Miss Chinese International Pageant 2014

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Miss Chinese International Pageant 2014
DateJanuary 26, 2014
Presenters Eric Tsang, Eric Moo, Luisa Maria Leitão
Venue TVB City, Hong Kong
Broadcaster TVB
Entrants16
Placements14
Winner Grace Chan 陳凱琳
Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
CongenialityMandi Cheung 張佩雯
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
  2013
2015  

The 25th Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2014 was held on January 26, 2014. [1] Miss Chinese International 2013 Gloria Tang of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned her successor, Grace Chan of Hong Kong at the end of the pageant.

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Pageant information

The slogan to this year's pageant is "Beauty Reborn, The Fiery Phoenix" 「美麗重生 火鳳凰」. [2] For the first time in the history of the pageant, delegates were eliminated after each round of competition, slowing narrowing the field from 16 delegates to 14, then ten, six, and finally 5 finalists to compete for the crown.

The masters of ceremony this year are Eric Tsang, Eric Moo, and Luisa Maria Leitão. [3] Judges included singer Hacken Lee, model Kathy Chow, and Miss Hong Kong 1985 Second Runner-Up Ellen Wong. [4]

TingLi Lucia Lorigiano, Montreal's representative and 2nd Runner-Up, is the younger sister of TingJia Rosalinda Lorigiano, who represented Montreal in the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2008. Lucia's 2nd Runner-Up win marks the first time since 2001 in which Montreal has placed in the Top Three. [5]

Results

PlacementContestantCity RepresentedCountry/Region Represented
Miss Chinese International 2014 Grace Chan 陳凱琳 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong
1st Runner-UpCindy Zhong 鍾熠 Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
2nd Runner-UpTingLi Lucia Lorigiano 黃婷麗 Montréal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Top 5 FinalistsZhiny Ooi 黃之豫
Maggie Zhang 張雨晴
Kuala Lumpur
New York City
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
Flag of the United States.svg  USA
Top 6 FinalistsLydia Zhang 張雅旻 Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Top 10 Semi-finalistsBonny Hu 胡佩玲
Tiffany Du 杜昕然
Phyllis Dai 戴婕菲
Mandy Liang 梁淼
Foshan
Seattle
Sydney
Toronto
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China
Flag of the United States.svg  USA
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Top 14 Quarter-finalistsErica He 何雨蔚
Pemy Peramin 林佩敏
Wendy Shu 束雯
Mandi Cheung 張佩雯
Auckland
Bangkok
Los Angeles
Singapore
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand
Flag of the United States.svg  USA
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore

Special awards

Special AwardsContestantCity/Region RepresentedCountry Represented
Miss FriendshipMandi Cheung 張佩雯 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore

Judges

Contestant list

No.Contestant NameRepresented CityRepresented CountryAgeHeight
1Erica HE 何雨蔚 Auckland Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 265' 8"
2Thabkaew (Pemy) PERAMIN 林佩敏 Bangkok Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 225' 6"
3Jessica OU 區思敏 Chicago Flag of the United States.svg  USA 225' 3¼"
4Bonny HU 胡佩玲 Foshan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 205' 7"
5 Grace CHAN 陳凱琳 Hong Kong Flag of Hong Kong.svg  Hong Kong 225' 4"
6Zhiny OOI 黃之豫 Kuala Lumpur Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia 245' 9"
7Wendy SHU 束雯 Los Angeles Flag of the United States.svg  USA 265' 7"
8Lydia ZHANG 張雅旻 Melbourne Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 235' 4"
9TingLi Lucia LORIGIANO 黃婷麗 Montréal Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 205' 7½"
10Maggie ZHANG 張雨晴 New York City Flag of the United States.svg  USA 215' 8"
11Amanda LEE 李嘉嘉 San Francisco Flag of the United States.svg  USA 265' 3½"
12Tiffany DU 杜昕然 Seattle Flag of the United States.svg  USA 215' 6¼"
13Mandi CHEUNG 張佩雯 Singapore Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore 195' 6"
14Phyllis DAI 戴婕菲 Sydney Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 215' 6"
15Mandy LIANG 梁淼 Toronto Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 265' 7"
16Cindy ZHONG 鍾熠 Vancouver Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 235' 7"

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