Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008
Date January 26, 2008
Presenters Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung, Myolie Wu
Entertainment Kenny Chung
Venue Foshan City News & Broadcast Centre, Foshan, China
Broadcaster TVB
Entrants 23
Placements 11
Winner Océane Zhu
Paris,  France

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.

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

Contestant list

No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age Chinese Origin
1 Joanne YEW 尤鳳音 Kuala Lumpur  Malaysia 20 Nanan
2 Lucia LONG 龍洋 Mudanjiang  China 19 Shandong
3 Cici CHEN 陳麗 Hunan  China 18 Hunan
4 Aileen XU 徐萌 Chongqing  China 21 Sichuan
5 Wendy XU 徐弋雯 Hangzhou  China 20 Zhejiang
6 Gam SAKAO 黃美玲 Bangkok  Thailand 23 Shantou
7 Qinxin LI 李沁芯 Pearl River  China 18 Guangdong
8 Jackie SONG 宋雙佳 Shenyang  China 23 Liaoning
9 Alexis GO 吳佳穎 Manila  Philippines 19 Fujian
10 Lily JI 吉麗 Kunming  China 19 Yunnan
11 Desiree YONG 楊詩穎 Singapore  Singapore 23 Guangzhou
12 Kayi CHEUNG 張嘉兒 Hong Kong  Hong Kong 24 Chaozhou
13 Océane ZHU 朱璇 Paris  France 20 Beijing
14 Lisa LI 李莎 Auckland  New Zealand 19 Qingdao
15 Delaine LEE 李德玲 Calgary  Canada 25 Taishan
16 Jessica CHOI 蔡凱欣 Vancouver  Canada 19 Shunde
17 Stacy WANG 王瑩 New York City  USA 18 Heilongjiang
18 Liang WANG 王靚 Toronto  Canada 18 Beijing
19 Vivian CHAN 陳穎彤 Seattle  USA 20 Guangdong
20 Ivy HAN 韓曉丹 Sydney  Australia 22 Beijing
21 Kelly MENG 孟醇 Melbourne  Australia 20 Qingdao
22 Karen CHONG 鍾嘉玲 Tahiti  French Polynesia 23 Guangdong
23 Ting Jia Rosalinda LORIGIANO 黃婷佳 Montréal  Canada 17 Shandong

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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