August News

 

Aug 28

  • Miss Universe Canada 2006- GTA Regionals Results
    FINALISTS (to compete at MUC 06)
    Fanny Samaniego
    Shaileen Stanley
    Lori-Anne Phillpotts de Lisser
    Marta Zientarski
    Alice Panikian

    Top Ten
    Lucie Novakova
    Genida Prifti
    Katie Laskowska
    Pamela Whitney
    Sylvia Adamcik

    Awards
    Best Hair: Elena Mora
    People's Choice: Daniela Rojas
    Photogenic: Alice Panikian
    Congeniality: Nitzia Montti

    Official Website: Beauties of Canada

    PREDICTIONS - BEFORE THE SHOW
    ALICE
    DANIELA
    DIANA
    MARTA
    GENITA
    ALT: FANNY

    PREDICTIONS - DURING THE SHOW
    ALICE
    FANNY
    MARTA
    GENITA
    PAMELA

    some comments
    daniela - very photogenic but was not pageant ready. her dress was a major disaster & looked like a curtain...she also kept flapping it around and i was thinking omg this is not denise quinones' 2001's national costume!
    marta - doesn't really shine on stage but shes gorgeous!! i don't think shes 5'8. perhaps 5'6.5 and up? her interview prob saved her. gown reminds me of south africa 2002 MU.
    fanny - i hope she has another gown for the nationals because she could hardly walk tonight. theres other ways to show off her tiny waist...sigh but she was hot in ss
    genita - she's so gorgeous!! she bounced a little in swimsuit though. her interview was decent but what a surprise when she was not named a finalist! her gown was exactly like natalie's turquoise MUC gown but white.
    pamela - shes incredibly adorable...esp. during interviews! but i disliked her EG shoes..
    lucie - in pics she's like nancy kerrigan but in person WOWWWW she actually reminded me of nazanin afshin jam!
    alice - a shoo in from the start! this girl is already MU ready in terms of physique. she's def. a front-runner @ MUC 06. but her interview needs polishing & needs to smile a lot more. alice also reminds me of a brunette claudia schiffer. best gown of the night
    shaileen - would make a good commercial model. performed well tonight. during interviews, she kept talking w/ her hands. gorgeous body.
    lori-anne - not very photogenic she really came out of her shell towards the end. her hips did all the walking as her shoulders were extremely stiff but had one of the best bodies.
    Overall: it's not easy putting on a wonderful show, but MUC has done it again. they might want to pay attention to the lighting next time because you can see ALOT of unnecessary things. performances by singer simone was superb & it's always a pleasure enjoying the evening with friends such as jimmy steele & vince!

    http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2121588500

  • Miss Asia China Results *Courtesy of Getty Images
    XIAN, CHINA: Winner of the Miss Asia/China pageant Wang Lei (2nd R) from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen if flanked by runners-up, Zhai Xiangping (3rd R) from Liaoning and Cheng Wanru (R) from Xian, together with other category winners during the pageant final in Xian, in central China's Shaanxi province, 28 August 2005. Wang will represent China in the Miss Asia Pageant to be held later this year.

    Winner: #19 Wang Lui (Harbin)
    1st RU: Jak Seung-Ping
    2nd RU: Ching Yuen-Yue
    Awards
    Miss Photogenic: #7 Yang Liu-Qing (Huang Zhou)
    Miss Chinese Charity: #1 Wang Shi-Bo (Beijing)
    Miss Energetic: #5 Hong Dik (Shanghai)
    Miss Eloquence: #2 Fung Wan (Beijing)
    Miss Style (Fashion): #17 Zhou Wei (Xian)
    Most Improved: #11 Mo Hiu-Na (Beidaihe)
    Outstanding Posture: #14 Wong Toh (Ganchan Hebei)
    Miss Grace: #19 Wong Lui (Harbin)
    Outstanding Performance: #18 Cheng Yi-Ham (Beijing)

    6 contestants will be competing at the Miss Asia Finals. Yang Liu-Qing, Cheng Yi-Haam, Jaak Seung-Ping, Wang Lui, Ching Yuen-Yue, & Hong Dik.

    According to Simon of Charm Press, countries such as Japan, Korea, Vietnam, Lebanon and Thaialnd will be vying for the Miss Asia title as well. The Philippines will be absent this year as they were disappointed with last year's results....and rightly so!

    Getty Images (Keywords: Miss Asia China)
    Official Website

  • Miss Thailand crowned the very first Miss Chinese World 2005 *Courtesy of Jimmy Steele & Thai Miss
    Last Friday (8-26-05), Miss Thailand-Sunisa Pasuk represented Bangkok beated other 30 Chinese girls
    around the globe and crowned Miss Chinese World 2005 in Kuala Lumper, Malaysia. Taiwan and China won the
    first and second runner up respectively.

    This pageant was held for the very first time by the Chinese Association in Malaysia at the Berjama Timesquare hotel. The main purpose of this pageant is to unite great Chinese cultures around the world in
    one harmony.

    The 23 years old Miss Thailand, Sunisa were among the favorites since she landed on Malaysia. She didn'tt let
    the audiences down by conquered the title and become the very first Miss Chinese World. Li Yen Chin from
    Taithung, Taiwan and Chen Chuai from Hangzhou, China came second and third. Chinese girls from Manila
    (Philippine), Montreal(Canada) and Culcutta (India) won the special awards.

    Sunisa will be appointed as Chinese Ambassador to promote a traditional Chinese culture as well as
    Chinese chariry across Asia starting with China.

    Sunisa "Beam" Pasuk was born in Singhaburi with Chinese mother and Thai father. She currently attend
    Rangsit University in mass communication.

    Pics up at thaimiss.com

Aug 23

  • TVB Weekly (Issue 428/Aug 23rd 2005) featuring the top 3 winners of Miss HK 2005 *Courtesy of TT & Johnny
  • Vote for MUC 2005 GTA & Central Ontario Contestants
    The regionals will be held this weekend. I honestly hope Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova will show up..but if not I will still be there to cheer on DIANA!! GOOD LUCK ;)

    Predictions: Alice, Daniela, Diana, Genida, Marta
    Alternate: Fanny

    http://www.beautiesofcanada.com/2006/gta_contestants.htm
  
 

Aug 21

  • Miss New York Chinese Pageant 2005 Results
    1st: #9 Nicole Wang
    2nd: #1 Shan Chen
    3rd: #12 Diana Ji

    Special Awards:
    Miss Congeniality: #1 Shan Chen
    Miss Internet Popularity: #3 Jessica Ng
    Miss Best Costume: #9 Nicole Wang
    Miss Photogenic: #12 Diana Ji
    Miss Talent: #12 Diana Ji

    Official Website: http://www.misschinese.us/
    Chinese News Net: Top 3 picture

Aug 17

  • Miss HK Discussion Forum
    I received several emails regarding monitoring & deleting the 'psychotic & BS' posts from the Miss HK Forum. FYI, Miss HK Beauties hasn't had a forum since the end of May when I switched servers. The option for a forum is no longer available.

    If you would like to report a problem on the Miss HK Forum, please e-mail the administrator at hkpopmaster@yahoo.com.

    Again, I'm not affiliated with this forum...though I love to surf it...as it used to be a friendly & peaceful place :)

  • Miss Universe 2004 Jennifer Hawkins stars in a real soap opera *Courtesy of Angela
    Article

    Snow on hot August night
    Article

    Gallery

Aug 16

Aug 15

  • Miss Chinatown USA 2005, Carol Chen to participate in Miss Chinese Int' 06 *Courtesy of Simon, Charm Press
    Carol Chen informed the Taiwanese press that she will head off to HK next year for Miss Chinese International 2006 (Truth: It is not 100% correct as Carol is still deciding although she is currently residing around the Bay area in San Francisco. She aiming to compete in the Miss America pageant, but will have to compete at Miss San Francisco in March 2006.

  
 

Aug 12

  • FALA CHEN - Miss Chinese NY 2004 *Scanned by Em, TVBspace News Roundup
    ISSUE #424 July 26th 2005
    Cover
    1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

  • Miss HK Beauties Webmaster's Choice Awards
    The MHKB Webmaster's Choice Awards are currently underway for
    Miss HK & Miss Chinese Mew York. Results will be released before Aug 20th.

If you have a pageant website & would like to participate, please e-mail me :)

  • Speaking of E-mails, Miss HK Beauties was down for nearly 3 days & nearly crashed the server due to high traffic. Long story short, I have had to delete some large files & hopefully it doesn't go down again. This month's unique hits is approx. 521839. Some sections will be temporarily closed.

    I've also been having a lot of trouble with my MHKB email so if you don't get an immediate response, I'm sorry! Is it irony that McAfee Spamkiller is eating up my emails?

  • 2005 Miss Asian America Crowned
    Kollyn Muangamaithong also Takes Talent Award     *By Janice Hom, AsianWeek.com

    Kollyn Muangamaithong was crowned Miss Asian America August 6 at the Palace of Fine Arts. A 22-year-old ballet dancer with the Oakland Ballet Academy, she was also awarded the title of Miss Talent.

    Muangamaithong hails from Walnut Creek, becoming the second Thai American to win the title. How does she feel? “Overwhelmed and completely surprised. I’m very honored to have received the title and I look forward to working with the staff, people and friends more. I can’t wait to grow stronger bonds with all the people.”

    Joining her court were Carolyn Michaelis (1st Princess), Shana Dhillon (2nd Princess), Kara Birkenstock (3rd Princess/Miss Community Service), Linda Phung (Miss Congeniality) and Masae Nakayama (Miss Scholastic Achievement).

    For this 20th annual event, AsianWeek also spoke with Rose Chung, founder, and Mona Lee Locke, the 1987 Miss Asian America, about their experiences as part of the Asian America Pageant in the United States.

    Chung said it “was something to be proud of” in having one of the longest running Asian America pageants. “I can’t believe that twenty years have passed by. I think we are now an institution, well respected. We have established a reputation of having high integrity and ethics in our pageant. That’s our strong point and that’s what we are most proud of.”

    When asked how she viewed the pageant 18 years after running in it herself, Locke replied: “It has evolved somewhat. I am very proud of the pageant and what a great job Rose Chung has done. It focuses on the Asian culture, bringing out the importance of all the cultures and having people learning about the cultures.”

    Locke was also pleased about the platform each contestant has to take on. “It focuses the girls to think about issues. Once they are in the Miss Asian America one, we at least know that they are going to have to think about why they are doing it. We know that they are going to have depth and have intelligence.”

    http://missasianamerica.com/

  • Paris hosts the Miss China Europe Pageant *Courtesy of Jimmy Steele
    The finals of the Miss China Europe Pageant took place in the afternoon of August 8th in the famous Lido nightclub on the Champs-Elyssees in Paris, with 17 beautiful contestants pf Chinese origin from 11 European countries participating. The winners were Li Nan (France), Zhou You (Hungary) and Jiang Baige (Spain), who will represent Europe in the grand finals of Miss China 2005 in HK in October. The contest is sponsored by Phoenix Satellite TV in HK.
  • Miss Tourism World 2005 *Courtesy of Sharon Rice
    The next viewing for the Miss Tourism World 2005 Show will be broadcast on Star TV on Sunday 14th August 2005 at 21.00 hours (after Swahili News).

    It will also be repeated at the same prime time slot on Sunday 21st August 2005 and will be broadcast across Africa, including Mwanza, Arusha, Morogoro, Dodoma, Mbeya, Mtwara and Dar es Salaam. It will also be viewed across Europe via satellite.

    The frequencies for the show are:
    Satellite : Intelsat 906 @ 64 East
    Transponder : 93
    Frequency : 3884.800MHz
    Symbol Rate : 3255.319 KS/s
    FEC : 3/4
    Polarisation : Left Hand Circular Polarisation

  
 

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