Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010
The 22nd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 was held on November 5, 2010. Tianjin, China would host the pageant for the first time. TVB would broadcast the pageant one day later, delayed, for the first time ever. Miss Chinese International 2009 Christine Kuo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crowned her successor, Eliza Sam of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the end of the three-hour pageant, marking Vancouver's fifth win.[1]
| Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 5, 2010 |
| Presenters | Carol Cheng, Derek Li, Jin Liu |
| Entertainment | Raymond Lam, Leo Ku, Eliza Chan, Liu Xuan |
| Venue | Tianjin Goldin Metropolitan Hotel, Tianjin, China |
| Broadcaster | TVB |
| Entrants | 24 |
| Placements | 12 |
| Winner | Eliza Sam 岑麗香 Vancouver, .svg.png){kind=small} |
| Congeniality | Lu Bai 白鷺 Foshan,  |
Pageant information
The slogan to this year's pageant is "Chinese Beautiful Posture, Beautiful Shadows of Red Dust" 「中華美態 紅塵儷影」. This year marks the first time the pageant is held in the fall since 1989. The Masters of Ceremonies are Carol Cheng and Derek Li from Hong Kong, as well as Jin Liu from Tianjin. Special performers include Raymond Lam and Leo Ku.
Results
Kuala Lumpur representative, Belle Theng made it to the top 3 and finished as 1st runner up. She is the first contestant from her region to advance to semi-finals, since 2006 when Annabelle Kong was the 2nd runner up and won the Miss Friendship Award.[2]
| Placement | Contestant | City Represented | Country Represented |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Chinese International 2010 | Eliza Sam 岑麗香 | Vancouver | |
| 1st Runner-Up | Belle Theng 陳美妤 | Kuala Lumpur |  |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Candy Chang 張慧雯 | Toronto | |
| Top 6 Finalists | Athena Zhang 張滿 Lu Bai 白鷺 Toby Chan 陳庭欣 | Auckland Foshan Hong Kong |   |
| Top 12 Semi-Finalists | Simwayn Tran 陳心慰 May Yan Wong 王美艷 Maisie Tran 陳美詩 Cynthia Zhang 張聖女 Melanie Lu 陸曼 Cindy Liu 劉捷 | Amsterdam Melbourne Montréal New York City Sydney Henan |  .svg.png){kind=small}  |
Special awards
- Miss Friendship: Lu Bai 白鷺 (Foshan)
- Miss Home Beauty: Belle Theng 陳美妤 (Kuala Lumpur)
Contestant list
Contestants that received media attention
- Vancouver Eliza Sam was the hot favorite for being the cutest girl out of the contestants. She won the pageant due to the four votes from Joe Ma Tak Chung, Sonija Kwok Sin Lei, Kate Tsui Chi San and Lau Yang.[3]
- Sydney contestant Melanie Lu was 1 of only 2 girls with perfect proportions of 36"-24½"-36½",the other was Toronto contestant Candy Chang 35"-23"-35" and was publicly lauded by the Hong Kong media for her voluptuous figure and breasts.[4]