INTERVIEW with Cheryl Wong || Miss World Australia SA State Finalist 2024

Written By Suzanne Dang

Above: Photo by Sayantan Creative Studio

SD: Hi Cheryl. Can you introduce yourself to my readers who don’t know you yet?

CW: I'm Cheryl & I studied a B. Journalism, and currently working in Corporate Banking. I enjoy trying new cafes & restaurants with my friends- especially high tea. 

You’re a Miss World Australia State Finalist 2024. Can you tell us more about it?

CW: I have been thinking of applying to MWA since last year but didn't submit my application until a few days later after my 25th birthday. 

And by then I only had a month to prepare for it and it has been a great experience to be selected as a State Finalist. 

I feel accomplished in learning some catwalk & stage presence in a month while balancing my social life along with my full-time corporate job. 

How did you become interested in pageants?

CW: Childhood influence, and I’ve been watching beauty pageants since I was 5 years old.
https://www.instagram.com/p/C7YC7kgyBZT/?igsh=bDBrZzVhbGtkd2Ns

Note above: The night I watched my first beauty pageant 

SD: What’s in your makeup bag right now?

CW: Mostly Lip Products: Clairns Lip Oil (Chocolate) is my go-to & I usually use it on top of my Chanel Lip Balm (Natural Charm). 

I'm usually makeup free so a lip product is my mini glam, unless I have special events to attend, so I will put the look together. 

SD: What is your vision of success?

CW: My vision of success is staying motivated through your goals and that you set at each phase of your life & achieving it. 

SD: If you could give one piece of advice to your 14 year old self, what would it be?

CW: My 14 year-old-self would have been super shy & only wear black colour clothes because she would be hiding from everyone who gives her eye contact.

Fast forward to today, I have completed my Journalism degree- majoring in TV & Radio reporting which I undertook internships at Community TV & Radio stations. Along with being among Miss World AUS South Australian Finalists, I feel accomplished and aiming to achieve more in the future. 

So I would tell her: There's no dream that are too big, if other people think so then they're limiting their own dream/s BUT it doesn't affect yours.

SD: Who are you most inspired by in the Pageant World and why?

CW: I'm inspired most by Linda Chung, who won Miss Chinese International 2004- and which was the first beauty pageant I saw when I was a kid.

It was my childhood dream to enter a Beauty Pageant, and she also has the same birthday as me which make me feels like it's possible for me to join once I reached the eligible age.

SD: How have beauty pageants impacted your life and your career?

CW: I studied journalism and I grew up shy so after watching my first beauty pageant. It has made me feel like nothing is impossible.

There's a 3 mins video on my website about this. Please check it out via https://cherylmedia18.wixsite.com/cherylwong

SD: What is your best beauty secret?

CW: My beauty secret is to get monthly facials and always carry an eye oil in your bag in case your eyes feel dry throughout the day- especially when you have non stop back-to-back events. 

Suzanne Dang
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