Hong Kong model Sham Yuet has been grabbing headlines in recent years, thanks to her good looks inherited from her actress mother Chingmy Yau. Not unexpectedly, there are those waiting for her showbiz debut. The 20-year-old who now goes by her English name Ayla shared in an interview last year that her 13-year-old self was "in love with.
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The offspring of the rich and famous don’t tend to have the best reputations. But not Sham Yuet, who’s more your girl-next-door, studying hard and spending time with family. In our cover story this March, she opens up about life in the limelight, her supportive parents, career aspirations and doing what she does best being her cheerful self.
In the public eye, Sham has lived a pretty glamorous, if slightly sheltered life. The eldest daughter of one of Hong Kong’s most well-known and powerful couples – Chingmy Yau, ’90s screen siren and the most sought-after actress of the decade, and fashion mogul Sham Kar-Wai – the 19-year-old is the spitting image of her mother and stepping out on her own. She made her grand entrance at the 2019 Le Bal Les Débutantes, the annual, by-invitation-only event in Paris that launches 20 of the world’s most promising and prestigious young women into high society. Earlier that year she walked her first runway show in London, wea