The 17th

Miss Chinese International Pageant Miss Chinese International Pageant (, formerly 國際華裔小姐競選), or MCI () for short, is an annual international beauty pageant, organized and broadcast by TVB, a network television station in Hong Kong. It was established in 1988 and th ...

, Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 was held on January 29, 2005 in

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. The pageant was organized and broadcast by

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. Miss Chinese International 2004

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, Canada crowned

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as the new winner. Li was the fourth winner from Vancouver to win the crown and the second time a consecutive win occurred.

Pageant information

The theme to this year's pageant is "Unlimited Beauty, Five Thousand Years of Enticement" 「美麗無限五千年的心動」. The Masters of Ceremonies include

Lawrence Cheng Lawrence Cheng Tan-shui (born 28 December 1954) is a Hong Kong film actor, director, screenwriter, producer, and master of ceremonies. He was a Hong Kong DJ and radio channel executive. Cheng became famous after he created the radio drama ser ...

and

Stephen Au Stephen Au Kam-tong (born 26 April 1963) is a Hong Kong actor for TVB (2000–present). He was formerly an actor for ATV (1990–2000). He played David Mo (武紀勇) in TVB sitcom Best Selling Secrets (2007–2008). He also played the role ...

, with Joe Ngai as the guest host during the interview round. Special performing guest was

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singer

Eason Chan Eason Chan Yick Shun (born 27 July 1974) is a Hong Kong singer and actor. Chan was ranked sixth in the 2013 Forbes China Celebrity Top 100 List. In 2006 Chan's Cantonese album ''U87'' was named one of ''Time'' magazine's "Five Asian Albums W ...

Results

Special awards

*Miss Friendship: Jolene Chin 陳影雯 (Kuala Lumpur) *Miss Gorgeous: Kate Tsui 徐子珊 (Hong Kong)

Contestant list

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants: ;

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, : Lean Ma (Top 7)

External links

Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 Official Site
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