The Miss Chinese International Pageant started in 1988 and was held in October until 1990, when the pageant was postponed to the first week of January to commenserate the Lunar New Year Celebrations.
Chinese beauties from Chinatown cities around the world meet in Hong Kong annually to vie for the prestigious crown, over $200 000 in prizes, and a two year television contract with the pageant organizers, Hong Kong Television Broadcast, Ltd. Hong Kong's famous and desirable have accepted the wonderful task of judging and meeting with these young women: stars like Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Josephine Siew, and Jackie Cheung have done so in the past.
Canadians have won the pageant four times; ladies from Singapore, Hong Kong and the USA have won twice.
1988: Michele Monique Reis (Lee Ka Yan)—Hong Kong
2. Tammy Marie Lee—Seattle, USA
3. Sharon Kwok—San Francisco, USA
1989: Kit Wong (Wong May-Kit)—Sydney, Australia
2. Monica Chan (Chan Fat Yung)—Hong Kong
3. Guilhermina "Mina" Madeira da Silva Pedruco—Macau
FINALISTS:
Fan Yu Ping—Seattle, USA
Lisa Chow (Chow Mung-Lan)—Vancouver, Canada
1991: Leng Yen-Thean—Singapore
2. Anita Yuen (Yuen Wing-Yee)—Hong Kong
3. Hazel Cheung (Cheung Yin-Ni)—Montréal, Canada
1992: Rosemary Chan (Chan Man-Li)—Toronto, Canada
2. Amy Kwok (Kwok Oi-Ming)—Hong Kong
3. Valerie Lee—San Francisco, USA
1993: Christy Chung (Chung Lai Tai)—Montréal, Canada
2. Emily Lo (Lo Suk-Yee)—Hong Kong
3. Elaine Barbara Der (Tse Yee-Ling)—Vancouver, Canada
1994: Saesim Pornapa Sui (Pornnapa Theptinnakorn) (Sum Yuk-Ling)—Bangkok, Thailand
2. Diane Wang—New York, USA
3. Chow I-Man—Seattle, USA
1995: Ku Hsiang-Ling—Taipei, Taiwan
2. Chan Sing-Kwong (Pachrapa Pakdeerat)—Bangkok, Thailand
3. Edna Wai (Wai Yee-Ling)—Los Angeles, USA
FINALISTS:
Halina Tam (Tam Siu-Wan)—Hong Kong
Lai Sau-Lan—Johannesburg, South Africa
1996: Cheng Siew-Kee—Singapore
2. Melissa Ng (Ng Mei-Hang)—San Francisco, USA
3. Amy Chung (Chung Wai-Yee)—New York City, USA
FINALISTS:
Khaimook Pindorkmai (Chan Chun-Chu)—Bangkok, Thailand
Hsu Shuen-Shuen—Taipei, Taiwan
1997: Monica Sharon Lo (Lo Suk-Yi)—Toronto, Canada
2. Lee San San (San San-Lee)—Hong Kong
3. Kulsatri Konjanawan (Cheung Ting-Wai)—Bangkok, Thailand
FINALISTS:
Guiomar Pedruco (Mei Kei)—Macau
Lin Mei-Shui—Taipei, Taiwan
1998: Louisa Luk (Luk Yi-Sat)—San Francisco, USA
2. Lisa Satita Vongthong (Choi Ming_Chun)—Bangkok, Thailand
3. Kalyane Tea (Tam Wai-Ling)—Montréal, Canada
FINALISTS:
Virginia Yung (Yung Ka-Shui)—Hong Kong
Joey Tan (Tan Eng-Li)—Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
1999: Michelle Ye (Ye Xuan)—New York City, USA
2. Janet Huang (Huang Jen-Yu)—Los Angeles, USA
3. Anne Heung (Heung Hoi-Lan)—Hong Kong
FINALISTS:
Debbie Goh (Goh Seok-Sim)—Malaysia
Audrey Zhu (Zhu Li)—Toronto, Canada
2000: Sonija Kwok—Hong Kong
2. Tiffany Yang (Yang Kang-I)—Los Angeles, USA
3. Crystal Pan—Vancouver, Canada
2001: Bernice Jan Liu—Vancouver, Canada
2. Jennifer Huang (Huang I-Pai)—Montréal, Canada
3. Vivian Lau—Hong Kong
FINALISTS:
Erica Cassandra Hugh (Chu Jia-Ping)—Chicago, USA
Law Shiau Pyng—Malaysia
2002: Shirley Zhou (Zhou Xue)—Vancouver, Canada
2. Christie Angela Bartram (Bak Wing-Yun)—Toronto, Canada
3. Angela Foo (Foo Sue-Ee)—Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
FINALISTS:
Gu Zhan—Chicago, USA
Shirley Yeung (Yeung Sze-Ki)—Hong Kong
2003: Rachel Tan (Tan Weng-Kim)—Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
2. Tiffany Lam (Lam Man-Lee)—Hong Kong
3. Diana Wu (Wu Dan)—Toronto, Canada
FINALISTS:
Kulaya Duangmanee—Bangkok, Thailand
Susie Wang (Wang Hsin)—Sydney, Australia
2004: Linda Chung (Chung Ka-Yan)—Vancouver, Canada
2. Mandy Cho (Cho Mun-Lei)—Hong Kong
3. Carlene Ang Aguilar—Manila, Philippines
FINALISTS:
Vivien Yeo (Yeo Sieu Hui)—Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jessica Xu (Xu Jing Jie)—Los Angeles, USA