The 15th anniversary of the pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2003 was held on January 25, 2003 in Hong Kong. TVB of Hong Kong broadcast and distributed the pageant worldwide. In the end, Miss Chinese International 2002 Shirley Zhou of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned Rachel Tan of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the new winner.
Pageant information The theme to this year's pageant is "Snow Reflects Beauty in Different Colours, Chinese Beauty of Fifteen Years" 「雪映佳人放異彩 華裔艷倩十五年」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Priscilla Ku, Sonjia Kwok, Cutie Mui, and Louis Yuen. Special performing guests were cantopop singer Kelly Chen, Miss Chinese International 1999, Michelle Ye and Miss Chinese International 2000 Sonjia Kwok.
Results
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented Miss Chinese International 2003 Rachel Tan 陳泳錦 Kuala Lumpur 1st Runner-Up Tiffany Lam 林敏俐 Hong Kong 2nd Runner-Up Diana Wu 吳丹 Toronto Top 5 Finalists Kullaya Duangmanee (KUN) 陳美鳳Susie Wang 汪鑫 BangkokSydney
Special awards Miss Friendship: Lola Gong 龔弦君 (Amsterdam) Miss Snow Vitality: Grace Lee 李景熙 (Manila)
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Chinese Origin 1 Kelly CHING 程嘉怡 Calgary 18 Zhongshan 2 Kullaya DUANGMANEE 陳美鳳 Bangkok 22 Fujian 3 Tanya RATTRAY 羅珮琪 Melbourne 20 Taipei 4 Angela LU 陸韻 Montréal 22 Shanghai 5 Rachel TAN 陳泳錦 Kuala Lumpur 20 Fujian 6 Linna DU 杜林娜 Johannesburg 21 Beijing 7 May TEO 張美茹 Los Angeles 20 Taipei 8 Annie MA 馬安妮 Seattle 23 Guangdong 9 Lola GONG 龔弦君 Amsterdam 21 Zhejiang 10 Diana WU 吳丹 Toronto 18 Xi'an 11 Patty WONG 王少玲 Lima 23 Guangdong 12 Jessica LOUSSAN 劉鈴燕 Tahiti 20 Hakka 13 Angeline CHANG 曾㛢雰 Singapore 19 Chaoyang 14 Jessie LIU 劉美誼 New York City 21 Guangdong 15 Annie WANG 王燁希 Vancouver 21 Beijing 16 Susie WANG 汪鑫 Sydney 18 Taipei 17 Grace LEE 李景熙 Manila 20 Suzhou 18 Pamela CHANG 張少英 Brisbane 19 Taipei 19 Monique XU 徐曉力 Chicago 25 Shanghai 20 Tiffany LAM 林敏俐 Hong Kong 22 Xinhui
External links Miss Chinese International Pageant 2003 Official Site