Saturday, October 4, 2008

Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant

Greater Toronto Chinese Pageant , renamed in 1999 to Miss Chinese Toronto Pageant or ''MCT'' for short is an annual beauty pageant organized by Fairchild Television that selects Toronto's representative for the annual Miss Chinese International Pageant that is held in Hong Kong, organized by TVB.

Past winners & notable contestants


Winners chart





Full award winners list



2005


2006



2007



Contestant careers


*1995 Finalist Margaret Chung 鍾麗淇 later signed with TVB and became a popular actress until 2005, when she quit acting to pursue a career as a yoga instructor.
*1996 Winner 盧淑儀 became an actress in Hong Kong after winning at the Miss Chinese International Pageant in 1997.
*1996 First Runner-Up Debbie Wong 黃寶瑤 entered Miss Hong Kong Pageant in 2000 and won the Best Hair Award. She later became an actress and TV presenter in Singapore.
*1997 Winner Julia Fong 房翠麗 became a singing teacher and was one of the judges at the New Talent Singing Awards Toronto Audition in 2002.
*2001 Winner Christie Bartram 白顈茵 garned first runner-up at the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2002. She is recently seen in television ads for the 2008 MuchMusic Video Awards.
*2003 Winner Sarina Lee 李翹欣 is currently a presenter for Fairchild Television in Toronto.
*2004 Winner Lena Ma 馬艶冰 entered Miss World Canada 2008 and garnered 4th runner-up as well as Miss Photogenic and Miss Entrepreneur for Beauty with a Purpose.
*2004 Finalist Aimee Chan 陳茵媺 entered Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006 and won the crown, Miss International Goodwill and Audience Favorite.
*2004 Finalist Janet Chow 周家蔚 became a presenter for Fairchild Television in Toronto until late 2005. Afterwards, she competed in the Miss Hong Kong Pageant 2006 and won first runner-up and Miss Photogenic.
*2005 Winner Elva Ni 倪晨曦 currently hosts What's On for Fairchild Television.
*2006 First Runner-Up Belinda Yan 顏子菲 currently hosts What's On for Fairchild Television.

Where are they now?


*2002 Winner Diana Wu 吳丹 is currently studying science at the University of Toronto.
*2003 Winner Sarina Lee 李翹欣 is currently studying accounting at the University of Toronto

MCT success in Miss Chinese International


Following is a list of MCT Winners who have won awards in the Miss Chinese International Pageant.

* 盧淑儀: Miss Chinese International 1997
*Christine Bartram 白穎茵: Miss Chinese International First Runner-Up 2002
*Diana Wu 吳丹: Miss Chinese International Second Runner-Up 2003
*Sherry Chen 陳爽: Miss Chinese International Second Runner-Up 2007

Trivia


*2000 Winner Cissy Wang 汪詩詩 is the wife of actor Donnie Yen. They have a daughter.
*Bikini was first introduced on stage in 2006.

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