Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005

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Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005
DateJanuary 29, 2005
Presenters
Entertainment Eason Chan
Venue TVB City, Hong Kong
Broadcaster TVB
Entrants22
Placements5
Winner Leanne Li
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Congeniality Jolene Chin
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
  2004
2006  

The 17th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 was held on January 29, 2005 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 2004 Linda Chung of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned Leanne Li as the new winner. Li was the fourth winner from Vancouver to win the crown and the second time a consecutive win occurred.

Contents

Pageant information

The theme to this year's pageant is "Unlimited Beauty, Five Thousand Years of Enticement" 「美麗無限 五千年的心動」. The Masters of Ceremonies include Lawrence Cheng and Stephen Au, with Joe Ngai as the guest host during the interview round. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Eason Chan.

Results

Placements

PlacementContestant
Miss Chinese International 2005
1st Runner-Up
2nd Runner-Up
Top 5

Special awards

Contestant list

No.Contestant NameRepresented CityRepresented CountryAgeChinese Origin
1Gaynor CHIN 陳慧玲 Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 23 Guangdong
2Jessica YOUNG 楊文琪 Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 19 Guangdong
3Annie CHANG 張聖瑩 San Francisco Flag of the United States.svg  USA 25 Shanxi
4Lisa WANG 王玥琪 Chicago Flag of the United States.svg  USA 22 Shanghai
5 Jolene CHIN 陳影雯 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 25 Guangdong
6Linda TOMKO 林婉葒 Seattle Flag of the United States.svg  USA 20 Taiwan
7Mary SY 施佳兒 Manila Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 21 Guangdong
8Patricia HON 韓穎恩 Calgary Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20 Chaozhou
9Jasmine LIN 林詩惠 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 21 Fujian
10 Fala CHEN 陳法拉 New York City Flag of the United States.svg  USA 22 Zhejiang
11Jeanette MA 馬展蔚 Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 19 Zhongshan
12Lena MA 馬艷冰 Toronto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 17 Jinan
13Vivian ZHANG 張喆 Los Angeles Flag of the United States.svg  USA 22 Beijing
14Kelly WANG 王斯婭 Brisbane Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 18 Shanghai
15 Leanne LI 李亞男 Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 20 Shanghai
16Kimberly CHIN 陳家嘉 Taipei Flag of Chinese Taipei for Olympic games.svg  Chinese Taipei 22 Guangdong
17 Kate TSUI 徐子珊 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 25 Guangdong
18Maria AUGUSTO WONG 王雪紅 Lima Flag of Peru.svg  Peru 24 Taishan
19Joyce DEJONG 何美馨 Amsterdam Flag of the Netherlands.svg  The Netherlands 21 Guangdong
20Cecilia LIU 劉佳 Montréal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 21 Beijing
21Elodie CHUNG 鍾美蓮 Tahiti Flag of French Polynesia.svg  French Polynesia 21 Guangdong
22Pradubduen SAWANKWAN 修懿芳 Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 19 Henan

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