Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998
Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 was held on January 25, 1998, in Hong Kong. It was the tenth annual pageant, and had 17 contestants.
The pageant was broadcast live through TVB and was streamed for the first time in Malaysia. Miss Chinese International 1997 Monica Lo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crowned Louisa Luk of San Francisco, USA as the new winner. Luk is the first winner from the United States and San Francisco's only winner, as of 2010.
Pageant information
The theme to the 1998 pageant was "Beautiful Shadows from The Land of the Gods, Ten Years of Love from the Dragons" 「神洲儷影 十載龍情. It also marked the tenth anniversary of the Miss Chinese International Pageant. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, and mandopop singer Emil Chau, who also served as the special performing guest. Other performing guests included cantopop singers Eason Chan, Edmond Leung and Miriam Yeung.10th anniversary guests
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the pageant, the organizers invited ten past award winners as special guests, who took part in an opening ceremony for the show. The list includes:Kit Wong 黃美潔, Miss Chinese International 1989Mina Pedruco 畢美娜, 1989 Second Runner-UpYen-Thean Leng 凌緣庭, Miss Chinese International 1991Siew-Kee Cheng 鍾秀枝, Miss Chinese International 1996Melissa Ng 吳美珩, 1996 First Runner-UpAmy Chung 鍾慧儀, 1996 Second Runner-UpWinnie Yeung 楊婉儀, 1996 Miss FriendshipMonica Lo 盧淑儀, Miss Chinese International 1997San San Lee 李珊珊, 1997 First Runner-UpResults
Special awards
Miss Friendship: May Ling Lai 黎美齡 Best National Costume: Lisa Vongthong 蔡明真 Miss Motherland Beauty: Louisa Luk 陸依薩Viewer's Voting Top 5 delegates
- Linda Chung 鍾玲玲
- Joey Tan 陳英麗
- Cecilia Wang 王瑾
- Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗
- Dina Goh 戈婷
Crossovers
Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:;Miss World
;Miss Universe
- 1998: : Virginia Yung