representing Hong Kong at this diamond anniversary edition is a tremendous privilege. I hope to present to the world the resilience, professionalism, and cultural confidence that define Hong Kong’s emerging generation,” Zhou said.
Her preparation focused on international runway technique, multi-camera staging and mock on-stage Q&A sessions. In late October, she also volunteered at a community kitchen in Sham Shui Po, helping to prepare and distribute hot meals to elderly residents and unhoused people.
Her competition gown, by a Hong Kong designer, draws on the city’s East-meets-West architecture and traditional Lingnan textile craftsmanship, while her team picked handcrafted Hong Kong keepsakes for the delegates’ gift exchange.
The National Costume Show takes place on 21 November and the Preliminary Competition on 22 November, ahead of the Grand Final on 24 November at the José Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan.
(Photo Source: Miss Universe Hong Kong Organisation)