Miss Chinese Taipei


Miss Chinese Taipei, formerly known as Miss China is a national beauty pageant in Taiwan since 1960. The first and second place titleholders have the opportunity to represent Taiwan at the third largest international beauty pageant, Miss International. The current 2023 titleholder of Miss Chinese Taipei is Oceana Ling-Kurie.

History

1960–1964

Early in 1960 the Space Mass Communication sponsored the Taipei beauty contest and named as "Miss China". The winners became talent representatives of Chinese culture on world stages such as Miss Universe, Miss World and Miss International as "Miss Republic of China". The pageant existed between 1960 and 1964. The first title holder of 1960 was Janet Lin Chin-Yi who competed at the first annual Miss International 1960 in Long Beach, United States. The 1965 pageant was not held due to financial difficulties and controversies related to the personal lives of contestants. Following the end of official relations between Taiwan and the United States in 1979, proposals to restart the pageant focused on focused on making Taiwan more visible to the international community. Representatives of the Miss Universe contest visited Taiwan in 1984, to convince the government to resume the Miss China pageant, as mainland China refused to participate in such a "capitalistic activity". The Kuomintang government's official position through 1986 discouraged beauty pageants, citing the austerity policy in force at the time and its focus on the anti-communist war effort. After the 1986 winner of the Kaohsiung-based Miss Port City pageant placed third at the Miss Wonderland competition, Miss Universe organizers visited Taiwan again, and the ban on national beauty pageants was formally lifted in October 1987.

1988–2004

In April 1988 the pageant was revived as Miss Republic of China, followed by the 37th Miss Universe hosted by Taiwan, on May 24, 1988. Jade Hu Fei-Tsui, Miss Republic of China 1988 competed at the Miss Universe pageant. In 1993 the Miss Taiwan was not held annually.
With the launch of Miss China World in 2001, political implications forced Miss Taiwan to use the name "Miss Chinese Taipei". The name was first used in the 2004 competition.

Titleholders

YearMiss Chinese TaipeiChinese NameNotes
1960Janet Lin珍妮特林
1961Lily Wang汪麗玲
1962Helen Liu劉秀嫚
1964Lana Yu于　儀
1988Jade Hu Fei-Tsui胡翡翠
1989Chen Yen-Ping陳燕萍
1990Wen Tzui-Pin溫翠蘋
1991Lin Shu-Chuan林樹娟
1992Shih Hsiu-Chieh施秀潔
1994Joanne Wu Chung-Chun吳忠君
1995Liao Chia-Yi廖家儀
1996Chen Hsiao-Fen陳曉芬
1997Chiou Kai-Ti邱凱蒂
1998Annie Tsai蔡慧瑛
1999Vivi Wang Wan-Fei王婉霏
2000Chang Lei-Ann張理安
2001/2002Chiang Hsin-Ting江欣婷
2003Beverly Chen Szu-Yu陳思羽
2004Janie Hsieh謝宜臻
2005Kimberly Chin陳家嘉
2006/2007Sasha Li林羿汎
2008Jamie Lin林洁明
2009/2010Chiou Yu-Ting邱于婷
2011/2012Jenny Lu盧貞伶
2013/2014Yan Yu-Yao楊于瑤
2015/2016Chan Chan陳海琳
2017/2018Kao Man-jung高曼容
2019/2020Zheng Ting-Yi鄭婷怡
2021/2022Lo Yang駱焉
2023/2024Oceana Ling-Kurie林沛瑢（林小海）

Big Four pageants representatives

The following women have represented Chinese Taipei in the Big Four international beauty pageants, the four major international beauty pageants for women. These are Miss World, Miss Universe, Miss International and Miss Earth.

Miss Earth Chinese Taipei

  • Note: From 2001 to 2006, Miss Taiwan used the sash Taiwan R.O.C. In 2007, she used the sash Taiwan. From 2008, Taiwan changed the sash Chinese Taipei.