TC Candler names him in 100 Most Handsome Faces – now Olympic hero Edgar Cheung Ka-long wants to sit pretty at world No 1

Hong Kong’s fencing gold medallist at Tokyo Games aims to add world No 1 ranking to his achievements at Belgrade World Cup

He has emulated Hong Kong swimmer Siobhan Haughey, who was nominated for the ‘100 Most Beautiful Faces’ list

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Edgar Cheung Ka-long has been nominated as one of the “100 Most Handsome Faces” for 2022. Photo: TC Candler / Instagram

Published: 7:47pm, 14 Apr 2022Updated: 8:10pm, 14 Apr 2022

Hong Kong’s Olympic fencing champion Edgar Cheung Ka-long has a chance to become world No 1 this weekend, but he has already achieved the distinction of being nominated for TC Candler’s “100 Most Handsome Faces” of 2022.

Cheung, who could overtake Alessio Foconi of Italy in the rankings when he competes at the FIE Belgrade World Cup, joined distinguished company when film critic website TC Candler announced his nomination on Tuesday.

His fellow Tokyo Olympian, Hong Kong’s double silver medal-winning swimmer Siobhan Haughey, was nominated for the “100 Most Beautiful Faces” list earlier this month.

It is the first time in 30 years of the lists that Hong Kong athletes have been nominated, and they join the likes of Arsenal’s Ben White, K-pop idol and former Hong Kong fencer Jackson Wang, and Canto-pop boy band Mirror.

Hong Kong swimming star Siobhan Haughey was nominated as one of the “Most Beautiful Faces”. Photo: TC Candler / Instagram

Nominations are made through membership platform Patreon and YouTube, with voting to take place in December for what claims to be “the most internationally recognised and prestigious list of its kind”.

“Aesthetic perfection is only one of the criteria,” the list’s website states. “Grace, elegance, originality, daring, passion, class, poise, joy, promise, hope … they are all embodied in a beautiful face.”