Miss Macau Explained

Miss Macau Organization
Formation:1972
Type:Beauty pageant
Headquarters:Macau
Location:Macau
Language:Chinese
Leader Title:Organization
Leader Name:Macau Pageant Alliance - 澳門選美連盟
Kimmy Low ― Miss Universe Macau Organization
Website:Miss Macau

Miss Macau (澳門小姐) is a national beauty pageant in Macau. It was first held in 1972. The current Miss Macau is Bobo Leong (梁洛郗), winner of the 2019 pageant.

History

Miss Macau was held for the first time in 1972 and the program was sponsored by the Sociedade de Turismo e Diversões de Macau (STDM). In 1972, the Miss Macau allowed to represent Macau at Miss Portugal pageant. Previously, Macau was a province from 1897 to 1976 and later the autonomous region of Macau in Portugal from 1976 to 1999. In 1972, Miss Macau won Miss Congeniality award at Miss Portugal competition. Between 1985 and 1998 the Miss Macau pageant was organized by TDM - Teledifusão de Macau.

Miss Macau 1963

A Macau beauty queen identified in 1963, she is Ying Yun Hiu. She competed at Miss Asia in April 1963 in Tokyo, Japan and named as the first Macau beauty queen who competed internationally. She also scheduled to compete at Miss Universe 1963 but enabled to compete since Macau politically between 1897 and 1976 was a province of Portugal.

Macau Pageant Alliance

In 2009, the MPA or Macau Pageant Alliance held for the first time. The alliance is officially franchise holder for Miss World and Miss International.[1]

Titleholders

1972

YearMiss MacauFirst Runner-upSecond Runner-upThird Runner-upFourth Runner-up
1972Anabela Oliveira da Costa那打利拜華伊利沙白亞馬留戴安娜花地瑪啤啤

1985―present

YearMiss MacauFirst Runner-upSecond Runner-up
1985Wong Yuk SimCarolina Maria LopesMarina da Rocha Lopes
1986Patricia Cheong SaiAngela Tsang劉少英
1987Olivia Ana Maria do Rosário呂靜紅溫雪梅
1988Helena da Conceição Lo Branco周維娜Vera Chao
1989Guilhermina "Mina" Madeira da Silva PedrucoLeong Mei ChanLily Lei Lei Lei
1990Alexandra Paula Costa MendesMicaela Mendes黃月媚
1991Cristina Guilherme Lam梁穎詩
1992Ho Lok ILucia Abrantes SantosIo Weng San
1993Isabela Madeira da Silva PedrucoLisa dos Santos LewisBalia Chan
1994Chen Ji MinDaniela Maria Costa MendesLao Hio
1995Geraldina Madeira da Silva PedrucoFon Io-InHelena Isabel Dillar Fernandes
1996Guiomar Madeira da Silva PedrucoLei FeiKimberley Chiu Nga Ling
1997Agnes Lo Vai VanRegina Gageiro MadeiraIvy Cheong Weng Mui
2008Florence LoiAna Kuan BarrosoCherry Ng
2009Laura LiSarah LeyshanJoyce Huang
2019Bobo LeongEmily YauDinelle Wong

Miss Universe Macau Organization

Beginning in 2024, the Miss Universe Organization allowed all the territories to compete at Miss Universe pageant. The Miss Universe Macau under Kimmy Low and sponsored by Zetrix, a Layer-1 interoperable blockchain designed to support real-world use cases among public sectors, enterprises and financial institution from Singapore.

YearDateMiss Universe MacauFirst Runner-upSecond Runner-up
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Miss Universe Macau

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sá . Goncalo César de . 2019-06-06 . Miss Macau pageant to return after 10-year hiatus . 2023-11-23 . Macao News . en-US.