Composition
Chinese name change
Starting in 2007, the pageant allowed mainland Chinese participants, and the Chinese name of the pageant changed from 國際華裔小姐競選 (Cantonese: Gwokjai Wayeui Siuje Gingsyun; Mandarin: ''Guójì huáyì xiǎojiě jìngxuǎn''), which literally translated to "Miss International of Chinese Descent Pageant" to 國際中華小姐競選 (Cantonese: Gwokjai Jungwa Siuje Gingsyun (Mandarin: ''Guójì zhōnghuá xiǎojiě jìngxuǎn'') to reflect the change, matching the English pageant title of ''Miss Chinese International Pageant''.Participating regions
Africa
*Johannesburg, South Africa (1989; 1992–1997; 2003; 2006–2007; 2016–2017)The Americas
North America *Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1988–1996, 1998–2005, 2007–2008) *Chicago, United States (1989–2007, 2009–2015, 2019) *Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (1988–1993) *Honolulu, United States (1995; 1997; 1999; 2001–2002; 2018–present) *Los Angeles, United States (1993–2005; 2013–present) *Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada (1988–present) *New York City, United States (1993–present) *San Francisco, United States (1988–2010; 2014–2015; 2017-present) *Scarborough, Toronto, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada (1988, 1991) *Seattle, United States (1988–2010; 2013–2015) *Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (1988–present) *Vancouver, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (1988–present) *Victoria, British Columbia, Canada (1989–1994) South America *Lima, Peru (2003–2006)Europe
*Amsterdam, Netherlands (2002–2010) *Frankfurt, Germany (2005) *The Hague, Netherlands (2002) *London, England (1988-1991; 1996–2000; 2012; 2019) *Paris, France (2008) *Rotterdam, Netherlands (2007) *Tübingen, Germany (2009)Asia
*Bangkok, Thailand (1991–1998; 2000–2008; 2010–2017; 2019) *Beijing, China (2009-2012) *Brunei (1993) *Chongqing, China (2008–2009) *Dalian, Liaoning, China (2012) *Foshan, Guangdong, China (2007–2010; 2013–2015; 2017-present) *Guangdong, China (2007–2012) *Guangxi, China (2007) *Hangzhou, China (2008-2009) *Harbin, China (2009) *Heilongjiang, China (2009) *Hong Kong (1988–present) *Jiangsu, China (2015) *Ipoh, Malaysia (1993) *Jilin, China (2009) *Johor State, Malaysia (1991) *Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (1995–present) *Laos (2018–present) *Macau (1988–1998; 2009–2010) *Manila, Philippines (1988–1994; 2000–2013; 2017–2018) *Nanjing, Jiangsu, China (2009; 2016) *Nanning, China (2007) *Penang, Malaysia (1989–1992) *Quezon City, Philippines (1994) *Singapore (1988–present) *Taipei, Chinese TaipeiDue to the complexities of cross-Strait relations, the relations between it and the People's Republic of China, the Taiwan, Republic of China (ROC or "Taiwan") is not represented in the Miss Chinese International Pageant under its official name "Republic of China" or as "Taiwan" but competes under the name "Chinese Taipei". See One-China policy and Chinese Civil War for details. (1988–2006) *Wuhan, Hubei, China (2009) *Zhengzhou, Henan, China (2009-2012)Oceania
*Auckland, New Zealand (1991-2017) *Brisbane, Australia (1988–2005; 2019) *Christchurch, New Zealand (1993) *Hastings, New Zealand, Hastings, New Zealand (1989-1991) *Melbourne, Australia (1988–present) *Sydney, Australia (1988–present) *Tahiti, French Polynesia (1988–2010; 2018–present)Pageant timeframe
The first two pageants (Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998, 1988 & Miss Chinese International Pageant 1989, 1989) were held in the fourth quarter of the calendar year. However, in 1990, TVB decided to shift the pageant date to the beginning of the year to coincide with Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year. But since Miss Chinese International Pageant 1989 was not held until mid-December, Miss Chinese International Pageant 1991, the 3rd Miss Chinese International Pageant came early 1991 with no pageant being held in 1990. Since then, the pageant was held late January or early February of every year. In 2010, the pageant reverted to being held in November, delaying the 22nd Miss Chinese International Pageant by almost 10 months. Therefore, Christine Kuo, Miss Chinese International 2009 is the longest serving titleholder, having served 658 days from January 17, 2009 to November 5, 2010. The delay of the pageant meant that several regional titleholders from 2009 were not able to enter Miss Chinese International Pageant 2010 as they have already crowned their successors by November 2010, including Miss Hong Kong 2009 Sandy Lau. Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2010 was held in August and Lau's successor, Toby Chan, represented Hong Kong in Miss Chinese International 2010 instead. One year later, TVB announced that the 23rd Miss Chinese International Pageant would be delayed until January 15, 2012, meaning that there would be no pageant held in 2011. This is the first time since 1990 a pageant would not be held during a calendar year. As with the year before, several regional titleholders from 2010 would not be able to enter Miss Chinese International Pageant 2012 as they have already crowned their successors by the end of 2011. However, the organizers allowed 2010 regional titleholders from Auckland, Kuala Lumpur, Melbourne, Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver to compete with their 2011 counterparts in Miss Chinese International 2012, marking a first in the pageant's history where two representatives of the same region compete together. The 31st Miss Chinese International Pageant was originally scheduled to take place on February 15, 2020 in Hong Kong. However, on January 28, 2020, organizer TVB announced that due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, for the safety of the delegates, crew, and audience, the pageant would be postponed to the year 2021, with the actual date to be announced.Results
Delegates representing Canadian cities have won 11 iterations of the competition; with Vancouver winning seven titles (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2013, 2016), Toronto three times (1992, 1997 and 2009) and Montreal once (1993). Delegates from pageant organizer Hong Kong have won four times (1988, 2000, 2014, 2019), and have recorded the most top three finishes with 19. Delegates representing New York City, USA have won thrice, first in 1999, followed by back-to-back wins in 2017 and 2018.Major award winners
;Notes *a #ref_a, ^ ''In 1999, Amy Chung was stripped of her title of Miss Chinese International 1996 Second Runner-Up and had her artiste contract with TVB terminated when it was discovered that she had an outstanding warrant for her arrest in USA as she left the country to enter the pageant while on probation stemming from a credit card fraud conviction. Chung had also lied about her academic credentials, claiming to have a Masters Degree from Harvard University when she only has taken a course from Harvard Extension School.Gallery of Winners
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