- Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998
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Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 Date January 25, 1998 Presenters Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, Emil Chau Entertainment Emil Chau, Eason Chan, Edmond Leung, Miriam Yeung Venue TVB City, Hong Kong Broadcaster TVB Entrants 17 Placements 5 Winner Louisa Luk
San Francisco,USA
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 was held on January 25, 1998 in Hong Kong. The pageant was broadcast live through TVB and was streamed for the first time in Malaysia. Miss Chinese International 1997 Monica Lo of Toronto, Canada crowned Louise Luk of San Francisco, USA as the new winner. Luk is the first winner from the United States and San Francisco's only winner, as of 2010.
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Pageant information
The theme to this year's pageant is "Beautiful Shadows from The Land of the Gods, Ten Years of Love from the Dragons" 「神洲儷影 十載龍情」. This year also marks the tenth anniversary of the Miss Chinese International Pageant. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, and mandopop singer Emil Chau, who also served as the special performing guest. Other performing guests included cantopop singers Eason Chan, Edmond Leung and Miriam Yeung.
10th anniversary guests
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the pageant, the organizers invited ten past award winners as special guests which took part in an opening ceremony for the show. They included:
- Kit Wong 黃美潔 (Sydney, Australia), Miss Chinese International 1989
- Mina Pedruco 畢美娜 (Macau), 1989 Second Runner-Up
- Yen-Thean Leng 凌緣庭 (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1991
- Siew-Kee Cheng 鍾秀枝 (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1996
- Melissa Ng 吳美珩 (San Francisco, USA), 1996 First Runner-Up
- Amy Chung 鍾慧儀 (New York City, USA), 1996 Second Runner-Up
- Winnie Yeung 楊婉儀 (Hong Kong), 1996 Miss Friendship
- Monica Lo 盧淑儀 (Toronto, Canada), Miss Chinese International 1997
- San San Lee 李珊珊 (Hong Kong), 1997 First Runner-Up
Results
Placement Contestant City Representated Country Represented Miss Chinese International 1998 Louisa Luk 陸依薩 San Francisco USA
1st Runner-Up Lisa Vongthong 蔡明真 Bangkok Thailand
2nd Runner-Up Kalyane Tea 譚慧玲 Montréal Canada
Top 5 Finalists Joey Tan 陳英麗
Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗Kuala Lumpur
Hong KongMalaysia
Hong Kong
Special awards
- Miss Friendship: May Ling Lai 黎美齡 (Chicago)
- Best National Costume: Lisa Vongthong 蔡明真 (Bangkok)
- Miss Motherland Beauty: Louisa Luk 陸依薩 (San Francisco)
Viewer's Voting Top 5 delegates
- Linda Chung 鍾玲玲 (Los Angeles)
- Joey Tan 陳英麗 (Kuala Lumpur)
- Cecilia Wang 王瑾 (Calgary)
- Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗 (Hong Kong)
- Dina Goh 戈婷 (Vancouver)
Contestant list
No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age 1 Linda CHUNG 鍾玲玲 Los Angeles USA
22 2 Joey TAN 陳英麗 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
20 3 Lucienda JOUTAIN 余瑞玉 Tahiti French Polynesia
25 4 May Ling LAI 黎美齡 Chicago USA
20 5 Cecilia WANG 王瑾 Calgary Canada
23 6 Bridgett ENG 伍綺喬 Seattle USA
20 7 Virginia YUNG 翁嘉穗 Hong Kong Hong Kong
23 8 Julia FONG 房翠麗 Toronto Canada
23 9 Dina GOH 戈婷 Vancouver Canada
18 10 Joanna SUTHERBY 黃惠玲 London United Kingdom
21 11 Sharon CHEUNG 張嘉倩 Sydney Australia
21 12 Vivian CHEN 陳穎慧 Taipei Chinese Taipei
17 13 Lisa VONGTHONG 蔡明真 Bangkok Thailand
18 14 Louisa LUK 陸依薩 San Francisco USA
18 15 Agnes LO 羅慧雲 Macau Portugal
23 16 Kalyane TEA 譚慧玲 Montréal Canada
20 17 Sue PAN 潘少瑜 Singapore Singapore
24 Contestant notes
-Virginia Yung went on to compete at Miss Universe 1998. Yung did not make the top 10, but placed 2nd overall in the online internet polls.
External links
Johnny's Pageant Page - Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998
Miss Chinese International Pageant Categories:- Miss Chinese International Pageants
- TVB
- 1998 beauty pageants
- 1998 in Hong Kong
- Beauty pageants in Hong Kong
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