Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012
# Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012

The 23rd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 was held on January 15, 2012. Miss Chinese International 2010, Eliza Sam from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada crowned her successor, Kelly Cheung from Chicago, USA at the end of the pageant. Cheung represented Hong Kong, China at Miss World 2012, becoming the first Miss Chinese International titleholder to represent the region in a Miss World Pageant that is not a Miss Hong Kong Pageant titleholder.

## Pageant information

The slogan to this year's pageant is "The Blooming of Cosmopolitan Charm" 「綻放大都會魅力」. The pageant was supposed to be held in the fall of 2011 but was delayed until early 2012 by the organizers. Hence, several 2010 regional titleholders had already crowned their successors in 2011 and were unable to enter the pageant. However, TVB decided to let both 2010 and 2011 titleholders compete; therefore, this year marked the first time where there are multiple representatives of the same region competing together, including Auckland, Melbourne, Kuala Lumpur, Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. The delegates representing Mainland China were chosen from a regional competition Miss Chinese International Pageant Mainland China Regional Competition 2011.

Also, the organizers decided to group the delegates into three regions: Asia-Pacific, Euro-America and Greater China. While all delegates competed for the crown, first and second runners-up, Miss Friendship and Miss Cosmopolitan, there are three regional awards that were awarded to delegates from each of the three regions: "Asia-Pacific Region Glamour Award", "Euro-America Region Vitality Award" and "Greater China Region Classic Elegance Award".

## Results

| Placement | Contestant | City Represented | Country Represented |
| - | - | - | - |
| Miss Chinese International 2012 | Kelly Cheung 張曦雯 | Chicago | USA |
| 1st Runner-Up | Cheryl Wee 黃馨慧 | Singapore | Singapore |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Lenna Lim 林家冰 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| Top 10 Semi-finalists | Bianca Lam 林曉賢 Biliya Pireeya 畢利雅 Aliya Fan 范文雅 Roro Chen 陳藝蓉 Jasmine Hayter 海莉鈴 Maggie Yu 于淼 Rebecca Zhu 朱晨麗 | Auckland Bangkok Melbourne London New York City Dalian Hong Kong | New Zealand Thailand Australia United Kingdom USA China Hong Kong |

### Special awards

| Special Awards | Contestant | City/Region Represented | Country Represented |
| - | - | - | - |
| Miss Friendship | Ashton Hong 洪美珊 | Toronto | Canada |
| Miss Cosmopolitan | Lenna Lim 林家冰 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| Asia-Pacific Region Glamour Award | Lenna Lim 林家冰 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| Euro-America Region Vitality Award | Jasmine Hayter 海莉鈴 | New York City | USA |
| Greater China Region Classic Elegance Award | Rebecca Zhu 朱晨麗 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong |

### Historical Significance

* This marks the first time since the pageant began where no Canadian representative placed within the semi-finals. Ashton Hong from Toronto won the Miss Friendship award and is the only Canadian representative of this year to win an award.

## Contestant list

| No. | Contestant Name | Represented City | Represented Country | Age | Region Group |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Bianca LAM 林曉賢 | Auckland | New Zealand | 20 | Asia-Pacific |
| 2 | Hillbe CAI 蔡健萍 | Auckland | New Zealand | 23 | Asia-Pacific |
| 3 | Biliya PIREEYA 畢利雅 | Bangkok | Thailand | 24 | Asia-Pacific |
| 4 | Emily YAP 葉伊秀 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 26 | Asia-Pacific |
| 5 | Lenna LIM 林家冰 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 23 | Asia-Pacific |
| 6 | Kady WILSON 林啟莉 | Manila | Philippines | 22 | Asia-Pacific |
| 7 | Aliya FAN 范文雅 | Melbourne | Australia | 26 | Asia-Pacific |
| 8 | Ying Jie MA 馬穎杰 | Melbourne | Australia | 20 | Asia-Pacific |
| 9 | Cheryl WEE 黃馨慧 | Singapore | Singapore | 24 | Asia-Pacific |
| 10 | Amy LIU 劉夢倩 | Sydney | Australia | 19 | Asia-Pacific |
| 11 | Kelly CHEUNG 張曦雯 | Chicago | USA | 21 | Euro-America |
| 12 | Roro CHEN 陳藝蓉 | London | United Kingdom | 23 | Euro-America |
| 13 | Wendy YU 余文杭 | Montréal | Canada | 21 | Euro-America |
| 14 | Amanda CHUNG 鍾雅雯 | Montréal | Canada | 21 | Euro-America |
| 15 | Jasmine HAYTER 海莉鈴 | New York City | USA | 20 | Euro-America |
| 16 | Hilary TAM 譚曉榆 | Toronto | Canada | 24 | Euro-America |
| 17 | Ashton HONG 洪美珊 | Toronto | Canada | 19 | Euro-America |
| 18 | Susan SU 蘇慧文 | Vancouver | Canada | 20 | Euro-America |
| 19 | Erica CHUI 徐穎堃 | Vancouver | Canada | 24 | Euro-America |
| 20 | Angel WANG 王安琪 | Anqing | China | 19 | Greater China |
| 21 | Lily XU 許敏 | Anyang | China | 21 | Greater China |
| 22 | Yue Rong HUANG 黃月蓉 | Beijing | China | 23 | Greater China |
| 23 | Una XIE 謝佳妤 | Beijing | China | 19 | Greater China |
| 24 | Alice LI 李俐璇 | Dalian | China | 22 | Greater China |
| 25 | Maggie YU 于淼 | Dalian | China | 23 | Greater China |
| 26 | Rebecca ZHU 朱晨麗 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 24 | Greater China |
| 27 | Nanci LI 李婷 | Tianjin | China | 20 | Greater China |
| 28 | Xin Yan HAO 郝心言 | Zhengzhou | China | 23 | Greater China |

## Contestants that have received media attention

* By coincidence, the Winner and well known model Chicago representative Kelly Cheung was chosen by lottery to try on the Miss Chinese International crown and scepter at the kickoff press conference on January 6, 2012.
* Vancouver representative Erica Chui is daughter of actor Norman Chui 徐少強 and actress Shirley Yim 雪梨, and niece of award-winning actress Michelle Yim 米雪 and received media attention although she tried to hide her identity.
* Kuala Lumpur representative and second runner-up, Lenna Lim and Hong Kong representative Rebecca Zhu are compared as look-alikes to Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 1st runner-up and award-winning actress Fala Chen 陳法拉 and received media attention due to the comparison.
