According to Chinese media, at the age of 61, actress Truong Man Ngoc does not compete for fame, does not buy hot keywords online, yet in just 9 months has attracted 1.6 million followers thanks to... growing vegetables.
In a vlog posted on May 8, the international "beauty queen" who once surprised the Cannes red carpet appeared with an unmade-up face, hands covered in mud to dig taro on the villa balcony, completely removing the "glamorous" layer of the entertainment industry.
In the video, Truong Man Ngoc wears a loose plaid shirt, bare face.
She is not sitting in a luxurious villa to enjoy afternoon tea, but squatting outside the large terrace of her house in Hong Kong (China). In this "every inch of land is an inch of gold", Truong Man Ngoc does not turn it into a model garden for celebrities, but displays large pots of plants, filled with lush green taro inside.
The female star operated extremely quickly, using scissors to neatly trim the lush taro leaves. Then, when she removed a few round taro bulbs from the soil, a pure smile appeared on Truong Man Ngoc's face.
In the video caption, she also wrote: "I have been a "urban farmer" for more than 7 years, but I don't understand why I still feel so excited every time I harvest!
Truong Man Ngoc's becoming a "urban farmer" is not at all for show. From 7 years ago, she experienced farm life at her estate in rural Bordeaux, France.
At that time, the actress climbed the ladder herself to pick figs, crawled into the chicken coop to pick eggs. She once exclaimed that she used to think farming was very romantic, but when she really started doing it, she knew how hard it was.
Since joining the social network Xiaohongshu in August 2025, Truong Man Ngoc's first video has received 880,000 likes. In just 9 short months, her number of followers exceeded 1.6 million followers.
Truong Man Ngoc was born in 1964. At the age of 18, she won the runner-up title in the Miss Hong Kong (China) contest, then signed a contract with TVB station, officially operating in the entertainment industry.
In her golden age, Truong Man Ngoc starred in 12 movies and television series in one year.
She is one of the beauty icons of Hong Kong cinema, ranked in the "four great beauties" of the 1980s-1990s, alongside Lam Thanh Ha, Vuong To Hien, Chung So Hong.
Throughout her career, the actress has collaborated with many famous stars such as Tony Leung, Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Leon Lai...
She made her mark through classic works such as "The Tale of A Phi", "Nguyen Linh Ngoc", "East, West, Poison", "Diem Mat Mat", "Hope Ca Mon", "The Mood for Love", "2046", "Hero", "Clean"...
Since 2013, Truong Man Ngoc has gradually withdrawn from the screen, switching to composing and editing music. Recently, she has become a noteworthy face on social networks when she regularly shares about her simple everyday life.
