Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000

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Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000
DateFebruary 6, 2000
Presenters Eric Tsang, Jerry Lamb, Anne Heung, Michelle Ye
Entertainment Aaron Kwok
Venue Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, United States
Broadcaster TVB
Entrants19
Placements3
Winner Sonjia Kwok
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
CongenialityJessie Cheng
Melbourne, Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
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The 12th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000 was held on February 6, 2000 in Las Vegas. For the first time ever, the pageant moved out of Hong Kong, and was held at Caesars Palace. Miss Chinese International 1999 Michelle Ye of New York, USA crowned Sonija Kwok of Hong Kong as the new winner. The next time Hong Kong wins the pageant would be Grace Chan in 2014.

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Pageant information

The theme to this year's pageant is "The Arrival of the Dragon, The Beauty Pageant of the Millennium" 「龍騰盛世 千禧競艶」. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Jerry Lamb, as well as Miss Chinese International 1999 Michelle Ye and second runner-up Anne Heung. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Aaron Kwok.

Results

PlacementContestantCity RepresentedCountry Represented
Miss Chinese International 2000 Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong
1st Runner-UpTiffany Yang 楊康怡 Los Angeles Flag of the United States.svg USA
2nd Runner-UpCrystal Pan 潘欣欣 Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada

Special awards

Contestant list

No.Contestant NameRepresented CityRepresented CountryAge
1Katie LEUNG 梁燕琦 London Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 24
2Vivi WANG 王婉霏 Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg Chinese Taipei 21
3Tiffany YANG 楊康怡 Los Angeles Flag of the United States.svg USA 19
4Janet LAO 勞嫣藍 Montréal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 19
5Karen CHEN 陳媛 San Francisco Flag of the United States.svg USA 21
6Alina ZHANG 張萌 Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 18
7Mimi CHEN 陳伊奇 New York City Flag of the United States.svg USA 21
8Chin-Ee CHONG 張競以 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 21
9Lang SIM 沈木蘭 Calgary Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 23
10Jessie CHENG 成潔 Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 22
11Waraporn SIRISIN 李美嫻 Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 21
12Ava CHAN 陳仙仙 Toronto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 18
13Ivy VONG 黃咪咪 Manila Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 25
14Angela CHIU 邱文蕙 Chicago Flag of the United States.svg USA 20
15Crystal PAN 潘欣欣 Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 20
16 Sonjia KWOK 郭羨妮 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 25
17Nancy KAO 高子瑛 Seattle Flag of the United States.svg USA 20
18Philomena HO 何贊妮 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 23
19Alvie LIN 林佩蘭 Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 22

Crossovers

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

Miss Universe

Contestant notes

-Sonija Kwok went on to Cyprus to compete in the Miss Universe 2000 pageant. She was unplaced, but placed in the top 10 Miss Photogenic online polls. As of 2000, Kwok is also the last representative of Hong Kong to compete in Miss Universe.

-Alina Zhang later became Miss Universe China 2004 and went on to Ecuador to compete in the Miss Universe 2004 pageant. However, she was unplaced. Zhang is the third representative of the mainland China to compete in Miss Universe.

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