Miss New York Chinese Pageant
Miss NY Chinese, also known as Miss New York Chinese or Miss Chinese New York and formerly called Miss Greater Chinatown NYC Beauty Pageant, is a beauty pageant that selects New York City's representative to the Miss Chinese International beauty pageant held in Hong Kong each year. Notable winners include Michelle Ye and Fala Chen. Participants must be between the ages of 17 and 25 with a basic understanding of the Chinese language, among other requirements.
List of winners
[edit]Note: The winners from 1992 to 2000 held the title Miss Greater Chinatown NYC. In 2002, the pageant's name was changed to Miss NY Chinese. The omitted years represent no New York representative to the pageant. The Miss New York Chinese Pageant started in 2001.
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| Year represented at MCI | Delegate number at MCI and name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Chinese International | Special awards at Miss Chinese International | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 13. Gina Wu | 25 | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 2018 | 10. Rose Li | 22 | Winner | |||
| 2017 | 11. Stitch Yu | 22 | Winner | |||
| 2016 | 9. Mary Chen | 18 | 1st Runner-up | |||
| 2015 | 11. Catherine(Juqiao) Hui | Yunnan, China | 18 | 2nd Runner-up | ||
| 2014 | 10. Maggie Zhang | 21 | Top 5 finalist | |||
| 2013 | 11. Vivian Li | Jiang Su, China | 21 | |||
| 2012 | 15. Jasmine Hayter | Atlanta, Georgia | 20 | Top 10 Finalist | Euro-America Region Vitality Award | |
| 2010 | 12. Cynthia Zhang | Jilin, China | 20 | Top 12 Semifinalist | Published Chinese author at age of 12. Runway model | |
| 2009 | 18. Vicki Pon | 18 | ||||
| 2008 | 17. Stacy Wang | Harbin, China | 18 | Later crowned as the winner of Phoenix TV's 2009 Miss Chinese Cosmos of the Americas in Las Vegas. Briefly a mainland China TV actress with Hairun Media. | ||
| 2007 | 9. Sirena Wang | Jilin, China | 20 | Top 5 finalist | Audience Favorite Award | |
| 2006 | 3. Nicole Wang | 22 | Later a mainland China actress | |||
| 2005 | 10. Fala Chen | Chengdu, China | 21 | 1st runner up | Previously Miss Asian America 2002 and 1st runner up at Miss Chinatown USA 2003. Later TVB actress. | |
| 2004 | 18. Lien Xian | 17 | ||||
| 2003 | 14. Jessie Liu | First Miss NY Chinese winner to compete in Miss Chinese International. | ||||
| 2000 | 7. Mimi Chen | 21 | ||||
| 1999 | 14. Michelle Ye | Winner | Miss Classic Beauty | Originally second runner up at Miss NY Chinese 1998 but later winner after original winner resigned and 1st runner up declined title. Later TVB actress. But she accepted the contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited when her contract ended with TVB in June 2005. | ||
| 1996 | 11.Amy Chung | 2nd runner up | Later dethroned as 2nd runner up and Miss NY Chinese 1995 after it was found out that she committed credit fraud and failed to report it. Chung also lied about enrolling and graduating with a masters from Harvard University. | |||
| 1995 | 6. Linda Liu | |||||
| 1994 | 11.Diane Wang | 1st runner up | ||||
| 1993 | 7. Sun Kit Man | First Miss Greater Chinatown NYC winner and first NY representative at Miss Chinese International. |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Chinese International pageant
Acting success
[edit]Past winners have gone on to work in the entertainment industry (e.g., acting, singing) in China (Hong Kong and mainland), but this is not a guarantee. Most notable is Michelle Ye, who was a TVB actress for six years. Fala Chen is also an actress in TVB now. Nicole Wang is currently in mainland China for acting.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ NY Chinese beauty pageant seeks contestants. China Daily. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.
- Hauser, Brooke (August 12, 2007). "The Rainbow Runway". The New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
- "Introducing the 2011 Miss NY Chinese". Asian Fusion Magazine. Retrieved 2013-07-07.