[3] Chong began her acting career as a secretary in Eric Khoo's Stories about Love performing a Turkish inspired belly-dance.
Chong then left MediaCorp and Singapore for Taiwan to work in the Taiwanese entertainment industry where she released her third album, Snowflakes in 2004.
[2][7] Chong has appeared on dozens of magazine covers including Her World, Vogue, Elle, Citta Bella and FHM.
She was voted one of the Top 100 most beautiful women in the world by FHM and The Sexiest Woman in Singapore by International Media with her five Ss - Sunshine Sweet, Smile, Sexy & Song.
[2][7] In an interview with Shin Min Daily News on 23 April 2023, Chong revealed that she had been making plans to permanently move back to Singapore in mid-2023, to take care of her elderly relatives.
[9] In October 2023, Chong reverted to using her Chinese birth name 张玉华 (Zhāng Yùhuá), citing familiarity reasons.
After a twelve-year absence from music, Chong released her first English solo single "I Got Him" on 31 August 2018, a heavy reggae-influenced upbeat song written by herself and Omar Martinez.