In order to make a place for themselves as young women in the man's world of Hong Kong, the two women in this story enter a beauty contest. One of them is a flashy gal with simple tastes and a ditzy approach to life. However, she really wants to be financially and socially successful. Despite her quirky, devil-may-care attitudes, she occasionally comes out with some unexpectedly wise remarks, which astound and please the second woman in the story, a co-contestant. When both women fail to make it to the final selection of the contest, they commiserate with one another and strike up a friendship. Where the one woman is fast and flashy, the other is quiet and low-key, but equally ambitious. Their friendship prospers for a while but is challenged when a Japanese playboy enters their lives. Fortunately, they are able to remain friends, and the threat of the Japanese man to their relationship is shown to have been an empty one.
by Clarke Fountain
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