Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996 was held on January 27, 1996 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. Miss Chinese International 1995 Hsiang-Lin Ku crowned Siew-Kee Cheng of Singapore as the winner.

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996
DateJanuary 27, 1996
PresentersEric Tsang, Carol Cheng
VenueTV City, Hong Kong
BroadcasterTVB
Entrants19
Placements10
WinnerSiew-Kee Cheng 鍾秀枝
 Singapore
CongenialityWinnie Young
 Hong Kong

Pageant information

The slogan and theme to this year's pageant is "The Elegance of Yesteryears' Stars, The Vitality of Tonight's Delegates" 「昔日明星風釆 今夕佳麗風姿」. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Carol Cheng.

Results
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented
Miss Chinese International 1996 Siew-Kee Cheng 鍾秀枝 Singapore  Singapore
1st Runner-Up Melissa Ng 吳美珩 San Francisco  USA
2nd Runner-Up Amy Chung 鍾慧儀
(Dethroned in 1999 - see below)		 New York City  USA
Top 5 Finalists Tsun-Tsun Hsu 許純純
Kaimook Pindogmai 陳珍珠		 Taipei
Bangkok		  Chinese Taipei
 Thailand
Top 10 Finalists Winnie Young 楊婉儀
Patsy Poon 潘美詩
Siu-Ting Cheung 張少婷
Carol Low 李笑美
Wai-Kwan Yiu 姚蔚珺		 Hong Kong
Toronto
Tahiti
Kuala Lumpur
Los Angeles		  Hong Kong
 Canada
 French Polynesia
 Malaysia
 USA

Special awards
  • Miss Friendship: Winnie Young 楊婉儀 (Hong Kong)
  • Miss Glamour: Kaimook Pindogmai 陳珍珠 (Bangkok)

Amy Chung dethroning

In 1999, it was discovered that second runner-up Amy Chung of New York had an outstanding warrant for her arrest in USA as she left the country to enter the pageant while on probation stemming from a credit card fraud conviction. Chung had also lied about her academic credentials, claiming to have a master's degree from Harvard University when she only has taken courses from Harvard Extension School.

When news first leaked, Chung denied all rumours and went into hiding from the Hong Kong media, performing in Mainland China. However, she was summoned to TVB headquarters two weeks later and subsequently admitted to both her conviction and the embellishment of her educational records. As such, Chung was stripped of her title of Miss Chinese International 1996 Second Runner-Up and had her artiste contract with TVB terminated. Chung then returned to the US and turned herself in, where she served a 2-year prison term for her parole violation. Her title of second runner-up has been left vacant since.[1]

Crossovers

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

Miss World

References
  1. Amy Chung Destroyed Her Future Article from The Sun (Hong Kong) (In Chinese) dated 2002-10-05. Retrieved on 2012-01-08.


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