Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 was held on January 25, 1998, in Hong Kong. It was the tenth annual pageant, and had 17 contestants.

The pageant was broadcast live through TVB and was streamed for the first time in Malaysia. Miss Chinese International 1997 Monica Lo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crowned Louisa 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 the 1998 pageant was "Beautiful Shadows from The Land of the Gods, Ten Years of Love from the Dragons" Ã£ÂÂÃ§Â¥ÂÃ¦Â´Â²Ã¥ÂÂ·Ã¥Â½Â± Ã¥ÂÂÃ¨Â¼ÂÃ©Â¾ÂÃ¦ÂÂ. It also marked 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, who took part in an opening ceremony for the show. The list includes:

Kit Wong Ã©Â»ÂÃ§Â¾ÂÃ¦Â½Â (Sydney, Australia), Miss Chinese International 1989
Mina Pedruco Ã§ÂÂ¢Ã§Â¾ÂÃ¥Â¨Â (Macau), 1989 Second Runner-Up
Yen-Thean Leng Ã¥ÂÂÃ§Â·Â£Ã¥ÂºÂ (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1991
Siew-Kee Cheng Ã©ÂÂ¾Ã§Â§ÂÃ¦ÂÂ (Singapore), Miss Chinese International 1996
Melissa Ng Ã¥ÂÂ³Ã§Â¾ÂÃ§ÂÂ© (San Francisco, USA), 1996 First Runner-Up
Amy Chung Ã©ÂÂ¾Ã¦ÂÂ§Ã¥ÂÂ (New York City, USA), 1996 Second Runner-Up
Winnie Yeung Ã¦Â¥ÂÃ¥Â©ÂÃ¥ÂÂ (Hong Kong), 1996 Miss Friendship
Monica Lo Ã§ÂÂ§Ã¦Â·ÂÃ¥ÂÂ (Toronto, Ontario, Canada), Miss Chinese International 1997
San San Lee Ã¦ÂÂÃ§ÂÂÃ§ÂÂ (Hong Kong), 1997 First Runner-Up

Results

Special awards

Miss Friendship: May Ling Lai Ã©Â»ÂÃ§Â¾ÂÃ©Â½Â¡ (Chicago)
Best National Costume: Lisa Vongthong Ã¨ÂÂ¡Ã¦ÂÂÃ§ÂÂ (Bangkok)
Miss Motherland Beauty: Louisa Luk Ã©ÂÂ¸Ã¤Â¾ÂÃ¨ÂÂ© (San Francisco)

Viewer's Voting Top 5 delegates

Linda Chung Ã©ÂÂ¾Ã§ÂÂ²Ã§ÂÂ² (Los Angeles)
Joey Tan Ã©ÂÂ³Ã¨ÂÂ±Ã©ÂºÂ (Kuala Lumpur)
Cecilia Wang Ã§ÂÂÃ§ÂÂ¾ (Calgary)
Virginia Yung Ã§Â¿ÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ§Â©Â (Hong Kong)
Dina Goh Ã¦ÂÂÃ¥Â©Â· (Vancouver)

Contestant list

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

Miss World

1997: Macau : Agnes LO

Miss Universe

1998: : Virginia Yung