Yeung won the 1987 Miss Hong Kong Pageant , and went on to compete at the 1987 Miss World pageant , where she placed amongst the top 12 semi-finalists and went on to win the Continental Queen of Asia award . She later participated in the 1988 Miss Universe pageant . She entered the semi-finals in 6th place , and went on to place fourth runner-up to the eventual winner , Porntip Nakhirunkanok of Thailand . To date , Yeung is the only representative from Hong Kong to place both at Miss World and Miss Universe . She is the last representative from Hong Kong to place at Miss Universe until the country stopped sending its winners to Miss Universe after 2000
1988 Miss Universe pageant
Miss Universe 1988
Pauline Yeung