Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 was held on January 25, 1998, in Hong Kong. It was the tenth annual pageant, and had 17 contestants.
The pageant was broadcast live through TVB and was streamed for the first time in Malaysia. Miss Chinese International 1997 Monica Lo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crowned Louisa Luk of San Francisco, USA as the new winner. Luk is the first winner from the United States and San Francisco's only winner, as of 2010.
Pageant information The theme to the 1998 pageant was "Beautiful Shadows from The Land of the Gods, Ten Years of Love from the Dragons" 「神洲儷影 十載龍情. It also marked the tenth anniversary of the Miss Chinese International Pageant. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, and mandopop singer Emil Chau, who also served as the special performing guest. Other performing guests included cantopop singers Eason Chan, Edmond Leung and Miriam Yeung.
10th anniversary guests To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the pageant, the organizers invited ten past award winners as special guests, who took part in an opening ceremony for the show. The list includes: Kit Wong 黃美潔 (Sydney, Australia), Miss Chinese International 1989 Mina Pedruco 畢美娜 (Macau), 1989 Second Runner-Up Yen-Thean Leng 凌緣庭 (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1991 Siew-Kee Cheng 鍾秀枝 (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1996 Melissa Ng 吳美珩 (San Francisco, USA), 1996 First Runner-Up Amy Chung 鍾慧儀 (New York City, USA), 1996 Second Runner-Up Winnie Yeung 楊婉儀 (Hong Kong), 1996 Miss Friendship Monica Lo 盧淑儀 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Miss Chinese International 1997 San San Lee 李珊珊 (Hong Kong), 1997 First Runner-Up
Results Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented Miss Chinese International 1998 Louisa Luk 陸依薩 San Francisco 1st Runner-Up Satita Vongthong 蔡明真 Bangkok 2nd Runner-Up Kalyane Tea 譚慧玲 Montréal Top 5 Finalists Joey Tan 陳英麗Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗 Kuala LumpurHong Kong
Special awards Miss Friendship: May Ling Lai 黎美齡 (Chicago) Best National Costume: Lisa Vongthong 蔡明真 (Bangkok) Miss Motherland Beauty: Louisa Luk 陸依薩 (San Francisco)
Viewer's Voting Top 5 delegates Linda Chung 鍾玲玲 (Los Angeles) Joey Tan 陳英麗 (Kuala Lumpur) Cecilia Wang 王瑾 (Calgary) Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗 (Hong Kong) Dina Goh 戈婷 (Vancouver)
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age 1 Linda CHUNG 鍾玲玲 Los Angeles 22 2 Joey TAN 陳英麗 Kuala Lumpur 20 3 Lucienda JOUTAIN 余瑞玉 Tahiti 25 4 May Ling LAI 黎美齡 Chicago 20 5 Cecilia WANG 王瑾 Calgary 23 6 Bridgett ENG 伍綺喬 Seattle 20 7 Virginia YUNG 翁嘉穗 Hong Kong 23 8 Julia FONG 房翠麗 Toronto 23 9 Dina GOH 戈婷 Vancouver 18 10 Joanna SUTHERBY 黃惠玲 London 21 11 Sharon CHEUNG 張嘉倩 Sydney 21 12 Vivian CHEN 陳穎慧 Taipei 17 13 Satita VONGTHONG 蔡明真 Bangkok 18 14 Louisa LUK 陸依薩 San Francisco 18 15 Agnes LO 羅慧雲 Macau Macau 23 16 Kalyane TEA 譚慧玲 Montréal 20 17 Sue PAN (Suriyanti SUGIANTO) 潘少瑜 Singapore 24
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
Miss World 1997: Macau : Agnes LO
Miss Universe 1998: : Virginia Yung
References
External links Johnny's Pageant Page – Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998