June News

June 29 News

  • Miss World Canada 2005 Tickets Available
    WANT TO RESERVE TICKETS FOR THE SHOW?
    SEND US AN E-MAIL AT tickets@missworldcanada.com WITH THE NAMES AND A CONTACT PHONE NUMBER, ALONG WITH THE DATE(S) OF THE SHOW(S) YOU WANT TO ATTEND!

    Tickets are $35 for the prelims and $50 for the finals.

    TICKETS ALSO AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR BOTH NIGHTS!

    Preliminary Competition:
    Friday, July 15, Time: 8 PM
    Final Night:
    Saturday, July 16, Time: 8 PM

     VENUE FOR BOTH NIGHTS:
    Regency Ballroom
    Holiday Inn on King
    360 King Street West
    in downtown Toronto

    Visit the MWC website for more information

June 27 News

June 22 News

  • Canadian Natalie Glebova will be returning to Canada on her first official trip as Miss Universe this coming July (same week as Miss World Canada finals). As part of her Canadian Tour, she will visit the cities of Toronto and Montreal. *Courtesy of Beauties of Canada

    For information about her homecoming activities, visit the beauties of canada website for information. In the meantime, if you are media from the cities of Toronto OR Montreal, please note that there will be press conferences in both cities. See information below for details:

    MONTREAL:
    Date: Monday, July 11, 2005
    Time: Press conference at 11:00 a.m.
    Individual interviews in the afternoon (limited to five minutes)
    Place: Casino de Montréal
    Salon Baccara (located on level A of the Annex)
    RSVP: Ms. Anne Roy
    Director of Communications
    Casino de Montréal
    (514) 392-2781
    E-Mail: anne.roy@casino.qc.ca

    TORONTO:
    Date: Wednesday, July 13, 2005
    Time: Press conference at 11:00 a.m.
    Individual interviews in the afternoon (limited to five minutes)
    Place: The Cosmopolitan Hotel
    RSVP: Ms. Mayela Romero
    Executive Co-ordinator
    Miss Universe Canada
    (416) 260-4277
    E-Mail: info@beautiesofcanada.com

    Side note: MU org finally updated some clips/images of Natalie! Click here for more

  • Miss HK Gallery
    http://www.misshkgallery.com/
    Check out Ennis' page for daily picture updates on the Miss HK 2005 contestants!

  • MHK contestant's goodwill visit to Sri Lanka, where they presented t-shirts & dolls
    http://www.takungpao.com/news/2005-6-22/UL-417712.htm

  • MHK contestants visit the orphanage in Sri Lanka
    http://www.takungpao.com/news/2005-6-21/UL-417241.htm

June 14 News

  • Two hot doors from Mr. HK *translated from The Sun
    Miss Asia 1995 finalist Ko Suet-Fa's son John Gong Jaak-Lung & Matthew Ko Gwan-Yin
    are the current favourites at this year's Mr. HK pageant. In case you've forgotten, Ko Suet-Fa turned a few heads at Miss Asia, competing at the age of 45/7 (at the time, she had a 25 inch waist!) It was the first year, where ATV changed the age limit, and in turn, Ko's participation boosted huge ratings.

    John has already had international success, winning both Mr. Shanghai, & another international
    modelling competition. His experience on stage will no doubt be exceptional.

    Matthew was a student in Toronto but has sinced moved back to HK & signed up with a modelling agency. He was recently in a 3G phone commercial & has attracted many female admirers. Back in Toronto, Matthew attended the same alma mater as Miss Asia 1995 Kristy Yang Gung-Yue.

    Article: http://the-sun.com.hk/channels/ent/20050614/20050614004403_0003.html
    Pictures: http://210.17.251.89/showgroup.php?new_lang=zh_TW&group_id=HKG-02-00010895

June 11 News

  • Fairchild Toronto's New Talent Singing Competition @ Paramount Canada's Wonderland
    It's Wonderland Fairchild Day on June 25th. Don't forget to purchase your tickets for that day as tickets are $26 CAD (Regular tickets are approx $52 CAD). Be ready for long line-ups & bring loads of sunscreen/block.

    Special guest singer is Ella Koon & there will be a special performance from MCT winners Diana Wu (MCT 2002), Sarina Lee (MCT 2003), & reigning MCT queen Lena Ma.

    http://www.newtalenttoronto.com/page_0604/page_0518/ticket.html

June 8 News

  • According to the Nielsen Media research, the most watched prime-time shows for last week was CSI (exciting finale!). While the Miss Universe pageant ranked at 13th place, with only 9.2 million viewers. Miss America still tops as the most watched pageant with 9.8 viewers. Suprised?

  • Miss Friendship Ambassador 2003 1st RU Lisa Wang may be chreographing this year's Chicago pageant.
  • Miss HK 2002 Semi-Final Qi Pao replica?
    I recently did a search on qi pao's on Ebay & came across a seller (slp678) with many Chinese traditional gowns, including one which looked like the white qi pao from MHK 2002 SF (aka MUC 02 Zhu Ling's evening gown). I purchased one at 99 cents (shipping $12.99 USD) & the item (along w/ free gift) arrived promptly after 1.5-2 weeks from China. I love the dress...although I overestimated my size so I'll have to alter it when I wear it....someday :)

    White qi pao: Check it out! this one is ending in 15 hrs. Sizes range from S-XL

    Check out seller's other items here: http://search.ebay.ca/_W0QQsassZslp678QQhtZ-1

June 6 News

  • Miss Dragon 2005 (Miss Chinese Tahiti)*courtesy of Carolyn Nancy
    Twenty-year-old Yvette Cheong has become Tahiti’s new Miss Dragon, the second biggest and most prestigious beauty queen contest after the yearly Miss Tahiti event. She succeeds Elodie Chung, Miss Dragon 2004.

    As the winner of the Miss Dragon 2005 title, Yvette qualifies for the Miss Chinese International contest, which is watched each year by more than 200 million television viewers worldwide. Yvette also will participate in various Chinese community celebrations in Tahiti, such as the annual Chinese New Year.

    Audience of more than 1,000 people in Papeete City Hall gardens

    More than 1,000 people filled the Papeete City Hall gardens on Saturday night for the Chinese community’s Miss Dragon contest, which featured nine candidates of ages between 17 and 22. The various aspects of the competition called for the candidates to pass before the jury wearing evening gowns, bathing suits and traditional Chinese attire.
    The two runners-up are: Loanah Chong, 21, first runner-up, and Leilanie Lilyn-Chand, 19, second runner-up.
    The candidates often chose to focus on the Chinese cultural marriage within the Tahitian world that today’s Chinese are an integral part.
    “I chose the “multi-ethnic” theme because I wanted to represent a Chinese woman who grew up in Tahiti and who, at the same time, continues to practice her customs while learning the Tahitian culture,” Yvette said.

    http://www.tahitinuitravel.com/news/news.asp?id=10418&cat=people&pg=1

  • Miss Chinese Seattle*courtesy of Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce & Annie Ma
    The finals of the Miss Chinese Seattle pageant will be held on July 16th 2005 (same date as MWC!). Tickets are available at the Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce office, Ming's Resturant in Bellevue, China Gate Restaurant in Seattle. The winner & 1st RU will be participating at Miss Chinese International 2006 & 2007, while the 2nd RU will be competing at Miss Chinatown USA 2006

    Time: July 16th 2005. Dinner begins at 6 PM, Show begins at 7:30 PM

    Location: Sheraton Grand Ballroom
    Sheraton Hotel & Towers
    1400 6th Ave
    Seattle, Washington 98101

    Tickets: With dinner $75, Show only $25.

    Ticket Availability:     Tickets are available at the
    Seattle Chinese Chamber of Commerce office,
    Ming's Restaurant in Bellevue,
    China Gate Restaurant in Seattle

    Website: http://www.chinesechamber.net/

Predictions: Katie Au, Stephanie Yen, &...:)

June 2 News

  • Miss World Canada News
    The Miss World Canada 2005 pageant will be held next month on July 16th. Ticket will be on sale soon. I will be designing the ticket, program book, maintaining the MWC website, as well as presenting one of the special awards during the finals!! ^^ I'm excited...though I have nothing to wear!
  • Miss Chinese Venezuela *Courtesy of Simon
    Venezuela just crowned its first ever Miss Chinese, her name is "Zheng Sze-Lin". The contest was held in the national theatre Caracaras( the one use to hold Miss Venezuela Pageant), over 2,500 people attended. 21 Chinese beauties were presented during the 4hr show. The competition featured evening gown and swimsuit competition. The pageant official is currently in negotiation with TVB, to send the second South American beauty to Miss Chinese International 2006 since Lima joins few years ago, Miss Zheng is representing Yaracuy state in the pageant; her Chinese origin is Enping Guangdong. 1st runner is Miss Chinese Carabobo. The second runner is a tie shared by two girls Miss Mai Lisa and Tan Wen-Xee. The show was also attended by some government officials from China embassy and Venezuela.

June 1 News