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:

Results

Placement Contestant City Represented 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

Viewer's Voting Top 5 delegates

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.

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