In Taiwan’s early years, he was titled “Beauty Pageant Emperor” and was also the main promoter of Taiwan’s beauty pageants in the 1990s. (Picture / Newspaper information photo)
In Taiwan’s early years, beauty pageants were popular, and many women chose “Miss China” as an affirmation of their own beauty and temperament; now there are many actresses, celebrities and ladies in the entertainment industry who shined through the stage of Miss Beauty Pageant back then , so it is known. When it comes to beauty pageants in Taiwan, I have to mention that in the past, Tang Rirong was called the “Taiwan beauty pageant emperor” by the outside world. He was the main driving force behind the popularity of beauty pageants in Taiwan in the 1990s, but he liked to show off his wealth in a high-profile manner. Even the toilet in his home was inlaid with gold. He also had emotional disputes with beauty pageants. In the end, he fell ill in his later years, owed debts everywhere, and was even critically ill. After the operation, the family members might not find the signature, and finally died of kidney failure at the age of 58.
Tang Rirong, who was born in Sichuan Province, mainland China, came to Taiwan with his father Tang Yi during the civil war between the Kuomintang and the Communist Party in his early years. He later graduated from the High School Affiliated to Normal University and the English Department of Soochow University. Tang Rirong, who left the campus and just came out of the society, first worked as a famous English tutor and opened a garment factory. Later, he claimed that he met Hussein, who later became the president of Iraq, when he was studying in the United Kingdom, which enabled him to live in the 1980s. During the Iraq War, he got rich from the opportunity to contract Iraqi arms and military products business, which opened his “golden” era of luxury and wealth.
Tang Rirong, who claimed to be rich because of arms, founded the “Republic of China Beauty Pageant Association” in Taiwan in 1987 and served as the chairman until 1995. Because of his promotion, he successfully brought the beauty pageant activities that had been interrupted in Taiwan for more than 20 years in the early years and resumed in Taiwan. push it forward.
Looking back on the period from 1988 to 1995, it was the peak period of Taiwan’s beauty pageants. Under the leadership of Tang Rirong, “Miss China”, “Miss Jiale”, “Miss International” and other beauty pageants were held every year. Tang Rirong was in high spirits, participated in every beauty pageant in person, and showed off his wealth in a high-profile manner. He either took long white Rolls-Royce and Cadillac limousines when he went in and out, or he showed off the golden toilets and business cards at home.
As for Tang Rirong’s exaggerated and high-profile display of his wealth, and because of the beauty pageant relationship, he is always surrounded by beautiful beauties with good figures. Although he has become the darling of the media, he has the title of “Taiwan Beauty Pageant Emperor”. But it has also attracted social discussion, both good and bad.
Later, following Tang Rirong stepped down as the chairman of the beauty pageant association of the Republic of China, he was in constant trouble, and his later years were desolate and desolate. He first had emotional and financial disputes with his successor and model Jiang Wenshu, who also came from beauty contests. Because of the noise, the beauty pageant was later suspended; then he and his wife divorced, there was a financial crisis, and he owed money everywhere. In addition, he was involved in lawsuits and was ill all over. In the end, he died of kidney failure, ending his seemingly glorious but controversial life in just 58 years.
