Miss Chinese International Pageant 1994 | |
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Date | January 23, 1994 |
Presenters | Eric Tsang, Philip Chan |
Venue | TVB City, Hong Kong |
Broadcaster | TVB |
Entrants | 21 |
Placements | 10 |
Winner | Sui Pornnapa Saemin 沈玉翎 Bangkok, Thailand |
Congeniality | [Lok-Sze Miu] 繆樂詩 Manila, Philippines |
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1994 was held on January 23, 1994, in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1993 Christy Chung crowned Saesim Pornapa Sui of Bangkok, Thailand as the winner.
The theme to this year's pageant continues to be "The Traditions of the Dragon, The Embodiment of Beauty" 「龍的傳統 俏的化身」. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang and Philip Chan.
Placement | Contestant | City Represented | Country Represented |
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Miss Chinese International 1994 | Sui Pornnapa SAEMIN 沈玉翎 | Bangkok | Thailand |
1st Runner-Up | Diane Wang 王黛寧 | New York City | USA |
2nd Runner-Up | I-Man Chao 趙亦曼 | Seattle | USA |
Top 10 Finalists | Karen Lee 李真妮 (Carmen Aa) 劉美玉 Ho-Yan Mok 莫可欣 Leslie Law 羅美施 Virginia Long 龍薇燕 King-Mut Chan 陳敬密 Dianna Hong Wan 萬紫琳 | Singapore Johannesburg Hong Kong Montréal Taipei Macau Los Angeles | Singapore South Africa Hong Kong Canada Chinese Taipei Macau USA |
No. | Contestant Name | Represented City | Represented Country |
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1 | Sui Pornnapa SAEMIN 沈玉翎 | Bangkok | Thailand |
2 | Karen LEE 李真妮 | Singapore | Singapore |
3 | (Carmen AA) 劉美玉 | Johannesburg | South Africa |
4 | Jenny VANNES 珍麗 | Tahiti | French Polynesia |
5 | Pei-Ching YEOH 楊佩君 | Alor Setar | Malaysia |
6 | Mary TAN 譚玉梅 | Quezon | Philippines |
7 | Luzviminda W. PAGUIO 王露茜 | Calgary | Canada |
8 | (Wai-Yung CHAN) 陳慧容 | Chicago | USA |
9 | Kimberly TAN 陳金金 | Kota Kinabalu | Malaysia |
10 | I-Man CHAO 趙亦曼 | Seattle | USA |
11 | Dianne WANG 王黛寧 | New York City | USA |
12 | (Lok-Sze MIU) 繆樂詩 | Manila | Philippines |
13 | Ho-Yan MOK 莫可欣 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
14 | Linh HUYNH 黃秋玲 | Victoria | Canada |
15 | Leslie LAW 羅美施 | Montréal | Canada |
16 | Virginia Y. WANG 王耀薇 | San Francisco | USA |
17 | Virginia LUNG 龍薇燕 | Taipei | Chinese Taipei |
18 | Annette CHAN 陳維歡 | Vancouver | Canada |
19 | Balia CHAN 陳敬密 | Macau | Macau |
20 | Dianna Hong WAN 萬紫琳 | Los Angeles | USA |
21 | (Mei-Lin WONG) 黃美蓮 | Auckland | New Zealand |
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