Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 was held on January 25, 1998 in Hong Kong

Hong Kong

Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...

. 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

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 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

Miss Chinese International Pageant

Miss Chinese International Pageant or MCI for short, is an annual international beauty pageant, organized and broadcast by TVB, a leading network television station in Hong Kong.-Composition:At its inception in 1988, delegates comprise of either winners or runner-ups of regional Chinese...

. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang

Eric Tsang

Eric Tsang Chi-wai , MH is a prolific Hong Kong actor, film director, film producer and television host best known for hosting the Super Trio series on TVB over the course of 10 years.-Biography:Due to his popularity, he is often the MC in events organized by TVB, and is nicknamed "the Prize Master"...

, Lydia Shum

Lydia Shum

Lydia Shum Din-Ha, also known as Lydia Sum , was a Hong Kong comedienne, MC, and actress known for her portly figure, signature dark rimmed glasses and bouffant hairstyle. She was affectionately known to peers and fans as Fei-fei...

, and mandopop

Mandopop

Mandopop is a colloquial abbreviation for "Mandarin popular music." It is categorized as a subgenre of commercial Chinese-language music within C-pop. Mandopop was the first variety of popular music in Chinese to establish itself as a viable industry. As the name implies, Mandopop features songs...

 singer Emil Chau, who also served as the special performing guest. Other performing guests included cantopop

Cantopop

Cantopop is a colloquialism for "Cantonese popular music". It is sometimes referred to as HK-pop, short for "Hong Kong popular music". It is categorized as a subgenre of Chinese popular music within C-pop...

 singers Eason Chan

Eason Chan

Eason Chan Yik-shun is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. Undoubtedly one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. Eason Chan has been praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop...

, Edmond Leung

Edmond Leung

Edmond Leung Hon-man is a Chinese singer-songwriter, record producer, actor, and television host from Hong Kong. At age 17, Leung became a finalist in the 8th annual New Talent Singing Awards in 1989, which won him a contract with Capital Artists. He made his recording debut in 1990 with the...

 and Miriam Yeung

Miriam Yeung

Miriam Yeung, RN, is a Hong Kong actress and Cantopop singer. Before entering the entertainment business, she was a registered nurse at the Princess Margaret Hospital in Hong Kong. She studied at the Holy Family Canossian College Kowloon...

.

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
  The Pedruco Sisters
  The Pedruco Sisters is a family of 4 sisters who has competed at the Miss Chinese International pageant and Miss World pageant representing Macau. They are the only family of 3 or more sisters to compete at Miss World and Miss Chinese International...
  
   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
  Melissa Ng
  Melissa Ng Mei Hang is a semi-retired TV actress in Hong Kong. She has been a TVB actress since 1996 after coming second in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, retiring from acting in 2007 to start a family...
  
   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	United States
1st Runner-Up	Lisa Vongthong 蔡明真	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...	Thailand
2nd Runner-Up	Kalyane Tea 譚慧玲	Montréal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...	Canada
Top 5 Finalists	Joey Tan 陳英麗 Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...	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 Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...	United States	22
2	Joey TAN 陳英麗	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million...	Malaysia	20
3	Lucienda JOUTAIN 余瑞玉	Tahiti Tahiti Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia, located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the southern Pacific Ocean. It is the economic, cultural and political centre of French Polynesia. The island was formed from volcanic activity and is high and mountainous...	French Polynesia	25
4	May Ling LAI 黎美齡	Chicago Chicago Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...	United States	20
5	Cecilia WANG 王瑾	Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...	Canada	23
6	Bridgett ENG 伍綺喬	Seattle	United States	20
7	Virginia YUNG 翁嘉穗	Hong Kong Hong Kong Hong Kong is one of two Special Administrative Regions of the People's Republic of China , the other being Macau. A city-state situated on China's south coast and enclosed by the Pearl River Delta and South China Sea, it is renowned for its expansive skyline and deep natural harbour...	Hong Kong	23
8	Julia FONG 房翠麗	Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...	Canada	23
9	Dina GOH 戈婷	Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...	Canada	18
10	Joanna SUTHERBY 黃惠玲	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...	United Kingdom	21
11	Sharon CHEUNG 張嘉倩	Sydney Sydney Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...	Australia	21
12	Vivian CHEN 陳穎慧	Taipei Taipei Taipei City is the capital of the Republic of China and the central city of the largest metropolitan area of Taiwan. Situated at the northern tip of the island, Taipei is located on the Tamsui River, and is about 25 km southwest of Keelung, its port on the Pacific Ocean...	Chinese Taipei	17
13	Lisa VONGTHONG 蔡明真	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...	Thailand	18
14	Louisa LUK 陸依薩	San Francisco	United States	18
15	Agnes LO 羅慧雲	Macau Macau Macau , also spelled Macao , is, along with Hong Kong, one of the two special administrative regions of the People's Republic of China...	Portugal	23
16	Kalyane TEA 譚慧玲	Montréal Montreal Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...	Canada	20
17	Sue PAN 潘少瑜	Singapore Singapore Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...	Singapore	24

Contestant notes

-Virginia Yung went on to compete at Miss Universe 1998

Miss Universe 1998

Miss Universe 1998, the 47th Miss Universe pageant was held at Stan Sheriff Arena, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA on May 12, 1998. Brook Lee, Miss Universe 1997, of the USA crowned Wendy Fitzwilliam of Trinidad and Tobago as 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