Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008 was held on January 26, 2008 in Foshan, China, for the second consecutive year. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2007 Sarah Song of Sydney, Australia crowned Océane Zhu of Paris, France as the 20th Miss Chinese International. Zhu is the first ever winner from Europe.

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008
DateJanuary 26, 2008
PresentersEric Tsang, Sammy Leung, Myolie Wu
EntertainmentKenny Chung
VenueFoshan City News & Broadcast Centre, Foshan, China
BroadcasterTVB
Entrants23
Placements11
WinnerOcéane Zhu
Paris,  France
CongenialityDelaine Lee 李德玲
Calgary,  Canada

Pageant information

The slogan to this year's pageant was "Expanding the View of the World: Beauty Comes from the Chinese " 「放眼世界 美麗來自中華」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung and Myolie Wu. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Kenny Chung. Contestant #23 TingJia Rosalinda Lorigiano of Montreal was the youngest of all competitors in the history of the pageant, at 17 years old. Her younger sister, Lucia Lorigiano 黄婷麗, later competed and won the title of Miss Chinese Montreal and competed in Miss Chinese International Pageant 2014 and won 2nd Runner-Up. [1]

Top 10 mishap

While the MCs were announcing the top 10 semi-finalists, there was a notable pause and indistinct discussion among them after the third delegate was called out. Eric Tsang then said an error was made in announcing one of the semi-finalists, but did not state whom. After the initial 10 delegates were announced, Sammy Leung said that (20) Ivy Han was among the semi-finalist list as well, causing the list to grow to eleven semi-finalists. Immediately afterwards, the reasoning for this was backtracked and the MCs stated that the extra semi-finalist was due to scoring issues and a tie for 10th place. After the pageant, it was revealed that the mix-up occurred because the scoring tie was not communicated to the MCs, hence they were hesitant to announce all eleven semi-finalists. [2]

Results
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented
Miss Chinese International 2008 Océane Zhu 朱璇 Paris  France
1st Runner-Up Kayi Cheung 張嘉兒 Hong Kong  Hong Kong
2nd Runner-Up Aileen Xu 徐萌 Chongqing  China
Top 5 Finalists Lucia Long 龍洋
Ivy Han 韓曉丹		 Mudanjiang
Sydney		  China
 Australia
Top 11 Semi-Finalists Cici Chen 陳麗
Wendy Xu 徐弋雯
Qinxin Li 李沁芯
Alexis Go 吳佳穎
Lily Ji 吉麗
TingJia Rosalinda Lorigiano 黃婷佳		 Hunan
Hangzhou
Pearl River
Manila
Kunming
Montréal		  China
 China
 China
 Philippines
 China
 Canada

Special awards
  • Miss Friendship: Delaine Lee 李德玲 (Calgary)
  • Miss Courageous: Lisa Li 李莎 (Auckland)
  • Miss Young: Océane Zhu 朱璇 (Paris)

Contestant list
No.Contestant NameRepresented CityRepresented CountryAgeChinese Origin
1Joanne YEW 尤鳳音Kuala Lumpur Malaysia20Nanan
2Lucia LONG 龍洋Mudanjiang China19Shandong
3Cici CHEN 陳麗Hunan China18Hunan
4Aileen XU 徐萌Chongqing China21Sichuan
5Wendy XU 徐弋雯Hangzhou China20Zhejiang
6Gam SAKAO 黃美玲Bangkok Thailand23Shantou
7Qinxin LI 李沁芯Pearl River China18Guangdong
8Jackie SONG 宋雙佳Shenyang China23Liaoning
9Alexis GO 吳佳穎Manila Philippines19Fujian
10Lily JI 吉麗Kunming China19Yunnan
11Desiree YONG 楊詩穎Singapore Singapore23Guangzhou
12Kayi CHEUNG 張嘉兒Hong Kong Hong Kong24Chaozhou
13Océane ZHU 朱璇Paris France20Beijing
14Lisa LI 李莎Auckland New Zealand19Qingdao
15Delaine LEE 李德玲Calgary Canada25Taishan
16Jessica CHOI 蔡凱欣Vancouver Canada19Shunde
17Stacy WANG 王瑩New York City USA18Heilongjiang
18Liang WANG 王靚Toronto Canada18Beijing
19Vivian CHAN 陳穎彤Seattle USA20Guangdong
20Ivy HAN 韓曉丹Sydney Australia22Beijing
21Kelly MENG 孟醇Melbourne Australia20Qingdao
22Karen CHONG 鍾嘉玲Tahiti French Polynesia23Guangdong
23Ting Jia Rosalinda LORIGIANO 黃婷佳Montréal Canada17Shandong

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

Miss World

References
  1. http://www.chinesepress.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=52855:2013-10-25-21-43-37&catid=357:2011-08-02-15-13-14&Itemid=657
  2. Ming Pao article dated January 27, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2009 ( In Chinese )

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