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Cissy Wang

Hong Kong model

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ8265341 ↗
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Cecilia Wang Shi Shi (Chinese: 汪詩詩; pinyin: Wāng Shīshī; born 21 April 1981), also known as Cissy Wang, is a Hong Kong model who was crowned Miss Chinese Toronto in 2000. She is married to Donnie Yen.

Early life

Wang was born in Hong Kong on 21 April 1981. Her parents were in the jewelry business. She has a younger sister named Irene Wang Yuen Yuen (汪圓圓). They spent their childhood in Lima, Peru before moving to Canada. Wang speaks Cantonese, Mandarin Chinese, English, Spanish, and French.

Career

Wang was a contestant in the Fairchild TV Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant at Toronto in 2000 and won first place. She was also awarded the Miss Photogenic, Most Talented Award, and Best Posture Award. She is the co-founder of Super Bullet Pictures and has been the manager of her husband Donnie Yen.

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“Cissy Wang” enters the record as hong Kong model. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Cissy, Wang and Hong can confirm, complicate or overturn.

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