The 22nd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 was held on November 5, 2010. Tianjin, China would host the pageant for the first time. TVB would broadcast the pageant one day later, delayed, for the first time ever. Miss Chinese International 2009 Christine Kuo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crowned her successor, Eliza Sam of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the end of the three-hour pageant, marking Vancouver's fifth win.
Pageant information The slogan to this year's pageant is "Chinese Beautiful Posture, Beautiful Shadows of Red Dust" 「中華美態 紅塵儷影」. This year marks the first time the pageant is held in the fall since 1989. The Masters of Ceremonies are Carol Cheng and Derek Li from Hong Kong, as well as Jin Liu from Tianjin. Special performers include Raymond Lam and Leo Ku.
Results Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented Miss Chinese International 2010 Eliza Sam 岑麗香 Vancouver 1st Runner-Up Belle Theng 陳美妤 Kuala Lumpur 2nd Runner-Up Candy Chang 張慧雯 Toronto Top 6 Finalists Athena Zhang 張滿 Lu Bai 白鷺 Toby Chan 陳庭欣 Auckland Foshan Hong Kong Top 12 Semi-Finalists Simwayn Tran 陳心慰 May Yan Wong 王美艷 Maisie Tran 陳美詩 Cynthia Zhang 張聖女 Melanie Lu 陸曼 Cindy Liu 劉捷 Amsterdam Melbourne Montréal New York City Sydney Henan
Special awards Miss Friendship: Lu Bai 白鷺 (Foshan) Miss Home Beauty: Belle Theng 陳美妤 (Kuala Lumpur)
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Chinese Origin 1 Athena ZHANG 張滿 Auckland 23 Harbin 2 Simwayn TRAN 陳心慰 Amsterdam 20 Chaozhou 3 Mintra SOJIPHAN 丁文冰 Bangkok 23 Wenchang 4 Jessica LIN 林晨諭 Chicago 21 Taiwan 5 Lu BAI 白鷺 Foshan 22 Shandong 6 Toby CHAN 陳庭欣 Hong Kong 23 Shunde 7 Belle THENG 陳美妤 Kuala Lumpur 24 Fujian 8 Laura LI 李若瀅 Macau 22 Guangdong 9 Samantha Jade ONG DY 李璇璇 Manila 21 Fujian 10 May Yan WONG 王美艷 Melbourne 22 Hainan 11 Maisie TRAN 陳美詩 Montréal 21 Fujian 12 Cynthia ZHANG 張聖女 New York City 20 Jilin 13 Amy CHU 周玉霞 San Francisco 25 Guangxi 14 Cynthia VUONG 王佩芷 Seattle 23 Foshan 15 Adeline YAP 葉佳慧 Singapore 25 Fujian 16 Melanie LU 陸曼 Sydney 23 Beijing 17 Connie CHUNG 鍾梓尤 Tahiti 21 Guangdong 18 Candy CHANG 張慧雯 Toronto 20 Beijing 19 Eliza SAM 岑麗香 Vancouver 25 Guangzhou 20 Candy FANG 方蘭 Hebei 21 Chaoshan 21 Man Zi LI 李曼姿 Guangzhou 18 Shenyang 22 Cindy LIU 劉捷 Henan 25 Henan 23 Jasmine LIU 劉雅婷 Jiangxi 22 Shandong 24 Yoyo YANG 楊逸歐 Guangdong 23 Gansu
Contestants that received media attention Vancouver Eliza Sam was the hot favorite for being the cutest girl out of the contestants. She won the pageant due to the four votes from Joe Ma Tak Chung, Sonija Kwok Sin Lei, Kate Tsui Chi San and Lau Yang. Sydney contestant Melanie Lu was 1 of only 2 girls with perfect proportions of 36"-24½"-36½", the other was Toronto contestant Candy Chang 35"-23"-35" and was publicly lauded by the Hong Kong media for her voluptuous figure and breasts.
References
External links Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 Official Site