Song Hansheng

Sung Hon San (English: Karen Suen; born 1967), originally named Sun Ming Cui, is a Hong Kong female jewelry entrepreneur, currently serving as Executive Director and Designer of Karen Collection. She graduated in 1979 from the afternoon session of Caritas Chan Chung Chi School, then attended a church girls’ secondary school in the Kwai Tsing District. In 1988 she graduated from the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, School of Dance (contemporaries included Best Actor Anthony Wong, stand-up comedian Cheung Tat-ming, and former ATV artist Lau Sek-yin), earning an Advanced Diploma in Modern Dance. After graduation, she was introduced by Anthony Wong to join the City Contemporary Dance Company as a dancer, becoming one of the first modern dance performers in stage productions. In 1990, she competed in the Miss Asia Pageant and placed fifth, then signed a two-year contract with Asia Television, participating in television dramas and films. According to her own account in the program “Miss Asia 100,” ATV initially planned to sign her for three years, but in consideration of her ongoing dance contract they shortened the term. After her contract expired, Suen left the entertainment industry, returned to the Academy for Performing Arts for further studies, and in 1995 became among the first cohort to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree from the School of Dance. She then returned to the dance company’s development, founded a dance school, and in 2003 due to the SARS outbreak ended her dance career. Subsequently, she studied gemology and launched her own jewelry brand, now focusing on her jewelry business. She holds a GIA Graduate Gemologist diploma (studied from 2006).