Miss Chinese International Pageant 2009 was held on January 17, 2009, in Foshan, China. The pageant is organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2008 Océane Zhu of Paris, France crowned her successor, Christine Kuo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada at the end of the event.
Pageant information The slogan to this year's pageant is "Beauty • The Continuation of Wonderous Enchantment" 「妍 • 續奇妙風采」. This year holds the record for most delegates competing, besting the number from 1993 of 27 delegates. Although, 11 of the delegates this year represent mainland China excluding the special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau. That number alone makes up more than one-third of the total contestant headcount. The Masters of Ceremonies include Eric Tsang & Derek Li. Special performing guests were Leo Ku, Miriam Yeung, Bosco Wong, Ron Ng, Corinna Chamberlain, Grace Wong, Carlo Ng, and Bianca Wu. The five judges in this competition were Susanna Kwan, Gallen Lo, Angel Lau (劉陳小寶), Kevin Cheng, and Siu-Hip Fung (馮少協).
Results
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented Miss Chinese International 2009 Christine Kuo 苟芸慧 Toronto 1st Runner-Up Skye Chan 陳倩揚 Hong Kong 2nd Runner-Up Cici Chen 陳娜良子 Vancouver Top 5 Finalists Ni Jiang 蔣妮Julie Lam 林玉春 SeattleTübingen Top 8 Semifinalists Yen Yi Lee 李彥誼Yi Yun Dong 董藝雲Xiao Ling Han 韓曉玲 AucklandBeijingZhengzhou
Special awards Miss Friendship: Skye Chan 陳倩揚 (Hong Kong) Miss Young: Julie Lam 林玉春 (Tübingen) Oriental Charm Ambassador Award: Cici Chen 陳娜良子 (Vancouver) International Charm Ambassador Award: Christine Kuo 苟芸慧 (Toronto)
Swimsuit competition scores
Delegate Scores Toronto 43 Tübingen 42 Seattle 40 Nanjing 40 Beijing 39 Hong Kong 38 Macau 38 Auckland 37 Chongqing 37 Zhengzhou 36 New York City 36 Sydney 36 San Francisco 35 Hangzhou 34
Delegate Scores Jilin 34 Manila 34 Vancouver 33 Melbourne 33 Singapore 32 Heilongjiang 31 Kuala Lumpur 31 Tahiti 31 Chicago 29 Montréal 29 Wuhan 29 Guangdong 27 Foshan 26 Harbin 24
Winner First Runner-up Second Runner-up Top 5 Finalist Top 8 Semifinalist
Contestant list No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Chinese Origin 1 Yen Yi LEE 李彥誼 Auckland 25 Chaoyang 2 Yi Yun DONG 董藝雲 Beijing 24 Henan 3 Nancy KWONG 鄺迺狄 Chicago 25 Kaiping 4 Shiney LIU 劉思彤 Chongqing 24 Chongqing 5 Yun YANG 楊韻 Foshan 20 Jiangxi 6 Indira LIU 劉家旋 Guangdong 20 Guangdong 7 Linda GUO 郭玉良 Hangzhou 25 Hebei 8 Teresa ZHANG 張燁晗 Harbin 25 Heilongjiang 9 Yoyo ZHAN 詹秀秀 Heilongjiang 19 Anhui 10 Skye CHAN 陳倩揚 Hong Kong 25 Zhongshan 11 Momo LIU 劉默伊洋 Jilin 20 Jilin 12 Kelly THAM 譚嘉麗 Kuala Lumpur 22 Guangdong 13 Florence LOI 呂蓉茵 Macau 24 Guangdong 14 Beatrix CO 許明明 Manila 21 Fujian 15 Skye CHU 朱世祺 Melbourne 20 Shanghai 16 Luciana HURTADO 詹安娜 Montréal 19 Pingtung 17 Laura YANG 楊曉蕾 Nanjing 24 Yunnan 18 Vicki PON 彭瑞霖 New York City 19 Taiwan 19 Louisa LIU 劉陽 San Francisco 21 Guangzhou 20 Ni JIANG 蔣妮 Seattle 20 Sichuan 21 Valentane HUANG 黃緹湘 Singapore 25 Guangzhou 22 Yuki WANG 王昕妍 Sydney 24 Beijing 23 Asia HAMMILL 梅花 Tahiti 21 Guangdong 24 Christine KUO 苟芸慧 Toronto 25 Taiwan 25 Julie LAM 林玉春 Tübingen 21 Chaozhou 26 Cici CHEN 陳娜良子 Vancouver 23 Guangdong 27 Shirley XU 徐莉 Wuhan 23 Hubei 28 Xiao Ling HAN 韓曉玲 Zhengzhou 22 Henan
Notes
Replacements – Miss Hong Kong 2008 winner Edelweiss Cheung was replaced by the 1st runner-up, Skye Chan because of her illness.
Crossovers Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
Miss World 2008: : Skye CHAN Miss International 2008: : Florence Loi Miss Tourism Queen International 2009: : Florence Loi 2009: : Valentane Huang (Top 20)
External links Miss Chinese International Pageant 2009 Official Site
References