Miss Chinese International Pageant 2003

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Miss Chinese International Pageant 2003
DateJanuary 25, 2003
Presenters Priscilla Ku, Sonjia Kwok, Cutie Mui, Louis Yuen
Entertainment Kelly Chen, Sonjia Kwok, Michelle Ye
Venue TVB City, Hong Kong
Broadcaster TVB
Entrants20
Placements5
Winner Rachel Tan
Kuala Lumpur, Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
  2002
2004  

The 15th anniversary of the pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2003 was held on January 25, 2003 in Hong Kong. TVB of Hong Kong broadcast and distributed the pageant worldwide. In the end, Miss Chinese International 2002 Shirley Zhou of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned Rachel Tan of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia as the new winner. As of 2010, it still is Kuala Lumpur's only win.

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Pageant information

The theme to this year's pageant is "Snow Reflects Beauty in Different Colours, Chinese Beauty of Fifteen Years" 「雪映佳人放異彩 華裔艷倩十五年」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Priscilla Ku, Sonjia Kwok, Cutie Mui, and Louis Yuen. Special performing guests were cantopop singer Kelly Chen, Miss Chinese International 1999, Michelle Ye and Miss Chinese International 2000 Sonjia Kwok.

Results

PlacementContestantCity RepresentedCountry Represented
Miss Chinese International 2003 Rachel Tan 陳泳錦 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
1st Runner-Up Tiffany Lam 林敏俐 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
2nd Runner-UpDiana Wu 吳丹 Toronto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Top 5 FinalistsKun Duangmanee 陳美鳳
Susie Wang 汪鑫
Bangkok
Sydney
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Special awards

Contestant list

No.Contestant NameRepresented CityRepresented CountryAgeChinese Origin
1Kelly CHING 程嘉怡 Calgary Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 18 Zhongshan
2Kun DUANGMANEE 陳美鳳 Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 22 Fujian
3Tanya RATTRAY 羅珮琪 Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 20 Taipei
4Angela LU 陸韻 Montréal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 22 Shanghai
5 Rachel TAN 陳泳錦 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 20 Fujian
6Linna DU 杜林娜 Johannesburg Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 21 Beijing
7May TEO 張美茹 Los Angeles Flag of the United States.svg  USA 20 Taipei
8Annie MA 馬安妮 Seattle Flag of the United States.svg  USA 23 Guangdong
9Lola GONG 龔弦君 Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 21 Zhejiang
10Diana WU 吳丹 Toronto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 18 Xi'an
11Patty WONG 王少玲 Lima Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 23 Guangdong
12Jessica LOUSSAN 劉鈴燕 Tahiti Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 20 Hakka
13Angeline CHANG 曾㛢雰 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 19 Chaoyang
14 Jessie LIU 劉美誼 New York City Flag of the United States.svg  USA 21 Guangdong
15Annie WANG 王燁希 Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21 Beijing
16Susie WANG 汪鑫 Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 18 Taipei
17Grace LEE 李景熙 Manila Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 20 Suzhou
18Pamela CHANG 張少英 Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 19 Taipei
19Monique XU 徐曉力 Chicago Flag of the United States.svg  USA 25 Shanghai
20 Tiffany LAM 林敏俐 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 22 Xinhui

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