Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000 Explained

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.

Pageant information

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.

Results

PlacementContestantCity RepresentedCountry Represented
Miss Chinese International 2000 Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮Hong Kong Hong Kong
1st Runner-UpTiffany Yang 楊康怡Los Angeles United States
2nd Runner-UpCrystal Pan 潘欣欣Vancouver Canada

Special awards

Contestant list

No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age
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

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

Miss Universe

Contestant notes

-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.

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