Taiwanese florist rose from a street stall to ‘Oscars’

Cheng Hsiu-wei, second right, and representative to the UK Chang Hsiao-yue, third right, present Queen Elizabeth with an orchid in this undated photo.

Cheng Hsiu-wei (鄭秀煒), who began a career in floral design by selling flowers as a street vendor, won a gold medal at the Chelsea Flower Show for outstanding floral design on May 24 in London. Now she says she hopes one day to decorate Buckingham Palace with orchids from Taiwan.
“This is not only a dream. Dreams come true when they are heartfelt,” she said.
Cheng began selling earrings, necklaces and nail polish at a street stall after graduating from college.


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