In 1992, 20-year-old Yao Yingying participated in a life-changing beauty contest in Singapore - Miss Singapore contest. With hair like ink, white and greasy skin, and slightly upturned corners of the mouth, it is the best girl's time.
At the end of the competition, she held flowers in her hand and wore a crown on her head, becoming the big winner of Miss Singapore.
Before she could taste the joy of winning the championship, Yao Yingying decided to come to distant Hong Kong alone to chase stars. At that time, Hong Kong was the golden age of the entertainment industry, and she was dazzled by the superstars who came and went to Vehicle.
Yao Yingying, who did not have much money, suffered in the first few months of Hong Kong – she did not understand the language, lived in a poor place to live, and found a job. Fortunately, her good friend, the 1990 Miss Hong Kong champion Alice Yuen, gave her help and dependence.
"You can live in my house, don't care about the rent or not. Come on, I'll move here tonight. Yuan Yuyi said.
Overnight, Yao Yingying had a place to stay.
Under the recommendation of Anita Yuen, Yao Yingying participated in many performances. When she thinks of those days in countless tossing and turning nights, she can't help but sigh - her youthful face leaves in such a hurry, and the beautiful moments are even more difficult to recall.
In 1995, Yao Yingying got her wish and entered TVB's training class. Greeks met a lot of like-minded sisters, and they all got together to talk about a bright future.
"My first play must be played with Xia Yu!"
"I just want to shoot a kiss scene with Louis Koo!"
The crowd laughed and drew bread to satisfy their hunger. Yao Yingying also smiled, but never said what was in her heart - she really wanted to make a career in the entertainment industry.
After graduating, Yao Yingying quickly participated in several dramas. Although she was busy in those days, every time she got the script, she would read it carefully, and the effort and sweat that others could not see.
Gradually, TVB's senior management began to pay attention to this humble and hard-working newcomer, and arranged more roles for her, as if they wanted to focus on training.
In 2001, Yao Yingying ushered in the role of Zhu Ji in the large-scale costume drama "Looking for Qin". For this play, she studied day and night, reciting literary dialogues.
It was the peak of her career, and she was deeply pleased with the praise from the audience and the media.
However, the good times were short-lived. Just when "Looking for Qin" was on the air, Yao Yingying's love life was cracked. She broke up her relationship with her boyfriend and suffered anorexia for a time, which caused her to be in agony.
TVB also seems to have lost trust and support for her, and the originally promising training plan has failed. Since then, she has no important role.
The situation in life is always changing. Yao Yingying stared at the sunset outside the window, which was fading. She couldn't help but sigh, and her heart was like autumn water.
Frustrated in love and cold in her career, Yao Yingying felt unprecedented melancholy and loneliness.
She and her boyfriend have been together for eight years, and they were originally married, but who knew that it ended in a breakup. The fact that her boyfriend was empathetic and not in love made it difficult for her to accept, and she even cried in public at an event, and was comforted by Yuan Jieying, who was on the same stage, and barely survived.
"Emotional matters are destined to be bumpy and difficult, and we need to slowly Xi them and accept them slowly. Yuan Jieying patted her hand and said.
Yao Yingying wiped away her tears, but understood that some wounds could not be fully healed. She began to eat less consciously or unconsciously, her weight plummeted, and her face was sallow, which was distressing.
"You're going to collapse if you go on like this!" Friends persuade.
"I'm fine, really. She barely managed to squeeze out a smile.
In 2011, Yao Yingying, who had faded out of sight, suddenly broke the news that she was pregnant. She gave birth to a son, but she did not know the identity of the child's father. Being a single mother added to her pressure, and she had to take on all kinds of odd jobs to get by.
"Fate is like this, ups and downs, unpredictable. Yuen Yuyi called to comfort her.
Yao Yingying will be skeptical. She looked out the window at the cloudy and uncertain sky, and her heart was confused.
Time flies, time flies. Yao Yingying found that her face had also changed unconsciously.
Every time she passed by the window pane, she would casually glance at her reflection and sigh softly. The delicate appearance of the girl's years is gone, replaced by the vicissitudes and fatigue of life.
She found that the corners of her eyes had fine lines, and her skin was rough, leaving only a trace of sharpness in her eyes.
"The people are old, and the memory is still there. She smiled wryly.
In order to support her family, Yao Yingying had to take on a large number of small roles as role actors or extras, and the meager income barely supported her and her children's daily expenses. She would silently wait for a few shots of herself in a corner of the set for a few lines before leaving in a hurry.
No one remembers how the former Miss Singapore was so captivating.
Once in the supermarket, Yao Yingying heard a few little girls discussing the lace news of the theater newcomers.
"Hey, do you remember that there was an actor named Yao Yingying before?" One girl muttered.
"Like...... A little impressed. But how did she fade out after that?"
"Oops, who knows!"
姚莹莹的心，悄然凉了半截。
Life is the sum of career and love. Looking at Yao Yingying's experience, it is not difficult to find that she seems to have fallen behind in both aspects - from Singapore to Hong Kong, she once worked hard as a Hua Dan cultivated by TVB, but later faded out of sight as a supporting role; There have been repeated defeats on the emotional road, from love to breakup and divorce, from marriage lightning to single mother...... Her experience can be described as "tragic".
Yao Yingying is introverted, somewhat accommodating, and easily frustrated. This may have led to her being passive in her career development and love life, swaying from side to side, and finding it difficult to control her life.
Good opportunities are always fleeting, and she can't grasp happiness.
"Character determines destiny. This sentence was vividly fulfilled in Yao Yingying's body.
There are no ifs in life, but we will still wonder if her character is more active and brave, will fate be rewritten? At this moment, she is struggling in a monotonous life, and time slips through her fingers.
once ran for Miss Universe, a talent, and it is difficult to look at it.
The flowers are old and old, and the years are not lived. Yao Yingying stumbled through this rugged journey of life, with ups and downs, ups and downs. We don't know if she often sighs like this in her heart - youth is gone, and happiness is still out of reach.
Yao Yingying's life story is a tragedy from a young and beautiful girl to the vicissitudes of life.
She once had a beautiful face, a bright career, and a sweet love. But in the end, she has nothing - her youth is withering, her career is degenerate, and her feelings are broken.
Instead, there is a monotonous and boring life, and the fine lines of life crawl on the corners of the eyes.
How many people once envied her former style, and how many people still remember her now?
Fate makes people, and daughters are long. Yao Yingying's experience makes us sigh that if a person's character is weak and ownerless, it will be difficult to control his own destiny after all. Love and career may be repeatedly frustrated because of this.
In the past, the Miss Singapore who was alluring to the country and the city could not escape the waste and ambiguity of time. The glory of the past is no more, and now she is just ups and downs in the long river of life.
We regret the long and difficult path of her tragic life.