The 17th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 was held on January 29, 2005 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2004 Linda Chung of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned Leanne Li as the new winner. Li was the fourth winner from Vancouver to win the crown and the second time a consecutive win occurred.
Pageant information The theme to this year's pageant is "Unlimited Beauty, Five Thousand Years of Enticement" 「美麗無限 五千年的心動」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Lawrence Cheng and Stephen Au, with Joe Ngai as the guest host during the interview round. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Eason Chan.
Results Placements Placement Contestant Miss Chinese International 2005 Vancouver – Leanne Li 李亞男 1st Runner-Up New York City – Fala Chen 陳法拉 2nd Runner-Up Melbourne – Jessica Young 楊文琪 Top 5 San Francisco – Annie Chang 張聖瑩 Hong Kong – Kate Tsui 徐子珊
Special awards Miss Friendship: Jolene Chin 陳影雯 (Kuala Lumpur) Miss Gorgeous: Kate Tsui 徐子珊 (Hong Kong)
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Chinese Origin 1 Gaynor CHIN 陳慧玲 Sydney 23 Guangdong 2 Jessica YOUNG 楊文琪 Melbourne 19 Guangdong 3 Annie CHANG 張聖瑩 San Francisco 25 Shanxi 4 Lisa WANG 王玥琪 Chicago 22 Shanghai 5 Jolene CHIN 陳影雯 Kuala Lumpur 25 Guangdong 6 Linda TOMKO 林婉葒 Seattle 20 Taiwan 7 Mary Grace SY 施佳兒 Manila 21 Guangdong 8 Patricia HON 韓穎恩 Calgary 20 Chaozhou 9 Jasmine LIN 林詩惠 Singapore 21 Fujian 10 Fala CHEN 陳法拉 New York City 22 Zhejiang 11 Jeanette MA 馬展蔚 Auckland 19 Zhongshan 12 Lena MA 馬艷冰 Toronto 17 Jinan 13 Vivian ZHANG 張喆 Los Angeles 22 Beijing 14 Kelly WANG 王斯婭 Brisbane 18 Shanghai 15 Leanne LI 李亞男 Vancouver 20 Shanghai 16 Kimberly CHIN 陳家嘉 Taipei 22 Guangdong 17 Kate TSUI 徐子珊 Hong Kong 25 Guangdong 18 Alicia AUGUSTO WONG 王雪紅 Lima 24 Taishan 19 Joyce DEJONG 何美馨 Amsterdam 21 Guangdong 20 Cecilia LIU 劉佳 Montréal 21 Beijing 21 Elodie CHUNG 鍾美蓮 Tahiti 21 Guangdong 22 Pradubduen SAWANKWAN 修懿芳 Bangkok 19 Henan
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
Miss World 2009: Toronto, : Lean Ma (Top 7)
External links Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 Official Site