Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998
Date	January 25, 1998
Presenters	Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, Emil Chau
Entertainment	Emil Chau, Eason Chan, Edmond Leung, Miriam Yeung
Venue	TVB City, Hong Kong
Broadcaster	TVB
Entrants	17
Placements	5
Winner	Louisa Luk San Francisco,  USA

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 was held on January 25, 1998 in Hong Kong. The pageant was broadcast live through TVB and was streamed for the first time in Malaysia. Miss Chinese International 1997 Monica Lo of Toronto, Canada crowned Louise Luk of San Francisco, USA as the new winner. Luk is the first winner from the United States and San Francisco's only winner, as of 2010.

Pageant information

The theme to this year's pageant is "Beautiful Shadows from The Land of the Gods, Ten Years of Love from the Dragons" 「神洲儷影 十載龍情」. This year also marks the tenth anniversary of the Miss Chinese International Pageant. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, and mandopop singer Emil Chau, who also served as the special performing guest. Other performing guests included cantopop singers Eason Chan, Edmond Leung and Miriam Yeung.

10th anniversary guests

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the pageant, the organizers invited ten past award winners as special guests which took part in an opening ceremony for the show. They included:

• Kit Wong 黃美潔 (Sydney, Australia), Miss Chinese International 1989
• Mina Pedruco 畢美娜 (Macau), 1989 Second Runner-Up
• Yen-Thean Leng 凌緣庭 (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1991
• Siew-Kee Cheng 鍾秀枝 (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1996
• Melissa Ng 吳美珩 (San Francisco, USA), 1996 First Runner-Up
• Amy Chung 鍾慧儀 (New York City, USA), 1996 Second Runner-Up
• Winnie Yeung 楊婉儀 (Hong Kong), 1996 Miss Friendship
• Monica Lo 盧淑儀 (Toronto, Canada), Miss Chinese International 1997
• San San Lee 李珊珊 (Hong Kong), 1997 First Runner-Up

Results

Placement	Contestant	City Representated	Country Represented
Miss Chinese International 1998	Louisa Luk 陸依薩	San Francisco	USA
1st Runner-Up	Lisa Vongthong 蔡明真	Bangkok	Thailand
2nd Runner-Up	Kalyane Tea 譚慧玲	Montréal	Canada
Top 5 Finalists	Joey Tan 陳英麗 Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗	Kuala Lumpur Hong Kong	Malaysia  Hong Kong

Special awards

• Miss Friendship: May Ling Lai 黎美齡 (Chicago)
• Best National Costume: Lisa Vongthong 蔡明真 (Bangkok)
• Miss Motherland Beauty: Louisa Luk 陸依薩 (San Francisco)

Viewer's Voting Top 5 delegates

• Linda Chung 鍾玲玲 (Los Angeles)
• Joey Tan 陳英麗 (Kuala Lumpur)
• Cecilia Wang 王瑾 (Calgary)
• Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗 (Hong Kong)
• Dina Goh 戈婷 (Vancouver)

Contestant list

No.	Contestant Name	Represented City	Represented Country	Age
1	Linda CHUNG 鍾玲玲	Los Angeles	USA	22
2	Joey TAN 陳英麗	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	20
3	Lucienda JOUTAIN 余瑞玉	Tahiti	French Polynesia	25
4	May Ling LAI 黎美齡	Chicago	USA	20
5	Cecilia WANG 王瑾	Calgary	Canada	23
6	Bridgett ENG 伍綺喬	Seattle	USA	20
7	Virginia YUNG 翁嘉穗	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	23
8	Julia FONG 房翠麗	Toronto	Canada	23
9	Dina GOH 戈婷	Vancouver	Canada	18
10	Joanna SUTHERBY 黃惠玲	London	United Kingdom	21
11	Sharon CHEUNG 張嘉倩	Sydney	Australia	21
12	Vivian CHEN 陳穎慧	Taipei	Chinese Taipei	17
13	Lisa VONGTHONG 蔡明真	Bangkok	Thailand	18
14	Louisa LUK 陸依薩	San Francisco	USA	18
15	Agnes LO 羅慧雲	Macau	Portugal	23
16	Kalyane TEA 譚慧玲	Montréal	Canada	20
17	Sue PAN 潘少瑜	Singapore	Singapore	24

Contestant notes

-Virginia Yung went on to compete at Miss Universe 1998. Yung did not make the top 10, but placed 2nd overall in the online internet polls.

External links

Johnny's Pageant Page - Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998