ATV Miss Asia Pageant 2011, was the 23rd Miss Asia Pageant, which began on 19 January 2012. The pageant slogan was "Beauties, Gathered in the Water." For the first time, the organizers created a separate event for all contestants of Chinese descent from mainland China, Hong Kong, Canada, the US, and Brazil into a semi-final, the results of whom competed with ten contestants of other Asian races. Michelle Feng of Beijing, China, was the winner.
Background The pageant was originally scheduled for fall 2011, but was delayed until early 2012 by the organizers. As in previous years, there was no upper age limit for the contestants. For the first time, the organizers created a separate event for all contestants of Chinese descent who represented different nations, ATV Miss Asia Pageant Greater China Finals 2011. It narrowed down the original 20 contestants to ten from China, Hong Kong, Canada, the US, and Brazil for another set of finals to compete with ten contestants of other Asian races.
Results Placement Contestant Region Represented ATV Miss Asia 2011 Michelle Feng China (Beijing) 1st Runner-up Koey Wong Hong Kong 2nd Runner-up Yi Joo Hong Korea 3rd Runner-up Crystal Yang China (Sichuan) Other semi-finalists Monica LinShelly InoueShuang ZhouJolene BerubeMico ChangDaria PechurinaArlene LiangTiffany Feng TaiwanJapanChina (Hainan)Canada (Toronto)TaiwanRussiaUSA (New York City)China (Sichuan)
Special awards (Finals) Miss Friendship: Vasinee Veeraphong (Thailand) Miss Photogenic: Yi Joo Hong (Korea) Gorgeous Award: Shuang Zhou (Hainan, China) Perfect Figure Award: Michelle Feng (Beijing, China) Fascinating Leggy Award: Shelly Inoue (Japan)
Special awards (Greater China Finals) Greater China Miss Photogenic: Jolene Berube (Toronto, Canada) Greater China Miss Cosmopolitan: Monica Lin (Taiwan) Greater China Miss Goodwill: Samansa Hu (Brazil)
List of contestants No. Contestant Name(English) Contestant Name(Chinese) Region Represented Age 1 Yi Joo HONG 洪利朱 Korea 30 2 Monica Chien An LIN 林汧安 Taiwan 27 3 Shelly INOUE 井上雪莉 Japan 18 4 Judy LIM 林茱迪 Cambodia 18 5 Shuang ZHOU 周爽 China (Hainan) 21 6 Jolene Dong Yu BERUBE 裘琳 Canada (Toronto) 18 7 Amelia Huann Ran LIEW 劉煥妍 Malaysia 27 8 Mico Wai Chun CHANG 張瑋純 Taiwan 27 9 Nataliia BASENKO 娜塔莉婭‧巴新高 Kazakhstan 19 10 Jodi LEE 李思婷 Singapore 27 11 Maggie Yi Di CHEN 陳一荻 China (Jilin) 19 12 Elizabeth NGUYEN 阮艾娟 Vietnam 22 13 Daria PECHURINA 達雲娜‧皮察雲娜 Russia 19 14 Samansa HU 胡主莉 Brazil 29 15 Arlene LIANG 梁樂思 USA (New York City) 23 16 Vasinee VEERAPHONG 陳思恩 Thailand 25 17 Tiffany Yu Xuan FENG 馮虞軒 China (Sichuan) 23 18 Koey Ka Man WONG 王家敏 Hong Kong 27 19 Michelle Xue Bing FENG 馮雪冰 China (Beijing) 24 20 Crystal Xin Ting YANG 楊鑫婷 China (Sichuan) 22
References
External links ATV Miss Asia Pageant 2011 official site