Miss Asia Pageant

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The Miss Asia Pageant (traditional Chinese: 亞洲小姐競選; simplified Chinese: 亚洲小姐竞选; pinyin: Yàzhōu Xiǎojie Jìngxuǎn; jyutping: aa3 zau1 siu2 ze2 ging3 syun2), is organized by the Asia Television Limited (ATV, a broadcast company in Hong Kong), and they hae organized this event since 1985. The contest was stopped from the year of 2000 through 2003, and relaunched in 2004.

Since 2004, it became an event for not just Hong Kong, but also for the rest of Asia as contestants from other parts of Asia participate. Up to 2005, the other Asian contestants have come from these countries or regions: Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, Thailand, Philippines, South Korea, Japan, India, Singapore, Lebanon, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, and Vietnam. Apart from the Champion, the Runner ups and different awards are awarded occasionally.

Starting from 2004, the semi-finals are held in Hong Kong and Mainland China. The final tournament's format was changed to divide contestants into three categories: Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan (港澳台 Gǎng Ào Tái); Mainland China; and the rest of Asia. However, there are usually multiple representative from Hong Kong and Mainland China compared to one contestant from the rest of the countries.

A notable feature over Miss Hong Kong Pageant is the lack of age limit, which is rare in beauty pageant contests in general.

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[edit] Titleholders

Year Winner 1st Runner-up 2nd Runner-up
1985 (22) Eva Lai 黎燕珊 (Lai Yin San) (9) Jinly Poon 潘銑儀 (Poon Sin Yee) (11) Veronica Yip 葉玉卿 (Yip Yuk Hing)
1986 (35) Nina Li 利 智 (Li Chi) (33) Wong Lai Ying 黃麗英 (29) Ng Ling 吳 寧
1987 (18) Dorothy Yau 邱月清 (Yau Yuet Ching) (28) Anna Lee 李 菁 (Lee Ching) (23) Wong King Chun 黃景珍
1988 樂 蓓 曾小燕 吳嘉文
1989 翁 虹 萬綺雯 趙靜儀
1990 Elaine Ng Yi-Lei 吳綺莉
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
施綺蓮 楊玉梅
1991 羅 霖 黎虹燕 鄧佩茜
1992 馮美英 李小惠 歐 瑾
1993 區淑貞 王 薇 劉曉群
1994 李 妮 王慧嫻 曹央雲
1995 (8) Kristy Yang 楊恭如 (Yang Gongru)
Flag of Canada Canada
(4) Bonnie Lai 黎淑賢 (Lai Suk Yin) (5) Cecilia Lai 黎思嘉 (Lai Si Ga)
1996 (1) Alice Chan 陳 煒 (Chan Wai)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
(4) Miao Feilin 繆非臨 (7) Emme Tsui 徐韻雯 (Tsui Wan Man)
1997 (8) Belinda Hammett 韓君婷 (Hon Gwan Ting)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
(7) Sophia Guo 郭金 (Guo Jin)
Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Harbin)
(13) Ng Ka Wai 吳家慧
1998 (6) Losa Law 羅麗莎 (Lo Lai Sa)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
(2) Wong Man Yip 黃敏燁 (?) Claire Yiu 姚嘉妮 (Yiu Ga Nei)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
1999 (?) Teresa Lau 樓茜妮 (Lau Sai Nei) (?) Kennes Yiu 饒林紅 (Yiu Lam Hung) (1) Chen Wei 陳薇
2004 (15) Coffee Lu 呂晶晶 (Lu Jingjing)
Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Hangzhou)
(16) Shine Wang 王慧 (Wang Hui)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
(10)Queenie Fung 馮梓瑩 (Fung Zi Ying)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
2005 (3) Tiffany Yang 楊柳青 (Yang Liuqing)
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
(5) Hong In Yong 洪仁穎
Flag of South Korea South Korea
(6) Anna Zhai 翟湘萍 (Zhai Xiangping)
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
2006 (8) Daryna Shevchenko (達蓮娜·舒夫真高)
Flag of Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
孟玲
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
韓燕
Flag of the People's Republic of China China
2007 (8) Grace Cheung 張家瑩 (Cheung Ka Ying)
Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong
(10) Choi Ju Hee 崔智熹
Flag of South Korea South Korea
(18) Sun Chen 孫 辰
Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Hubei)

[edit] 2007 Miss Asia Pageant

[edit] Final

Contestant Region Age Height Weight Three sizes Occupation
(1) Jessica Wong 黃礎瑩 (Wong Cho Ying) Flag of Canada Canada 25 5' 5.5" 104 lbs 32" 24" 34" Student
(2) Cinderella Li 李怡燃 (Li Yiran) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 23 5' 6" 113 lbs 35" 25" 35" Ballet dancer
(3) Ruiz Yang 楊琇雯 (Yang Siu Wen) Flag of the Republic of China Taiwan 26 5' 4.5" 110 lbs 33" 25" 36" English teacher
(4) Hannah Cheung 張海燕 (Cheung Hoi Yin) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 20 5' 8.5" 118 lbs 34" 24" 35" Student
(5) Cindy Wong 黃倩婷 (Wong Sin Ting) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 18 5' 7.5" 120 lbs 35" 24" 36" Student
(6) Cathy Wu 吳嘉星 (Wu Jiaxing) Flag of the United States USA 24 5' 4.5" 124 lbs 34" 25.5" 37" Student
(7) Annie Dai 戴安妮 (Dai On Nei) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 23 5' 6.5" 115 lbs 36" 25" 35" Student
(8) Grace Cheung 張家瑩 (Cheung Ka Ying) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 23 5' 7.5" 120 lbs 35" 23" 34" Student
(9) Natalya Selivanova 娜塔莉亞‧莎莉雲露娃 Flag of Uzbekistan Uzbekistan 21 5' 11" 118 lbs 34" 25.5" 36" Electrical engineer
(10) Choi Ju Hee 崔智熹 Flag of South Korea South Korea 25 5' 6.5" 118 lbs 35" 25" 36" Actress
(11) H'Ng Choy Yin 方翠瑩 Flag of Malaysia Malaysia 21 5' 7.5" 119 lbs 34" 25" 36" Beautician
(12) Neha Ahuja 莉哈‧歐凱智 Flag of India India 25 5' 6" 117 lbs 34" 25" 36" Model
(13) Eva Rosian 伊娃‧羅莎蘭 Flag of Singapore Singapore 23 5' 7" 120 lbs 33" 25" 36" Model
(14) Tran Thi Huong Giang 陳紅真 Flag of Vietnam Vietnam 20 5' 9.5" 118 lbs 33" 25" 36" Student
(15) Mikako Margaret Stukas 美香子 Flag of Japan Japan 16 5' 4.5" 114 lbs 34" 24" 36" Student
(16) Qiu Fansi 邱芳思 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Guangdong) 18 5' 7" 100 lbs 32" 24" 33 Student
(17) Qiao Yifei 喬伊菲 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Shandong) 19 5' 6.5" 116 lbs 33" 26" 34" Student
(18) Sun Chen 孫 辰 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Hubei) 22 5' 5.5" 109 lbs 32" 24" 33" Student
(19) Wu Fang 吳 芳 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Hubei) 18 5' 6.5" 110 lbs 33" 23" 34" Student
(20) Li Tongtong 李彤彤 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Shandong) 17 5' 8.5" 121 lbs 33" 25" 35" Student
(21) He Yuting 何鈺婷 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Sichuan) 17 5' 7" 110 lbs 32" 24" 34" Dancer
(22) Tian Xiaolei 田曉蕾 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Shandong) 21 5' 9" 116 lbs 33" 25" 36" Student
(23) Dai Yuqiu 戴羽秋 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Guangdong) 23 5' 5.5" 101 lbs 32" 24" 35" Hostess

[edit] Results

Placement Contestant
Winner: (8) Grace Cheung
1st Runner-up: (10) Choi Ju Hee
2nd Runner-up: (18) Sun Chen

[edit] Awards

[edit] 2006 Miss Asia Pageant

[edit] 2005 Miss Asia Pageant

[edit] SAR

  • Winner: Amanda Yuen(3) (袁詩媛)
  • Second: Winnie Cheong(11) (蔣偉妮)
  • Third: Cynthia Wong(1) (王婧)
  • Fourth/Fifth: Ice Ng(2) (吳勝男), Subi Lin(7) (林雅超)
  • Miss World China SAR representative: Imellda Ho(8) (何淑敏)

[edit] Mainland China

Contestant Name Region 2nd round finalist
1 Fei Fei (王識博) Beijing n
2 Feng ? (馮韻) Beijing n
3 Liu ? (劉陽) Xi An n
4  ? (沙莎) Beijing n
5 Kammy Kang (康嫡) Shanghai y
6 Yu Tian Tian (魚甜甜) Xi An n
7 Tiffany Yang (楊柳青) Hangzhou y
8 Wei ? (魏璐) Xi An n
9 Zhu ? (朱莉) Changchun n
10 Vivian Cheng (程婉茹) Xi An y
11 Wu ? (武曉娜) Beidaihe n
12 Tian ? (田楊) Fushun n
13 Jiang ? (薑宇) Shenzhen n
14 Wang Tu (王土) Handan, Hebei n
15  ? (應嶸) Beijing n
16 Anna Zhai (翟湘萍) Liao Ning y
17 Zhou Wei (周薇) Xi An n
18 Amy Zheng (鄭宜涵) Beijing y
19 Kitty Wang (王磊) Shenzhen y
20 Li Na (李娜) Beijing n
  • Winner: 19
  • Second: 16
  • Third: 10
  • Photogenic: 7
  • Chinese compassion: 1
  • Youth: 5
  • Talkative: 2
  • Fashion: 17
  • Best potential: 11
  • Best body: 14
  • Most charismatic: 19
  • Best performance: 18

[edit] Final

Contestant Name Country/region 2nd round finalist
1 Winnie Cheong (蔣偉妮) China (SAR) n
2 Gabrielle Bou Rached (嘉寶利亞˙布萊斯) Lebanon y
3 Tiffany Yang (楊柳青) China (HangZhou) y
4 Amanda Yuen (袁詩媛) China (SAR) y
5 Hong In Yong (洪仁穎) Korea y
6 Anna Zhai (翟湘萍) China (Fushun) y
7 Subi Lin (林雅超) China (SAR) n
8 Alexandra Ostasheva (阿歷珊迪亞˙奧達絲娃) Uzbek y
9 Kitty Wang (王磊) China (Harbin) y
10 Cynthia Wang (王婧) China (SAR) n
11 Sunisa Jongsawat (蘇妮莎˙鍾莎韻) Thailand n
12 Kammy Kang (康嫡) China (Shanghai) y
13 Ice Ng (吳勝男) China (SAR) n
14 Alina Rubinska (雅蓮娜˙魯賓斯卡) Kazakhstan n
15 Amy Zheng (鄭宜涵) China (Beijing) y
16 Sachie Tomita (富田幸江) Japan n
17 Vivian Cheng (程婉茹) China (Xi An) n
18 Hong Ha Nguyen (康夏欣) Vietnam n
  • Winner: Tiffany Yang(3) (China, Harbin)
  • Second: Hong In Yong(5) (Korea)
  • Third: Anna Zhai(6) (China, Fushun)
  • Most intelligent: Gabrielle Bou Rached (2) (Lebanon)
  • Charismatic Asian: Hong In Yong(5)
  • Perfect body: Tiffany Yang(3) (China, Harbin)
  • Photogenic: Hong In Yong(5) (Korea)
  • Friendship: Sachie Tomita(16) (Japan)
  • Most acting potential: Kitty Wang(9) (China, Harbin)
  • Online voting (from 1st to 3rd): Hong In Yong(5), Tiffany Tsang(3), Winnie Cheong(1)
  • SMS voting (from 1st to 3rd): Anna Zhai(6), Alexandra Ostasheva(8), Hong In Yong(5)
  • Ethnic attraction (from 1st to 2rd): Hong In Yong(5), Gabrielle Bou Rached (2)
  • Media favourite: Tiffany Yang(3)

[edit] 2004 Miss Asia Pageant

[edit] Final

Contestant Region Age Height Weight Three sizes Occupation
(1) Sherine Wong 黃淑玲 (Wong Suk Ling) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 25 5'9" n/a 33" 25" 35" Student
(2) Shikha Sharma 莎嘉莎瑪 Flag of India India 24 5'5" n/a 34" 26" 36" Model
(3) LuLu Fang 方璐 (Fang Lu) Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Hangzhou) 20 5'3" n/a 33.5" 24" 36" Student
(4) Cherry Lo 盧婉婷 (Lo Yuen Ting) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 23 5'6" n/a 34" 24" 36" Customer service staff
(5) Saori Yamashita 山下沙織 Flag of Japan Japan 23 5'7.5" n/a 32" 23" 34" Actress
(6) Sonia Lan 蘭嵐 (Lan Lan) Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Dalian) 17 5'8" n/a 32.5" 24" 34" Student
(7) Lilian Cheng 鄭 穎 (Cheng Wing) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 19 5'8" n/a 33.5" 24" 33" Student
(8) Da-in So 河水英 (So Young Ha) Flag of South Korea South Korea 23 5'7" n/a 34.5" 26" 36" Model
(9) Chen Hai Ou 陳海甌 Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Wenzhou) 21 5'6" n/a 32" 24" 34" Student
(10) Queenie Fung 馮梓瑩 (Fung Zi Ying) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 18 5'8" n/a 34.5" 25" 35" Student
(11) Ella Noela Evangelista 露華娜·依雲基士打 Flag of the Philippines Philippines 23 5'8" n/a 34" 26" 35" Model
(12) Apple Chen 陳蘭芳 (Chen Lanfang) Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Ningbo) 19 5'6" n/a 32.5" 23" 35" Student
(13) Nikita Chan 陳樂敏 (Chan Lok Man) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 20 5'5" n/a 35" 24" 33" Student
(14) Butter Nahatai Lekhumrung 拿克娣·利保倫 Flag of Thailand Thailand 26 5'7" n/a 32.5" 25" 36" Actress
(15) Coffee Lu 呂晶晶 (Lu Jingjing) Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Hangzhou) 21 5' 5" n/a 32.5" 24" 33" Student
(16) Shine Wang 王慧 (Wang Hui) Flag of Hong Kong Hong Kong 19 5' 8.5" n/a 33" 24" 34" Model
(17) Sharon Sim 沈佩儀 (Sim Pei Yee) Flag of Singapore Singapore 23 5'6" n/a 34"25"36" Model
(18) Cici Zeng 曾 塵 (Zeng Chen) Flag of the People's Republic of China China (Hunan) 17 5'7" n/a 34" 24" 36" Student

[edit] Results

Placement Contestant
Winner (冠軍) (15) Coffee Lu
1st Runner-up (亞軍) (16) Wang Hui
2nd Runner-up (季軍) (10) Queenie Fung

[edit] Awards

Award Contestant
Miss Photogenic (最上鏡小姐) (1) Sherine Wong
Perfect Skin Award (完美肌膚大獎) (1) Sherine Wong
Elegant Asian Lady Award (亞洲女性魅力大獎) (14) Butter Nahatai Lekhumrung
Style Hong Kong Award (香港時尚風采大獎) (16) Shine Wang

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