Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000

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.

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2000
DateFebruary 6, 2000
PresentersEric Tsang, Jerry Lamb, Anne Heung, Michelle Ye
EntertainmentAaron Kwok
VenueCaesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, United States
BroadcasterTVB
Entrants19
Placements3
WinnerSonjia Kwok
 Hong Kong

Pageant information

The theme to this year's pageant is "The Arrival of the Dragon, The Beauty Pageant of the Millenium" 「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
Placement Contestant City Represented Country Represented
Miss Chinese International 2000 Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 Hong Kong  Hong Kong
1st Runner-Up Tiffany Yang 楊康怡 Los Angeles  USA
2nd Runner-Up Crystal Pan 潘欣欣 Vancouver  Canada

Special awards
  • Miss Friendship: Jessie Cheng 成潔 (Melbourne)
  • Miss Internet Popularity: Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 (Hong Kong)
  • Miss Vegas Gorgeous: Sonjia Kwok 郭羨妮 (Hong Kong)

Contestant list
No.Contestant NameRepresented CityRepresented CountryAge
1Katie LEUNG 梁燕琦London United Kingdom24
2Vivi WANG 王婉霏Taipei Chinese Taipei21
3Tiffany YANG 楊康怡Los Angeles USA19
4Janet LAO 勞嫣藍Montréal Canada19
5Karen CHEN 陳媛San Francisco USA21
6Alina ZHANG 張萌Sydney Australia18
7Mimi CHEN 陳伊奇New York City USA21
8Chin-Ee CHONG 張競以Singapore Singapore21
9Lang SIM 沈木蘭Calgary Canada23
10Jessie CHENG 成潔Melbourne Australia22
11Waraporn SIRISIN 李美嫻Bangkok Thailand21
12Ava CHAN 陳仙仙Toronto Canada18
13Ivy VONG 黃咪咪Manila Philippines25
14Angela CHIU 邱文蕙Chicago USA20
15Crystal PAN 潘欣欣Vancouver Canada20
16Sonjia KWOK 郭羨妮Hong Kong Hong Kong25
17Nancy KAO 高子瑛Seattle USA20
18Philomena HO 何贊妮Kuala Lumpur Malaysia23
19Alvie LIN 林佩蘭Brisbane Australia22

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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