Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012

The 23rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 was held on January 15, 2012. Miss Chinese International 2010 Eliza Sam of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned her successor, Kelly Cheung of 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.

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012
DateJanuary 15, 2012
PresentersEric Tsang, Astrid Chan, Sammy Leung, MC Jin, Jason Chan
EntertainmentHacken Lee, Raymond Lam, Hanjin Tan, William Chan, Jonathan Wong, Mag Lam, Det Tat, Alfred Hui[1]
VenueTVB City, Hong Kong
BroadcasterTVB
Entrants28
Placements10
WinnerKelly Cheung 張曦雯
Chicago,  USA
CongenialityAshton Hong 洪美珊
Toronto,  Canada

Pageant information

The slogan to this year's pageant is "The Blooming of Cosmopolitan Charm" 「綻放大都會魅力」.[2] 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.[3] 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".[2]

Results
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented
Miss Chinese International 2012 Kelly Cheung 張曦雯 Chicago  USA
1st Runner-Up Cheryl Wee 黃馨慧 Singapore  Singapore
2nd Runner-Up Lenna Lim 林家冰 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia
Top 10 Semi-finalists Bianca Lam 林曉賢
Biliya Pireeya 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		 Auckland
Bangkok
Melbourne
London
New York City
Dalian
Hong Kong		  New Zealand
 Thailand
 Australia
 United Kingdom
 USA
 China
 Hong Kong

Special awards
  • Miss Friendship: Ashton Hong 洪美珊 (Toronto)
  • Miss Cosmopolitan: Lenna Lim 林家冰 (Kuala Lumpur)
  • Asia-Pacific Region Glamour Award: Lenna Lim 林家冰 (Kuala Lumpur)
  • Euro-America Region Vitality Award: Jasmine Hayter 海莉鈴 (New York City)
  • Greater China Region Classic Elegance Award: Rebecca 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 NameRepresented CityRepresented CountryAgeRegion Group
1Bianca LAM 林曉賢Auckland New Zealand20Asia-Pacific
2Hillbe CAI 蔡健萍Auckland New Zealand23Asia-Pacific
3Biliya PIREEYA 畢利雅Bangkok Thailand24Asia-Pacific
4Emily YAP 葉伊秀Kuala Lumpur Malaysia26Asia-Pacific
5Lenna LIM 林家冰Kuala Lumpur Malaysia23Asia-Pacific
6Kady WILSON 林啟莉Manila Philippines22Asia-Pacific
7Aliya FAN 范文雅Melbourne Australia26Asia-Pacific
8Ying Jie MA 馬穎杰Melbourne Australia20Asia-Pacific
9Cheryl WEE 黃馨慧Singapore Singapore24Asia-Pacific
10Amy LIU 劉夢倩Sydney Australia19Asia-Pacific
11Kelly CHEUNG 張曦雯Chicago USA21Euro-America
12Roro CHEN 陳藝蓉London United Kingdom23Euro-America
13Wendy YU 余文杭Montréal Canada21Euro-America
14Amanda CHUNG 鍾雅雯Montréal Canada21Euro-America
15Jasmine HAYTER 海莉鈴New York City USA20Euro-America
16Hilary TAM 譚曉榆Toronto Canada24Euro-America
17Ashton HONG 洪美珊Toronto Canada19Euro-America
18Susan SU 蘇慧文Vancouver Canada20Euro-America
19Erica CHUI 徐穎堃Vancouver Canada24Euro-America
20Angel WANG 王安琪Anqing China19Greater China
21Lily XU 許敏Anyang China21Greater China
22Yue Rong HUANG 黃月蓉Beijing China23Greater China
23Una XIE 謝佳妤Beijing China19Greater China
24Alice LI 李俐璇Dalian China22Greater China
25Maggie YU 于淼Dalian China23Greater China
26Rebecca ZHU 朱晨麗Hong Kong Hong Kong24Greater China
27Nanci LI 李婷Tianjin China20Greater China
28Xin Yan HAO 郝心言Zhengzhou China23Greater 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.[2]
  • 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.[4]
  • 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.[5]

References
  1. Delegates meet with judges, MCs and guest performers TVB.com article. (In Chinese) Retrieved on 2012-01-12
  2. Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 News TVB.com article (In Chinese). Retrieved 2012-01-07
  3. Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 Announcement TVB.com article (In Chinese). Retrieved 2011-10-21
  4. 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
  5. 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
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