- Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000
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Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000 Date February 6, 2000 Presenters Eric Tsang, Jerry Lamb, Anne Heung, Michelle Ye Entertainment Aaron Kwok Venue Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, USA Broadcaster TVB Entrants 19 Placements 3 Winner Sonjia Kwok
Hong Kong
The 12th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000 was held on February 6, 2000 in Las Vegas, USA. For the first time ever, the pageant moved out of Hong Kong, and was held in Las Vegas, Nevada in Caesars Palace. Miss Chinese International 1999 Michelle Ye of New York, USA crowned Sonija Kwok of Hong Kong as the new winner. Hong Kong has never won the pageant since then, although the city has gone on to place 2nd many times.
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Pageant information
The theme to this year's pageant is "The Arrival of the Dragon, The Beauty Pageant of the Millenium" 「龍騰盛世 千禧競艶」. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Jerry Lamb, as well as Miss Chinese International 1999 Michelle Ye and second runner-up Anne Heung. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Aaron Kwok. This year marks the first year the pageant is held outside of Hong Kong, with the venue being at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, Nevada].
Results
Placement Contestant City Representated Country Represented Miss Chinese International 2000 Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 Hong Kong Hong Kong
1st Runner-Up Tiffany Yang 楊康怡 Los Angeles USA
2nd Runner-Up Crystal Pan 潘欣欣 Vancouver Canada
Special awards
- Miss Friendship: Jessie Cheng 成潔 (Melbourne)
- Miss Internet Popularity: Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 (Hong Kong)
- Miss Vegas Gorgeous: Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 (Hong Kong)
Contestant list
No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age 1 Katie LEUNG 梁燕琦 London United Kingdom
24 2 Vivi WANG 王婉霏 Taipei Chinese Taipei
21 3 Tiffany YANG 楊康怡 Los Angeles USA
19 4 Janet LAO 勞嫣藍 Montréal Canada
19 5 Karen CHEN 陳媛 San Francisco USA
21 6 Alina ZHANG 張萌 Sydney Australia
18 7 Mimi CHEN 陳伊奇 New York USA
21 8 Chin-Ee CHONG 張競以 Singapore Singapore
21 9 Lang SIM 沈木蘭 Calgary Canada
23 10 Jessie CHENG 成潔 Melbourne Australia
22 11 Waraporn SIRISIN 李美嫻 Bangkok Thailand
21 12 Ava CHAN 陳仙仙 Toronto Canada
18 13 Ivy VONG 黃咪咪 Manila Philippines
25 14 Angela CHIU 邱文蕙 Chicago USA
20 15 Crystal PAN 潘欣欣 Vancouver Canada
20 16 Sonjia KWOK 郭羨妮 Hong Kong Hong Kong
25 17 Nancy KAO 高子瑛 Seattle USA
20 18 Philomena HO 何贊妮 Kuala Lumpur Malaysia
23 19 Alvie LIN 林佩蘭 Brisbane Australia
22 Contestant notes
-Sonija Kwok went on to Cyprus to compete in the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was unplaced, but placed in the top 10 Miss Photogenic online polls. As of 2010, Kwok is also the last representative of Hong Kong to compete in Miss Universe.
-Alina Zhang later became Miss Universe China 2004 and went on to Ecuador to compete in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant. However, she was unplaced. Zhang is the third representative of the mainland China to compete in Miss Universe.
External links
Miss Chinese International Pageant Categories:- Miss Chinese International Pageants
- TVB
- 2000 beauty pageants
- 2000 in the United States
- Beauty pageants in the United States
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