Winner: | Sonjia Kwok |
Represented: | Hong Kong |
Date: | February 6, 2000 |
Presenters: | Eric Tsang, Jerry Lamb, Anne Heung, Michelle Ye |
Acts: | Aaron Kwok |
Entrants: | 19 |
Venue: | Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, United States |
Broadcaster: | TVB |
Congeniality: | Jessie Cheng Melbourne, Australia |
Placements: | 3 |
Next: | 2001 |
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.
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.
Placement | Contestant | City Represented | Country Represented | |
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Miss Chinese International 2000 | Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | |
1st Runner-Up | Tiffany Yang 楊康怡 | Los Angeles | United States | |
2nd Runner-Up | Crystal Pan 潘欣欣 | Vancouver | Canada |
No. | Contestant Name | Represented City | Represented Country | Age | |
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1 | Katie LEUNG 梁燕琦 | 24 | |||
2 | Vivi WANG 王婉霏 | 21 | |||
3 | Tiffany YANG 楊康怡 | 19 | |||
4 | Janet LAO 勞嫣藍 | 19 | |||
5 | Karen CHEN 陳媛 | 21 | |||
6 | Alina ZHANG 張萌 | 18 | |||
7 | Mimi CHEN 陳伊奇 | 21 | |||
8 | Chin-Ee CHONG 張競以 | 21 | |||
9 | Lang SIM 沈木蘭 | 23 | |||
10 | Jessie CHENG 成潔 | 22 | |||
11 | Waraporn SIRISIN 李美嫻 | 21 | |||
12 | Ava CHAN 陳仙仙 | 18 | |||
13 | Ivy VONG 黃咪咪 | 25 | |||
14 | Angela CHIU 邱文蕙 | 20 | |||
15 | Crystal PAN 潘欣欣 | 20 | |||
16 | Sonjia KWOK 郭羨妮 | 25 | |||
17 | Nancy KAO 高子瑛 | 20 | |||
18 | Philomena HO 何贊妮 | 23 | |||
19 | Alvie LIN 林佩蘭 | 22 |
Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
-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 2010, 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.