The Miss Chinese International Pageant 2006 was held on January 21, 2006 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. At the end of the event, Miss Chinese International 2005 Leanne Li of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned Ina Lu of Johannesburg, South Africa as the new Miss Chinese International.
Pageant information The theme to this year's pageant is "Millions of Colours, The Most Beautiful Chinese" 「萬千色彩 最美華裔」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung, and Derek Li. Special performing guest were cantopop singers Justin Lo and Kenny Kwan. The delegate from Montréal, (11) Vicki Ng-Wan withdrew from competition. The competition this year marked the lowest contestant turnout until 2013, with only 17 delegates competing, including one who withdrew from competition. The 2016 pageant currently has the lowest contestant count with 14.
The promotional advertisement for this pageant, entitled "Eternal Beauty" (絕色篇) starring Fala Chen won the Best Promotional Clip Award at the TVB Anniversary Awards 2006.
Results
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented Miss Chinese International 2006 Ina Lu 呂怡慧 Johannesburg 1st Runner-Up Ginney Kanchanawat 許裕娟 Bangkok 2nd Runner-Up Annabelle Kong 江佩瑩 Kuala Lumpur Top 5 Finalists Crystal Li 李培禎Elva Ni 倪晨曦 VancouverToronto
Special awards Miss Friendship: Annabelle Kong 江佩瑩 (Kuala Lumpur) Miss Young: Ginney Kanchanawat 許裕娟 (Bangkok)
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Chinese Origin 1 Crystal LI 李培禎 Vancouver 24 Shandong 2 Fiona CHE 車瀠霏 Sydney 18 Shanghai 3 Nicole WANG 王倩 New York City 22 Beijing 4 Lillian CHAN 陳麗安 Chicago 23 Guangdong 5 Amy NG 吳星薇 Seattle 22 Guangdong 6 Tanida (Ginney) KANCHANAWAT 許裕娟 Bangkok 21 Chaozhou 7 Ina LU 呂怡慧 Johannesburg 24 Taiwan 8 Sherry CHEONG 鍾婷婷 Singapore 23 Fujian 9 Annabelle KONG 江佩瑩 Kuala Lumpur 20 Hakka 10 Sasha LIN 林羿汎 Taipei 20 Taiwan 11* Vicki NG-WAN 吳慧琪 Montréal 17 Hakka 12 Elva NI 倪晨曦 Toronto 18 Suzhou 13 Melody WU CHUJOY 胡家儀 Lima 24 Panyu 14 Elizabeth WANG 王蓓藝 Melbourne 18 Shanghai 15 Yvette CHEONG 張麗雲 Tahiti 21 Guangdong 16 Royce ESTELLA 黃安妮 Manila 19 Xiamen 17 Tracy IP 葉翠翠 Hong Kong 24 Shanghai * withdrew from competition
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
Miss World 2005: : Tracy Ip
Miss Earth 2005: Taipei, : Lin Yi-Fan (representing )
External links Miss Chinese International Pageant 2006 Official Site