2024 香港環球小姐及第一位澳門環球小姐 MISS UNIVERSE HONG KONG 2024 CROWNED & 1st MISS UNIVERSE MACAU NAMED.
(Image source: Ming Pao Weekly) Miss Universe Hong Kong was crowned on Thursday, Sept. 26 at AXA Dreamland in Sai Sha, Hong Kong. She is 24 year old art advisor and model Joanne Josephine Rhodes (姚祖恩). Joanne or “Jojo” as she goes by stands 1.72m tall and also bagged the Most Photogenic and Fan Favorite awards. She will represent Hong Kong at Miss Universe in November in Mexico City. This is a long awaited return to the stage since the last rep was in 2000 by Sonija Kwok. 1st Runner-up was Kiu Yan and 2nd Runner-up was former Miss Hong Kong (2017) Juliette Louie who also won the Best in Catwalk award.
On the same night, the very first Miss Universe Macau was announced. She is a Chinese-Portuguese model, dancer and creator Cassandra Veronica De Jesus Chiu (趙嘉晞).
Both are strong contenders for Miss Universe. BEST OF LUCK to Jojo and Cass in Mexico City!
2024 曉士頓華埠小姐 MISS CHINATOWN HOUSTON 2024 CROWNED.
On Saturday, July 13th, at the Royal Sonesta Hotel, a new Miss Chinatown Houston was crowned. .She is 19 year old university student Teresa So (蘇天愛). Teresa beat out 5 other contestants for the title. She will represent Houston at the Miss Chinatown USA pageant early next year.
On Saturday night, June 15th in the gardens of City Hall, #4 Meileen Foug Sung was crowned Miss Dragon. She will represent Tahiti at the next edition of Miss Chinese International should a pageant be held this year. Her runner-ups were #3 Angélina Madwasikin-Kartadinama and #8 Cynthia Wong respectively.
2024 龍小姐 MISS DRAGON (TAHITI) 2024 FINALISTS SELECTED
The 8 Finalists have been selected, the winner will represent Tahiti at the next edition of Miss Chinese International.
#1 Audrey MONPAS
#2 Tehanai KONG YEK FHAN
#3 Angélina MADWASIKIN-KARTADINAMA
#4 Meileen FOUG SUNG
#5 Teanavai CHANG SUI FAT
#6 Teresa LANOUX
#7 Stacy GILLE
#8 Cynthia WONG
2023 香港小姐候選佳麗新聞 MISS HONG KONG 2023 IS HILARY CHONG.
MISS HONG KONG - #15 Hilary Chong 1st Runner-up - #4 Lynne Wang 2nd Runner-up - #17 Lovelle Wang
Top 5 Finalists - #10 Hera Chan, #16 Juliana Kwok
Miss Photogenic - #4 Lynne Wang Miss Friendship - #8 Jenny Jiang
#15 Hilary Chong wins (Live Audience Most Liked Contestant) award at a mall event in Cheung Kwan O. Finishing in the Top 5 were #2 Jessica Wong, #5 Debbie Leung, #13 Cindy Cheung and #17 Lovelle Wang.
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At an event sponsored by Vegas 惟美360, 5 sponsor awards were given out: (Perfect Body Award) went to #16 Juliana Kwok, (Best Skincare Award) winner was #2 Jessica Wong, (Cosmetics Experience Award) went to #5 Debbie Leung and (Cosmetics Knowledge Awards) went to both #4 Lynn Wang and #10 Zora Chen.
Shining Vietnam Gala Dinner and awarding of “My Favorite Miss Hong Kong”.
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#15 Hilary Chong takes home the first award of the pageant, the 「越南越愛香港小姐獎」”My Favorite Miss HK award” during the Shining Vietnam Gala Dinner. The finalists also wore the traditional Ao Dai during the event.
The Finalists take a ride in traditional basket boats (Thung Chai) and dance in front of Da Nang Cathedral (Da Nang Pink Church).
The 16 Finalists donned on swimsuits and posed for the media at the resort in Hoi An. TVB has also officially announced that #11 Jennifer Zhou has withdrawn from the competition.
The 16 Finalists continue their filming in Vietnam in the countryside rice paddy fields.
The 16 Finalists continue their filming in Vietnam, this time in Hoi An while doing challenges and learning Vietnamese.
The 16 Finalists continue their filming in Vietnam in what looks to be at the Mỹ Sơn Sanctuary (ruins of Shaiva Hindu Temples constructed by the Cham people). One of the Finalists, #11 Jennifer Zhou still has not joined the group in Vietnam.
The 16 Finalists have arrived in Da Nang / Hoi An and have started filming.
The 17 Finalists meet the media for the first time. They have a brief self- intro and selected their contestant numbers.
The 17 Finalists for Miss Hong Kong 2023 have been selected after being whittled down from an original 26 contestants (4 of which withdrew and then another 4 eliminated). There were supposed to be 18 Finalists but contestant Lea Ho withdrew after being named top 18. The contestants are currently doing overseas filming in Da Nang and Hoi An, Vietnam. The finals are slated for August 27.
2023 全美華埠小姐誕生 MISS CHINATOWN USA 2023 CROWNED
FULL RESULTS:
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Miss Chinatown USA - #4 徐莊婕 Ashlyn Tsui, Redwood City, CA (Miss Talent) 1st Princess/Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce - #11 孫明馨 Stephanie Sun, South San Francisco, CA
Miss San Francisco Chinatown - #5 盧貴芳 Megan Lo, Sunnyvale, CA
2nd Princess - #9 袁加麗 Christine Yuan, Sugar Land, TX (Miss People’s Choice)
3rd Princess - #6 何啟月 Rachel He, Bellevue, WA
4th Princess - #8 林雅雯 Ya Wen (Aymi Lin, San Francisco, CA (Miss Charity)
Miss Congeniality- #3 程怡雯 Lisa Cheng, Friendswood, TX
Miss Community Service - #7 武利翔 Anne (Mia) Hitterman, Oak Park, IL
