Miss Chinese (Vancouver) Pageant


Miss Chinese Pageant or MCV for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild TV that selects Vancouver's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB. The pageant replaced the Miss Vancouver Chinatown Pageant, which selected Vancouver's representatives to the Miss Chinese International Pageant from 1988 to 1995.

History

The pageant began in 1995. Contestants must be of at least partial Chinese descent and have resided in Canada for continuous period of 6 months on the day the application form is signed. The age requirement is 17-27. The contestants must have never been married or pregnant or committed a crime. The pageant is held at the Vancouver Convention Centre in December of every year. However, in 2009 the location was moved to the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond, British Columbia due to the media currently taking place at the Vancouver Convention Centre for the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games.

Masters of ceremonies

Major award winners

MCV at Miss Chinese International Pageant

Vancouver has generally been fairly successful at the Miss Chinese International Pageant despite not placing in the top 3 until 1993, when Miss Vancouver Chinatown 1992, Elaine Barbara Der finished as 2nd runner up. In 2001, Miss Chinese Vancouver produced Vancouver's first MCI winner, Bernice Liu. Liu later joined TVB and is currently an actress. She was succeeded by Shirley Zhou in 2002. Linda Chung and Leanne Li then both won the Miss Chinese International 2004 and 2005 titles, represectively. Vancouver has produced 7 winners and including two back-to-back wins, a record no other city has yet to break.
Note: The winners from 1987 to 1994 are Miss Vancouver Chinatown, the pageant that was replaced by MCV.
Year represented at MCIDelegate number & nameAge1Placement Special awards won Notes
201919. Alice Lin 林昀佳27Top 10
201816. Cheryl Ng 伍殷嬅24Top 5
201716. Maria Rincon 王思思22
201614. Jennifer Coosemans 朱亞琳21Winner
201517. Erica Chen 陳怡靜24Top 5
201416. Cindy Zhong 鍾熠23First Runner-Up
201316. Gloria Tang 鄧佩儀20WinnerTVB Artiste
201218. Susan Su 蘇慧文20Because no MCI pageant was held in 2011, both MCV 2010 and 2011 were allowed to compete in MCI 2012.
201219. Erica Chui 徐穎堃24Because no MCI pageant was held in 2011, both MCV 2010 and 2011 were allowed to compete in MCI 2012.
201019. Eliza Sam 岑麗香25WinnerTVB Actress
200926. Cici Chen 陳娜良子23Second Runner-Up* Oriental Charm Ambassador AwardPreviously Miss Shanghai 2003
200816. Jessica Choi 蔡凱欣19Fairchild TV Artiste
200714. Susanna Su 蘇小蕊23Top 10
20061. Crystal Li 李培禎24Top 5Model in Taiwan
200515. Leanne Li 李亞男20WinnerTVB Actress
200412. Linda Chung 鍾嘉欣19WinnerTVB Actress & singer
200315. Annie Wang 王燁希
20027. Shirley Zhou 周雪20Winner* Miss Beauty And The Beast
20018. Bernice Liu 廖碧兒22Winner* Miss Talent
  • Miss Cosmopolitan
Actress & singer
200015. Crystal Pan 潘欣欣Second Runner-UpFairchild TV Artiste until 2003
19999. Janice Lee 李孟潔
19989. Dina Goh 戈婷Top 5 in viewer's voting
199712. Nancy Chong 莊慧芬
19966. Tracey Wong 黃月明First Miss Chinese Vancouver winner at Miss Chinese International pageant. TVB Actress until 2005.
1 Age at the time of the Miss Chinese International pageant
Note: This chart only reflects Miss Chinese International Pageant contestants that were winners of Miss Chinese Pageant, not of Miss Vancouver Chinatown Pageant, which is a separate pageant altogether.''