The 23rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 was held on January 15, 2012. Miss Chinese International 2010, Eliza Sam from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned her successor, Kelly Cheung from Chicago, USA at the end of the pageant. Cheung represented Hong Kong, China at Miss World 2012, becoming the first Miss Chinese International titleholder to represent the region in a Miss World Pageant that is not a Miss Hong Kong Pageant titleholder.
Pageant information The slogan to this year's pageant is "The Blooming of Cosmopolitan Charm" 「綻放大都會魅力」.Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 News TVB.com article (In Chinese). Retrieved 2012-01-07 The pageant was supposed to be held in the fall of 2011 but was delayed until early 2012 by the organizers. Hence, several 2010 regional titleholders had already crowned their successors in 2011 and were unable to enter the pageant.Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 Announcement TVB.com article (In Chinese). Retrieved 2011-10-21 However, TVB decided to let both 2010 and 2011 titleholders compete; therefore, this year marked the first time where there are multiple representatives of the same region competing together, including Auckland, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. The delegates representing mainland China were chosen from a regional competition Miss Chinese International Pageant Mainland China Regional Competition 2011.
Also, the organizers decided to group the delegates into three regions: Asia-Pacific, Euro-America and Greater China. While all delegates competed for the crown, first and second runners-up, Miss Friendship and Miss Cosmopolitan, there are three regional awards that were awarded to delegates from each of the three regions: "Asia-Pacific Region Glamour Award", "Euro-America Region Vitality Award" and "Greater China Region Classic Elegance Award".
Results Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented Miss Chinese International 2012 Kelly Cheung 張曦雯 Chicago 1st Runner-Up Cheryl Wee 黃馨慧 Singapore 2nd Runner-Up Lenna Lim 林家冰 Kuala Lumpur Top 10 Semi-finalists Bianca Lam 林曉賢Pireeya Wiriyapan畢利雅Aliya Fan 范文雅Roro Chen 陳藝蓉Jasmine Hayter 海莉鈴Maggie Yu 于淼Rebecca Zhu 朱晨麗 AucklandBangkokMelbourneLondonNew York CityDalianHong Kong
Special awards Special Awards ContestantCity/Region RepresentedCountry RepresentedMiss FriendshipAshton Hong 洪美珊TorontoMiss CosmopolitanLenna Lim 林家冰Kuala LumpurAsia-Pacific Region Glamour AwardLenna Lim 林家冰Kuala LumpurEuro-America Region Vitality AwardJasmine Hayter 海莉鈴New York CityGreater China Region Classic Elegance AwardRebecca Zhu 朱晨麗Hong Kong
Historical significance This marks the first time since the pageant began where no Canadian representative placed within the semi-finals. Ashton Hong from Toronto won the Miss Friendship award and is the only Canadian representative of this year to win an award.
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Region Group 1 Bianca LAM 林曉賢 Auckland 20 Asia-Pacific 2 Hillbe CAI 蔡健萍 Auckland 23 Asia-Pacific 3 Pireeya (Biliya) Wiriyapan 畢利雅 Bangkok 24 Asia-Pacific 4 Emily YAP 葉伊秀 Kuala Lumpur 26 Asia-Pacific 5 Lenna LIM 林家冰 Kuala Lumpur 23 Asia-Pacific 6 Kady Michelle ONG WILSON 林啟莉 Manila 22 Asia-Pacific 7 Aliya FAN 范文雅 Melbourne 26 Asia-Pacific 8 Ying Jie MA 馬穎杰 Melbourne 20 Asia-Pacific 9 Cheryl WEE 黃馨慧 Singapore 24 Asia-Pacific 10 Amy LIU 劉夢倩 Sydney 19 Asia-Pacific 11 Kelly CHEUNG 張曦雯 Chicago 21 Euro-America 12 Roro CHEN 陳藝蓉 London 23 Euro-America 13 Wendy YU 余文杭 Montréal 21 Euro-America 14 Amanda CHUNG 鍾雅雯 Montréal 21 Euro-America 15 Jasmine HAYTER 海莉鈴 New York City 20 Euro-America 16 Hilary TAM 譚曉榆 Toronto 24 Euro-America 17 Ashton HONG 洪美珊 Toronto 19 Euro-America 18 Susan SU 蘇慧文 Vancouver 20 Euro-America 19 Erica CHUI 徐穎堃 Vancouver 24 Euro-America 20 Angel WANG 王安琪 Anqing 19 Greater China 21 Lily XU 許敏 Anyang 21 Greater China 22 Yue Rong HUANG 黃月蓉 Beijing 23 Greater China 23 Una XIE 謝佳妤 Beijing 19 Greater China 24 Alice LI 李俐璇 Dalian 22 Greater China 25 Maggie YU 于淼 Dalian 23 Greater China 26 Rebecca ZHU 朱晨麗 Hong Kong 24 Greater China 27 Nanci LI 李婷 Tianjin 20 Greater China 28 Xin Yan HAO 郝心言 Zhengzhou 23 Greater China
Contestants that have received media attention By coincidence, the Winner and well known model Chicago representative Kelly Cheung was chosen by lottery to try on the Miss Chinese International crown and scepter at the kickoff press conference on January 6, 2012. Vancouver representative Erica Chui is daughter of actor Norman Chui 徐少強 and actress Shirley Yim 雪梨, and niece of award-winning actress Michelle Yim 米雪 and received media attention although she tried to hide her identity.明星移民第二代 记中文日记的华裔小姐 www.dushi.ca article (In Chinese). Retrieved 2012-01-14 Kuala Lumpur representative and second runner-up, Lenna Lim and Hong Kong representative Rebecca Zhu are compared as look-alikes to Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 1st runner-up and award-winning actress Fala Chen 陳法拉 and received media attention due to the comparison.28華姐珠光寶氣亮相 朱晨麗林家冰翻版法拉 Singpao.com article (In Chinese). Retrieved 2012-01-14
References
External links Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 Official Site