Miss Chinese International Pageant 2002 | |
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Date | January 27, 2002 |
Presenters | Priscilla Ku, Melissa Ng, Gordon Lam |
Venue | Chime-Long Paradise, Guangzhou, China |
Broadcaster | TVB |
Entrants | 19 |
Placements | 5 |
Winner | Shirley Zhou Vancouver, Canada |
Congeniality | Marjorie Wu Honolulu, USA |
The 14th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International 2002 was held in Guangzhou, China. This marked the second time the pageant was held outside Hong Kong. China would not host the pageant again, until 2007. For the first time in history, Vancouver won the title again, for the second consecutive year.
The theme to this year's pageant is "Gathering the Focus of the World, Witnessing the Most Beautiful Chinese" 「世界焦點凝聚 見證最美華裔」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Priscilla Ku, Melissa Ng, and Gordon Lam. This year marks the first year the pageant is held outdoors, at the outdoors performance theatre located in the Changlong Night Zoo inside Chime-Long Paradise.
Placement | Contestant | City Represented | Country Represented |
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Miss Chinese International 2002 | Shirley Zhou 周雪 | Vancouver | Canada |
1st Runner-Up | Christie Bartram 白穎茵 | Toronto | Canada |
2nd Runner-Up | Angela Foo 符愫娛 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
Top 5 Finalists | Shirley Yeung 楊思琦 Jenny Gu 顧颭 | Hong Kong Chicago | Hong Kong USA |
No. | Contestant Name | Represented City | Represented Country | Age | Chinese Origin |
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1 | Marjorie WU 胡凱欣 | Honolulu | USA | 23 | Zhongshan |
2 | Vicky HAN 郝書婷 | Taipei | Chinese Taipei | 23 | Taiwan |
3 | Titaua LAUX 劉金燕 | Tahiti | French Polynesia | 19 | Guangdong |
4 | Beverly CHEN 陳思羽 | Melbourne | Australia | 23 | Taiwan |
5 | Christie BARTRAM 白穎茵 | Toronto | Canada | 18 | Shunde |
6 | Julieanna LAW 羅婷婷 | Montréal | Canada | 18 | Hakka |
7 | Shirley ZHOU 周雪 | Vancouver | Canada | 20 | Beijing |
8 | Pattareeya THANITANONT 王麗君 | Bangkok | Thailand | 23 | Shantou |
9 | Hsiao Han CHANG 張少涵 | Brisbane | Australia | 21 | Taipei |
10 | Pearl TSANG 曾曉妍 | Calgary | Canada | 22 | Shunde |
11 | Meng Jun YANG 楊夢珺 | The Hague | Netherlands | 21 | Zhejiang |
12 | Shirley YEUNG 楊思琦 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 23 | Meixian |
13 | Diane YU 楊如依 | Manila | Philippines | 22 | Shanghai |
14 | Jenny GU 顧颭 | Chicago | USA | 22 | Beijing |
15 | Ada LIU 劉梓嬌 | Sydney | Australia | 18 | Beijing |
16 | Lisa HUANG 黃淑君 | Singapore | Singapore | 19 | Guangdong |
17 | Michelle LUM 林美儀 | San Francisco | USA | 21 | Xinhui |
18 | Angela FOO 符愫娛 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 24 | Hainan |
19 | Pamela WOON 溫美玲 | Seattle | USA | 23 | Taishan |
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