- Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988
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Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988 Date October 2, 1988 Presenters Lydia Shum, Philip Chan Entertainment Leslie Cheung Venue Lee Theatre, Hong Kong Broadcaster TVB Entrants 17 Placements 3 Winner Michelle Reis
Hong KongMiss Chinese International Pageant 1988, the 1st Miss Chinese International Pageant was held on October 2, 1988 in Hong Kong. The pageant was organized and broadcast by TVB in Hong Kong. At the end of the pageant, Run Run Shaw crowned Michelle Reis of Hong Kong as the first Miss Chinese International. Hong Kong would not win the pageant, until 12 years later when Sonija Kwok wins the crown in 2000.
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Pageant information
The theme to this year's pageant is "Chinese Light Shines Throughout the World, TVB Makes New History" 「華裔光采耀全球 無線電視創新猶」. The Masters of Ceremonies were Lydia Shum and Philip Chan. Special performing guest was cantopop singer Leslie Cheung. This is the first year of the pageant, and makes history as the first ever international Chinese pageant.
Results
Placement Contestant City Representated Country Represented Miss Chinese International 1988 Michelle Reis 李嘉欣 Hong Kong Hong Kong1st Runner-Up Tammy Lee 李玉蘭 Seattle 
USA2nd Runner-Up Sharon Kwok 郭秀雲 San Francisco USASpecial awards
- Miss Friendship: Tanya Lim 林綺梅 (Calgary)
- Miss Photogenic: Michelle Reis 李嘉欣 (Hong Kong)
Contestant list
No. Contestant Name Represented City Represented Country Age 1 Yuen Mei MAK 麥宛美 Toronto 
Canada20 2 Tammy LEE 李玉蘭 Seattle USA21 3 Stephanie CHAN 陳馥荃 Melbourne 
Australia19 4 Wang XU 徐泓 London 
United Kingdom22 5 Suet Yee HO 何雪儀 Vancouver Canada22 6 Lai Nga CHEONG 張麗雅 Tahiti 
French Polynesia25 7 Jasmine NG 黃海蓮 Singapore 
Singapore24 8 Sharon KWOK 郭秀雲 San Francisco USA18 9 Michelle Monique REIS 李嘉欣 Hong Kong Hong Kong18 10 Vivian TANG 唐惠隱 Montréal Canada18 11 Siu Lan CHAN 陳少蘭 Brisbane Australia18 12 Mei Yuk PANG 彭美玉 Manila 
Philippines20 13 Rebecca CHAO 趙英華 Taipei 
Chinese Taipei20 14 Tanya LIM 林綺梅 Calgary Canada24 15 Shui Lin LEE 李瑞蓮 Scarborough Canada21 16 Helena LO BLANCO 白海倫 Macau 
Macau19 17 To Ying YIU 姚道瑩 Sydney Australia21 Contestant notes
- Michelle Reis 李嘉欣 of Hong Kong competed at Miss World 1988 weeks later. She missed the top 10 by a slight margin, despite receiving a high preliminary score. She was supposedly competing in Miss Universe 1989, in Cancun, Mexico, but withdrew due to health reasons.
- Tammy Lee of Seattle went on to compete in The Apprentice Season 1. She was fired on week 7.
External links
Johnny's Pageant Page - Miss Chinese International Pageant 1988
Miss Chinese International Pageant Categories:- Miss Chinese International Pageants
- TVB
- 1988 beauty pageants
- 1988 in Hong Kong
- Beauty pageants in Hong Kong
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