Miss Asia Pageant

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ATV亞洲小姐競選

ATV 亚洲小姐竞选

Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Yàzhōu Xiǎojie Jìngxuǎn
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	aa³ zau¹ siu² ze² ging³ syun²

ATV Miss Asia Pageant formerly Miss Asia Pageant (亞洲小姐競選), is an annual Hong Kong-based beauty pageant organized and broadcast by Asia Television (ATV). Originating in 1985 as a local Hong Kong pageant, the contest went on hiatus from the 2000 through 2003, and was re-branded as an Asian pageant in 2004, with contestants spanning the continent of Asia.

Pageant structure

Beginnings as local pageant

With the success of the Miss Hong Kong Pageant by rival Hong Kong television station Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB), ATV started organizing Miss Asia Pageant in 1985, searching out Hong Kong's representative for Miss Asia Pacific International (then known as the Miss Asia Pacific Quest). The pageant name was a bit of a misnomer back then as Miss Asia Pageant was actually named to match the name of organizer Asia Television Limited, and it was solely intended for local Hong Kong residents to enter.

In 1995, the pageant made history by removing age restrictions for delegates.^[1] That year, Aicardi Jiang (宮雪花), at the age of 47 years became the oldest delegate of Miss Asia, placing fifth in the pageant. On the other end of the spectrum, On-Yuen To (陶安仁), was the youngest delegate at the age of 15 years.^[2]

In 2000, due to poor ratings and lack of sponsors, ATV announced that the pageant would go on hiatus until further notice.

Post-hiatus

In 2004, ATV rebooted the pageant and re-branded it as an event for not just Hong Kong, but also for the rest of Asia as contestants from other parts of Asia now participate, finally living up to its namesake as an Asia-wide pageant.^[3] However, the pageant is still very Chinese focused, with multiple representatives from Hong Kong, Taiwan and Mainland China, compared to one contestant from each of the rest of the countries.

As of 2011, Miss Asia Chinese Regional Competitions selects Chinese delegates in several regions: Hong Kong, Macau, Mainland China, Taiwan, Canada, and US. Then, the top performers of these competitions come together for the ATV Miss Asia Pageant Greater China Finals, which also acts as the semi-finals of the ATV Miss Asia Pageant, selecting around 10 finalists (12 finalists are selected in 2013).^[1] These delegates are then joined by national pageant winners from other Asian countries to compete the crown of ATV Miss Asia at the Finals.

Also in 2011, the pageant name has been modified to ATV Miss Asia Pageant (ATV亞洲小姐競選), adding the organizer's name to the title, to distinguish it from other Asia-wide beauty pageants.^[1]

Whereas the pageant mirrored Miss Hong Kong Pageant pre-hiatus, it now more closely resembles the Miss Chinese International Pageant, which is also organized by rival television station, TVB.

Major award winners

1980s–1990s

Year	Winner	1st Runner-up	2nd Runner-up	Miss Photogenic	Miss Friendship
1985	Eva Lai 黎燕珊	Jinly Poon 潘銑儀	Veronica Yip 葉玉卿	no award given	Jaclyn Chu 朱慧珊
1986	Nina Li 利智	Wong Lai Ying 黃麗英	Ling Ng 吳寧	Wong Lai Ying 黃麗英	Elsie Chan 陳奕詩
1987	Dorothy Yau 邱月清	Anna Lee 李菁	Wong King Chun 黃景珍	Dorothy Yau 邱月清	Suk Bing Leung 粱淑冰
1988	Pui Lok 樂蓓	Angela Tsang 曾小燕	Ka Man Ng 吳嘉文	Lam Ling Leung 梁林玲	Siu-Foon Wong 黃素歡
1989	Yvonne Yung 翁虹	Joey Meng 萬綺雯	Candy Chiu 趙靜儀	Christine Ng 伍詠薇	Suk Sheung Chan 陳淑嫦
1990	Elaine Ng 吳綺莉	Elaine Da Silva 施綺蓮	Strawberry Yeung 楊玉梅	Strawberry Yeung 楊玉梅
1991	Candy Law 羅霖	Elizabeth Lai 黎虹燕	Kit Tang 鄧佩茜	Kit Tang 鄧佩茜
1992	Adela Fung 馮美英	Siu-Wai Lee 李小惠	Jenny Au 歐瑾	Betty Chan 陳綺明
1993	Candy Au 區淑貞	Yoko Wong 王薇	Judy Lau 劉曉群	Cammy Choi 蔡美蘭
1994	Lily Lee 李妮	Wai-Han Wong 王慧嫻	Olivia Cho 曹央雲	Sau Kuan Chung 鍾秀群
1995	Kristy Yang 楊恭如	Bonnie Lai 黎淑賢	Cecilia Lai 黎思嘉	Kristy Yang 楊恭如
1996	Alice Chan 陳煒	Feilin Miao 繆非臨	Emme Tsui 徐韻雯	Lily Chan 陳莉莉
1997	Belinda Hamnett 韓君婷	Sophia Guo 郭金	Ka Wai Ng 吳家慧	Sophia Guo 郭金
1998	Losa Law 羅麗莎	Michelle Wong 黃敏燁	Claire Yiu 姚嘉妮	Michelle Wong 黃敏燁
1999	Teresa Lou 樓茜妮	Kennes Yiu 饒林紅	Helen Chen 陳薇	Teresa Lou 樓茜妮

2004–2014

Year	Winner	1st Runner-up	2nd Runner-up	Miss Photogenic	Miss Friendship
2004	Coffee Lu 呂晶晶 China	Shine Wang 王慧 China	Queenie Fung 馮梓瑩 Hong Kong	Sherine Wong 黃淑玲 Malaysia	no award given
2005	Kitty Wang 王磊 China	In Yong Hong 洪仁穎 Korea	Anna Zhai 翟湘萍 China	In Yong Hong 洪仁穎 Korea	Sachie Tomita 富田幸江 Japan
2006	Daryna Shevchenko 達蓮娜·舒夫真高 Kazakhstan	Kelo Mang 孟玲 Hong Kong	Daisy Han 韓燕 China	Judy Tsang 曾敏 Canada	Anna Karina Renta 安娜嘉蓮娜·雲達 Philippines
2007	Grace Cheung 張家瑩 Hong Kong	Ju Hee Choi 崔智熹 Korea	Chen Sun 孫辰 China	Neha Ahuja 莉哈·歐凱智 India	Kathy Wu 吳嘉星 USA
2008	Eunis Yao 姚佳雯 China	Belinda Yan 顏子菲 Canada	Lene Lai 賴琳恩 Taiwan	Belinda Yan 顏子菲 Canada	Melody Yao 姚鳳鳳 / Clarissa Lin 林淑蓉 USA / Singapore
2009	Crystal Xu 許瑩 China	Viona Wang 王希瑤 Macau	Mifi Hsu 許嘉慧 Taiwan	Jing Jing Wang 王津津 China	Ka Wai Cheung 張加慧 Hong Kong
2010	Xin Wang 王欣 China	Vita Tsybulska 維他·芝寶絲娃 Tajikistan	Xiaozhi Liu 劉曉智 China	Vita Tsybulska 維他·芝寶絲娃 Tajikistan	Waranya Kitwattana 邱淑芬 Thailand
2011	Michelle Feng 馮雪冰 China	Koey Wong 王家敏 Hong Kong	Yi Joo Hong 洪利朱 Korea	Yi Joo Hong 洪利朱 Korea	Vasinee Veeraphong 陳思恩 Thailand
2012	Amy Chen 陳彥蓉 Taiwan	Annie Qi 齊真晨 China	Svetlana Gulakova 絲域蘭娜‧古拉高華 India	Vika Kong 孔芊芊 China	Thitika Uchupaiboonvong 倪淑君 Thailand
2013	Lily Fang 房星彤 China	Lena Dontsova 蘭娜·董素娃 Kyrgyzstan	Molly Chen 陳夢圓 China	Lena Dontsova 蘭娜·董素娃 Kyrgyzstan	Jinelle Liu 劉亞男 USA
2014	Max Zhang 張軼珺 China	May Tong 唐淑薇 Canada	Gloria Chen 陳洋鈴 China	May Tong 唐淑薇 Canada	May Tong 唐淑薇 Canada

Region rank by number of wins

Region Represented	First place	Second place	Third place	Total Top 3 Placements	First place Winning Year(s) (if applicable)
China	8	2	6	16	2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Hong Kong	1	2	1	4	2007
Kazakhstan	1	0	0	1	2006
Korea	0	2	1	3	N/A
Canada	0	2	0	2	N/A
Tajikistan	0	1	0	1	N/A
Taiwan	1	0	2	3	2012
India	0	0	1	1	N/A
Kyrgyzstan	0	1	0	1	N/A
Macau	0	1	0	1	N/A

Miss Asia showing at the International beauty stage

Miss World

Year	Miss World Hong Kong	Placement in Miss Asia	Miss World Results	Remarks
1989	Yvonne Yung 翁虹	Winner	Unplaced	First Miss World Hong Kong selected by ATV, as well as host delegate of Miss World 1989.
1990	Elaine da Silva 施綺蓮	1st Runner-up	Top 12, Miss World Beach Beauty	Last Miss Asia to compete in Miss World pageant.

Miss Asia Pacific

Year	Miss Asia Pacific Hong Kong	Placement in Miss Asia	Miss Asia Pacific Results	Remarks
1985	Eva Lai 黎燕珊	Winner	3rd Runner-up	First Miss Asia Pacific Hong Kong selected by ATV, as well as host delegate of Miss Asia Pacific 1985.
1986	Nina Li 利智	Winner	3rd Runner-up Miss Photogenic Miss Friendship	Host delegate of Miss Asia Pacific 1986.
1987	Dorothy Yau 邱月清	Winner	Top 15	Host delegate of Miss Asia Pacific 1987.
1988	Pui Lok 樂蓓	Winner	Top 16 Miss Talent	Host delegate of Miss Asia Pacific 1988.
1989	Yvonne Yung 翁虹	Winner	Top 12 Best National Costume Best in Long Gown	Host delegate of Miss Asia Pacific 1989.
1994	Lily Lee 李妮	Winner	Unplaced
1995	Kristy Yang 楊恭如	Winner	Unplaced
1996	Alice Chan 陳煒	Winner	Unplaced	Last Miss Asia to compete in Miss Asia Pacific Pageant.

References

1 2 3 "ATV Miss Asia Pageant History" (in Chinese). Asia Television Limited. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
↑ "Miss Asia 95 – No Age Restriction". Oriental Daily Hong Kong (in Chinese). On.cc. 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2012.
↑ "Miss Asia Pageant 2008 – Pageant Information" (in Chinese). Asia Television Limited. Retrieved 21 August 2012.

External links

ATV Miss Asia Pageant official website

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