Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008 was held on January 26, 2008 in Foshan, China, for the second consecutive year. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2007 Sarah Song of Sydney, Australia crowned Océane Zhu of Paris, France as the 20th Miss Chinese International. Zhu is the first ever winner from Europe.
Pageant information The slogan to this year's pageant was "Expanding the View of the World: Beauty Comes from the Chinese " 「放眼世界 美麗來自中華」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung and Myolie Wu. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Kenny Chung. Contestant #23 TingJia Rosalinda Lorigiano of Montreal was the youngest of all competitors in the history of the pageant, at 17 years old. Her younger sister, Lucia Lorigiano 黄婷麗, later competed and won the title of Miss Chinese Montreal and competed in Miss Chinese International Pageant 2014 and won 2nd Runner-Up.
Top 10 mishap While the MCs were announcing the top 10 semi-finalists, there was a notable pause and indistinct discussion among them after the third delegate was called out. Eric Tsang then said an error was made in announcing one of the semi-finalists, but did not state whom. After the initial 10 delegates were revealed, Sammy Leung announced that (20) Ivy Han was among the semi-finalist list as well, causing the list to grow to eleven semi-finalists. Immediately afterwards, the reasoning for this was backtracked and the MCs stated that the extra semi-finalist was due to scoring issues and a tie for 10th place. After the pageant, it was revealed that the mix-up occurred because the scoring tie was not communicated to the MCs, hence they were hesitant to announce all eleven semi-finalists.Ming Pao article dated January 27, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2009 ( In Chinese )
Results
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented Miss Chinese International 2008 06.Océane Zhu 朱璇 Paris 1st Runner-Up 13.Kayi Cheung 張嘉兒 Hong Kong 2nd Runner-Up 04.Aileen Xu 徐萌 Chongqing Top 5 Finalists 12Joanne Yew 尤鳳音01 Gam Sakao Huang黃美玲 Kuala LumpurBangkok Top 11 Semi-Finalists Cici Chen 陳麗Wendy Xu 徐弋雯Qinxin Li 李沁芯Alexis Go 吳佳穎Lily Ji 吉麗TingJia Rosalinda Lorigiano 黃婷佳 HunanHangzhouPearl RiverManilaKunmingMontréal
Special awards Miss Friendship: Delaine Lee 李德玲 (Calgary) Miss Courageous: Lisa Li 李莎 (Auckland) Miss Young: Océane Zhu 朱璇 (Paris)
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Chinese Origin 1 Sakao (Gam) UEAVIVATSAKUL 黃美玲 Bangkok 23 Shantou 2 Karen CHONG 鍾嘉玲 Tahiti 23 Guangdong 3 Alexis GO 吳佳穎 Manila 19 Fujian 4 Aileen XU 徐萌 Chongqing 21 Sichuan 5 Wendy XU 徐弋雯 Hangzhou 20 Zhejiang 6 Oceane ZHU 朱璇 Paris 20 Beijing 7 Qinxin LI 李沁芯 Pearl River 18 Guangdong 8 Jackie SONG 宋雙佳 Shenyang 23 Liaoning 9 Cici CHEN 陳麗 Hunan 18 Hunan 10 Lily JI 吉麗 Kunming 19 Yunnan 11 Desiree YONG 楊詩穎 Singapore 23 Guangzhou 12 Joanne Yew 尤鳳音 Kuala Lumpur 20 Nanian 13 Kayi CHEUNG 張嘉兒 Hong Kong 24 Chaozhou 14 Lisa LI 李莎 Auckland 19 Qingdao 15 Delaine LEE 李德玲 Calgary 25 Taishan 16 Jessica CHOI 蔡凱欣 Vancouver 19 Shunde 17 Stacy WANG 王瑩 New York City 18 Heilongjiang 18 Liang WANG 王靚 Toronto 18 Beijing 19 Vivian CHAN 陳穎彤 Seattle 20 Guangdong 20 Ivy HAN 韓曉丹 Sydney 22 Beijing 21 Kelly MENG 孟醇 Melbourne 20 Qingdao 22 Locia LOGN龙洋 Harbin 19 Shandong 23 Ting Jia Rosalinda LORIGIANO 黃婷佳 Montréal 17 Shandong
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
Miss World 2007: : Kayi Cheung (Top 16)
References
External links Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008 Official Site