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 Oceane 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 remains the same as last year, which is "International Beauty, Competing in China" 「國際群芳 競艶中華」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Eric Tsang, Sammy Leung and Myolie Wu. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Kenny Chung.

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. ^[1]

Results

Placement	Contestant	City Representated	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 Ting Jia 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 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	Yunan
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 LORIGIANO 黃婷佳	Montréal	Canada	17	Shandong

Contestant notes

• Kayi Cheung of Hong Kong previously competed at Miss World 2007 where she placed in the top 16 and won the Beauty With A Purpose award.
• Alexis Go later competed at Miss Philippines Earth 2009 where she placed at the top 10.
• TingJia Lorigiano went on to compete at Miss Universe Canada 2009 where she placed at the top 10, and won the award Miss People's Choice 2010.

References

1. ^ Ming Pao article dated January 27, 2008. Retrieved January 21, 2009 ( In Chinese )

External links

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008 Official Site