# Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010

The 22nd Miss Chinese International Pageant, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 was held on November 5, 2010. Tianjin, China would host the pageant for the first time. TVB would broadcast the pageant one day later, delayed, for the first time ever. Miss Chinese International 2009 Christine Kuo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crowned her successor, Eliza Sam of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada at the end of the three-hour pageant, marking Vancouver's fifth win.

## Pageant information

The slogan to this year's pageant is "Chinese Beautiful Posture, Beautiful Shadows of Red Dust" 「中華美態 紅塵儷影」. This year marks the first time the pageant is held in the fall since 1989. The Masters of Ceremonies are Carol Cheng and Derek Li from Hong Kong, as well as Jin Liu from Tianjin. Special performers include Raymond Lam and Leo Ku.

## Results

| Placement | Contestant | City Represented | Country Represented |
| Miss Chinese International 2010 | Eliza Sam 岑麗香 | Vancouver | Canada |
| 1st Runner-Up | Belle Theng 陳美妤 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia |
| 2nd Runner-Up | Candy Chang 張慧雯 | Toronto | Canada |
| Top 6 Finalists | Athena Zhang 張滿 Lu Bai 白鷺 Toby Chan 陳庭欣 | Auckland Foshan Hong Kong | New Zealand China Hong Kong |
| Top 12 Semi-Finalists | Simwayn Tran 陳心慰 May Yan Wong 王美艷 Maisie Tran 陳美詩 Cynthia Zhang 張聖女 Melanie Lu 陸曼 Cindy Liu 劉捷 | Amsterdam Melbourne Montréal New York City Sydney Henan | The Netherlands Australia Canada USA Australia China |

### Special awards

* Miss Friendship: Lu Bai 白鷺 (Foshan)
* Miss Home Beauty: Belle Theng 陳美妤 (Kuala Lumpur)

## Contestant list

| No. | Contestant Name | Represented City | Represented Country | Age | Chinese Origin |
| 1 | Athena ZHANG 張滿 | Auckland | New Zealand | 23 | Harbin |
| 2 | Simwayn TRAN 陳心慰 | Amsterdam | The Netherlands | 20 | Chaozhou |
| 3 | Mintra SOJIPHAN 丁文冰 | Bangkok | Thailand | 23 | Wenchang |
| 4 | Jessica LIN 林晨諭 | Chicago | USA | 21 | Taiwan |
| 5 | Lu BAI 白鷺 | Foshan | China | 22 | Shandong |
| 6 | Toby CHAN 陳庭欣 | Hong Kong | Hong Kong | 23 | Shunde |
| 7 | Belle THENG 陳美妤 | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 24 | Fujian |
| 8 | Laura LI 李若瀅 | Macau | Macao | 22 | Guangdong |
| 9 | Samantha DY 李璇璇 | Manila | Philippines | 21 | Fujian |
| 10 | May Yan WONG 王美艷 | Melbourne | Australia | 22 | Hainan |
| 11 | Maisie TRAN 陳美詩 | Montréal | Canada | 21 | Fujian |
| 12 | Cynthia ZHANG 張聖女 | New York City | USA | 20 | Jilin |
| 13 | Amy CHU 周玉霞 | San Francisco | USA | 25 | Guangxi |
| 14 | Cynthia VUONG 王佩芷 | Seattle | USA | 23 | Foshan |
| 15 | Adeline YAP 葉佳慧 | Singapore | Singapore | 25 | Fujian |
| 16 | Melanie LU 陸曼 | Sydney | Australia | 23 | Beijing |
| 17 | Connie CHUNG 鍾梓尤 | Tahiti | French Polynesia | 21 | Guangdong |
| 18 | Candy CHANG 張慧雯 | Toronto | Canada | 20 | Beijing |
| 19 | Eliza SAM 岑麗香 | Vancouver | Canada | 25 | Guangzhou |
| 20 | Candy FANG 方蘭 | Hebei | China | 21 | Chaoshan |
| 21 | Man Zi LI 李曼姿 | Guangzhou | China | 18 | Shenyang |
| 22 | Cindy LIU 劉捷 | Henan | China | 25 | Henan |
| 23 | Jasmine LIU 劉雅婷 | Jiangxi | China | 22 | Shandong |
| 24 | Yoyo YANG 楊逸歐 | Guangdong | China | 23 | Gansu |

## Contestants that received media attention

* Vancouver Eliza Sam was the hot favorite for being the cutest girl out of the contestants. She won the pageant due to the four votes from Joe Ma Tak Chung, Sonija Kwok Sin Lei, Kate Tsui Chi San and Lau Yang.
* Sydney contestant Melanie Lu was 1 of only 2 girls with perfect proportions of 36"-24½"-36½",the other was Toronto contestant Candy Chang 35"-23"-35" and was publicly lauded by the Hong Kong media for her voluptuous figure and breasts.