Miss HK Beauties

	September News Sept 29 TRACY IP TO COMPETE AT MISS WORLD 2005 http://www.missworld.tv/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=51728 MISS WORLD CANADA 2005 NEWS Last week, MWC 2005 Ramona Amiri had her hair cut & styled by the amazing Maurice Fiorio at Yorkville's finest. As a vital part of her look, her hair must be transformed to "wow" the Miss World judges. Mr. Maurice Fiorio has the experience and expertise to create Ramona's new look and recently, he gave the young Miss Canada a hair make-over at his Yorkville salon. "It's all about sexy, edgy cuts that are easy to style and look fabulous", says Maurice. Witness her hair transformation and stay tuned for further developments on her journey to the Miss World pageant! http://www.fiorio.com/pages/newsletter.html Sept 28 MISS ASIA 2005 Courtesy of Ennis, translated from WenWeiPo The 18 contestants of this year's Miss Asia* pageant have been busy with promotional events. Yesterday afternoon, the contestants appeared in swimwear for press photos. The press revealed some of their favourites as #5 Korea, #9 Kitty, 12 Cammy. Today, the delegates dressed in their chosen national costumes competed for the Best National Costume award. Some of the judges were Lam Wai-San, Yuen Man-Git, Lu Jing-Jing, Toh Ting-Ho. All the costumes had its own creativity & uniqueness, but it was #2 Miss Lebanon & #5 Miss Korea, & #12 Kammy (China) who scored the highest with the judges. In the end #2 Lebanon & #5 Korea tied for first place. #5 Miss Korea felt as if she were in heaven after winning the national costumes award. It's said her costume is approximately $25K HKD, worn only on Korea's new year's & special occasions. She had great difficulty putting on the 3 piece traditional Korean costume due to its many layers. Miss Korea also revealed she has confidence in herself & hopes to perform well during the finals. She believes Miss Lebanon is one of the most beautiful & strongest competitors. The day was also a special one for #18 Miss Vietnam, as it was her birthday. The Miss Asia organization bought her a cake to celebrate. http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=EN0509290002&cat=011EN For complete coverage, visit hongkongbeauties.com & misshkgallery.com Miss Universe tackles AIDS - Beauty hopes to keep T.O. proud Sept 26 MISS INTERNATIONAL 2005 RESULTS Image courtesy of REUTERS/Toru Hanai WINNER - Miss Philippines 1st RU - Miss Dominican Republic 2nd RU - Miss Finland Semi-Finalists:* Brazil Colombia France Japan Peru Serbia & Montenegro Turkey Ukraine Venezuela Special Awards: Miss Friendship: Miss Hong Kong Best National Costume: Miss Tanzania Miss Photogenic: Miss China Queenie wins Miss Friendship at MI Translated from The Sun Miss HK 2004 1st RU Queenie Chu* represented Hong Kong at this year's Miss International pageant (held in Tokyo, Japan), where HK once again took home the Miss Friendship award. HK's also won the friendship award in 1981 (Deborah Moore, MHK 81 2nd RU), 2002 (Cathy Wu, MHK 02 2nd RU), & 2004 (Fu Sze Sze, MHK 04 2nd RU). Overcome with emotion during the announcement, she shed a few tears during her short thank you speech. Congratulations to Queenie!! Yahoo News Article Sept 24 GLOBAL BEAUTIES: MISS INTERNATIONAL 2005 - MISS CYBER PRESS Eighteen pageant-related websites participated in the election of Global Beauties' Miss Cyber Press International 2005. They have scored each of the 52 contestants, giving them a maximum of 5 stars and a minimum of 1 star. The 15 candidates with the highest composed scores, are the 15 finalists. One of them includes Hong Kong's Queenie Chu. The last time Hong Kong made the top 15 of webmaster's choice was in 2002 (Victoria Jolly). Some of my favourites: Brazil, Columbia, Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela. Visit Global Beauites for more information MISS VENEZUELA EARTH REP. Alexandra Braun Waldeck (Miss Nueva Esparta) will represent Venezuela at Miss Earth 2005. Earlier, the stunning beauty competed at Miss Venezuela 2005 where she finished as the 1st Runner-up (4th). Alexandra is 22 years old & stands at 5’9.5”. Her hobbies include movies, theatre, beaches, & modeling. For more images, visit http://www.bellezavenezolana.net/ MISS CHINESE PERU Courtesy of Simon, Chinese Press Miss Chinese Peru was selected on Sept 22nd. 15 contestants competed for the title in swimwear, evening gown, & interviews. But the girl who came out victorious was 23 year old Elizabeth Chu, who stands at 5’5.5” & weighs 48kg. She speaks English, French, & some Japanese. Elizabeth* is also a stewardess of a Chile airline. Elizabeth will represent Lima at Miss Chinese International 2006. AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL ON UPN ANTM is back! The season premiere aired on Sept 23 from 8pm-10pm. The first ousted was 22 yr old Ashley "pretty gene" from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The elimination came as a definite surprise especially after another competitor's DISASTROUS performance on the runway. A past pageant teen queen is also part of the cast. Cassandra of Houston, Texas was a former Miss Teen Houston Texas 2003. Website: http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/index.shtml Have your say: http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=195
	Sept 20 MISS CHINA WORLD RESULTS Courtesy of Ennis, translated from Sohu The 55th Miss World China 2005* was held on Sept. 20th at Bejing's Huairou International Convention Center. 31 beautiful women across China competed in qi pao (evening wear), swimsuit, & Q & A. Winner #26 Zhao Ting-Ting of Beijing (also the Beijing Regional winner) will be representing China at Miss World 2005. Zhao stands at 5'10.5" & weighs 60 kg. #18 Cui Xin-Xin (Jiang Su) & #21 Mao Huan (Xin Jiang) placed 1st & 2nd RU. Results WINNER: #26 Zhao Ting-Ting (Beijing) 1st RU: #18 Cui Xin-Xin (Jiang Su) 2nd RU: #21 Mao Huan (Xin Jiang) Semi-Finalists #2 Lu Xiao-Yan #3 Wang Yu-Han #4 Rong Xiao-Lu #6 Huang Yan #17 Lu Chen-Shu #19 Zhang Hui #31 Zhao Fei Special Awards: Most Elegant - #21 Mao Huan Miss Popularity - #6 Huang Yan Most Stylish/Fashionable - #16 Wang Li-Jun Best Performance - #26 Zhao Ting-Ting Miss Aura - #31 Zhao Fei Best Potential- #25 Zhang Jing Miss Photogenic - #27 Yu Ya Wei Video: http://61.135.145.41/yule/050920/1.wmv Pictures: http://yule.sohu.com/s2005/2005misschina.shtml Sept 17 MISS CHINA WORLD PICTURES BEIJING, CHINA: Contestants for the Miss China/World pageant pose on the Great Wall of China at Badaling, in the lead up the finals later this week, outside Beijing, 18 September 2005. The winner will represent China in the Miss World finals to be held in Sanya, on southern China's resort island of Hainan, in December this year. More photos here MISS USA & TEEN USA PICTURES ARE UP MUO have finally uploaded the much awaited pictures of Miss USA 05 Chelsea Cooley & Teen USA 05 Allie LaFarce. Website: http://www.missuniverse.com Sept 16 VOTE FOR HKB ASIA Courtesy of Ryan, Hong Kong Beauties http://www.hongkongbeauties.com/05mhka.htm MISS VENEZUELA 2005 RESULTS* Venzuela Universe: Sucre Venzuela World: Costa Oriental Venezuela Int': Barinas 1st RU: Nueva Esparta 2nd RU: Distrito Capital Miss Popularity: Carabobo Miss Photogenic: Canaima Semi-Finalists Miss Aragua Miss Canaima Miss Carabobo Miss Falcon Miss Yaracuy http://www.missvenezuela.com MISS CHINESE TORONTO NEWS Interviews for Miss Chinese Toronto 2005 have begun. Potential candidates were interviewed by a large panel of judges followed by a swimsuit presentation. Judging from 4(?) groups, there were quite a bit of tall & attractive candidates. Some were quite young looking & most were accompanied by their anxious parents, siblings, friends or boyfriends. Most came out relieved & cheerful. Good luck to all. You've done your best & it's now up to the judges :) Image at right: Past MCT winners Diana Wu (2002) & Sarina Lee (2003) Another Queenie Chu picture at Miss International 2005 Natalie gets kiss to the city: Mayor welcomes Miss Universe (finally...) By JACK BOLAND, TORONTO SUN Sept 13 MISS INTERNATIONAL 2005 NEWS 20-year-old Miss China, Yang Li, is selected Miss Photogenic during a press preview for an upcoming Miss International beauty pageant in Tokyo September 12, 2005. Delegates from 54 countries and regions will compete in the beauty contest in Tokyo on September 26. REUTERS/Issei Kato Pictures of Hong Kong's Rep. Queenie Chu National Costume - Miss Hong Kong Queenie Chu models her national costume as she smiles for photographers during the press preview Swimsuit - Miss Hong Kong Queenie Chu wearing a swimsuit reacts to photographers during the press preview For images, click here Miss Universe Natalie Glebova arrives on the red carpet for the TIFF gala screening of the film 'Trust the Man' on September 12, 2005 in Toronto, Canada. For images, click here MISS GLAMOUR CANADA 2005 RESULTS 2005 Top Model: Kelly Smith Tiny Miss (Age 2-5): Lilla Maria Herlinger Little Miss (Age 6-9): Renee Mitchel Pre-Teen (Age 10-12): Ashley Papadamou Teen (Age 13-16): Vilma Ivone Simoes Miss (Age 17 & up): Celia Wilson Miss Glamour Canada Overall winner: Tygora Eugenie Gallier L-R Lilla Maria, Renee, Vilma, Tygora, Ashley, Celia, Kelly Glamour Canada is a non-profit organization founded in February of 1999 by Yasmin Ali (Miss World Canada 2005 Semi-Finalist/Miss North York) & Pearl Ali, designed to provide an opportunity to youth of all ages and backgrounds. Its aim is to give participants the opportunity to showcase their talent, teaching poise, good sportsmanship while building self-esteem and confidence. In addition to providing exposure to talent agents in a safe and positive manner. Successful participants in each age and gender category will advance to nationals, which will be held in New York City. Special thanks to Yasmin Ali Official Website: http://www.glamourcanada.com/ Photos: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2120773756&mode=guest
	Sept 10 Miss Astro Chinese Internernational Pageant 2005 Semi-Finals Results Information courtesy of Noel & cjnyc 1 Annabelle Kong Pooi-Yee 2 Vivian Hew Sheng-Fei 5 Alicia Ling Hsiao-Ying 6 Lim Yen Keun 7 Yvonne Lee Chye-Har 8 Alexis Tea Su-Yee 10 Coco Lin Sou-Leng 12 Tiffanie Hong Mun-Guan 13 Cheryl Chung Yin-Peng 15 Emily Lim Pey-Chi 18 Charmaine Tay Bee-Lian 19 Faye Ng Shiow-Shuang http://www.astro.com.my/oap/05/miss_astro/semi_finalist.asp Miss Asia SAR (Hong Kong) 2005* Results Information & image courtesy of Ryan Winner: #3 Amanda Yuen 1st RU: #11 Winnie Cheong 2nd RU: #1 Cynthia Wang Finalists: #2 Ice Ng #7 Subi Lin Miss Chinese Cosmo: #8 Imellda Ho 6th place: #4 Maggie Liu 7th place: # 9 Veronica Tan 8th place: # 5 Shirley Huang 9th place: # 8 Imellda Ho 10th place: # 6 Doris Tam 11th place: # 10 Janet Lam 12th place: # 12 Cherrie Shek For complete coverage, visit Ryan's Hong Kong Beauties website. Sept 9* Miss Asia SAR (Hong Kong) 2005 Image courtesy of Ryan Finals for the SAR division will be held on Sep 10th, where 5 finalists will chosen to compete for the Miss Asia* finals on October 4th. The 12 SAR (HK) contestants strutted in their swimwear for the media during rehersals. Favourites: #3 Amanda Yuen, #4 Maggie Liu, #7 Subi Lin, #11 Winnie Cheong Miss Chinese Toronto 2000 Cissy Wang & husband actor Donnie Yen From left, starring in the film 'Seven Swords' mainland Chinese actress Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actor Sun Honglei, actress Kim So Yeun from South Korea, actress Charlie Yeung from Hong Kong, Hong Kong director Tsui Hark waving with his wife Nansun, Hong Kong martial arts actor Donnie Yen and wife Cissy Wang, pose for photographers at the 62nd Venice Film Festival to present their out of competion film opening the festival in Venice, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005. The festival runs through Sept. 10, 2005. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) Miss Venezuela 2005 Finals are on September 15th. My Favourites so far: Apure, Canaima, Carabobo, Merida, Nueva Esparta, Peninsula Goajira. http://www.missvenezuela.com/ Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova Miss Universe Natalie Glebova arrives to the Launch of Samsonite Black Label Premium Line (Nicole Richie) at The New Space on September 7, 2005 in New York City. Picture Picture 2 Picture 3 Miss Universe 1988 Porntip with her son Robert Simon Picture Tracy Promotes Facial Slimming Translated by Em, TVB Space News* This year's Miss Hong Kong winner Tracy Ip has been surrounded by a lot of press coverage, but she has been selected to become the face of a beauty salon, landing a six-figure fee for an 18-month contract as well as receiving $100,000 of treatments for free, making her very happy indeed. Filming for the salon's latest set of ads, Tracy was wearing a little top and some shorts to show off her healthy sexiness. She reveals that she has been suffering from water retention, causing swelling in her cheeks, but after undergoing some treatment at the salon, she has slimmed her face and this probably led to the rumours about cosmetic surgery. However,Tracy's mood was not affected and she adds: "I'll just treat it as publicity if they write about me. I do want to make it clear though that I was just having massage to reduce my water retention and I don't want this to affect the salon's business negatively. I don't mind what people say as long as I and my family are clear about me." Salon boss Ms Chow is very caring over Tracy and not only helped her with make-up during filming, but also showed her how to pose for the cameras. Speaking of Tracy, she says: "She is very pretty and sweet and she has a very mouldable look, so I had her do some modelling for me even before she won. Now she is Miss Hong Kong, then I am really happy for her and I will celebrate with her later." Tracy says she will not disappoint anyone and will be launching into a showbiz career full swing, filming series and movies, all to be arranged by TVB. Tracy also appeared at an official crowning ceremony to receive her Miss Hong Kong crown, worth $1.6 million with 38.2 carats of diamonds on it. The presentation was made by her predecessor, former Miss Hong Kong winner Pauline Yeung. She said afterwards that she has never worn anything so valuable before so she feels a bit nervous and has asked her mother to open a safety deposit box for her to keep it in. http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050902/20050902000712_0003.html
	Sept 6 Miss HK 2004 1st RU Queenie Chu will be representing Hong Kong at Miss International 2005. She has replaced this year's MHK 2005 2nd RU Carrie Lam & TVB has no regrets. Quennie will be departing for Japan on Sept 9th. The finals of MI will be held on Sept 26th. A press conference was held today, where Quennie modeled in her national costume & evening gown. Quennie isn't nervous about competing at MI, as she'd previously gained international experience at Miss World 2004 & would love to promote tourism in HK. Evening gown: What a change from previous years. No fur, plastic, flowers...this may work wonders for Quennie. Snubbing Carrie: The poor girl will be too old to compete next year. It's unfortunate TVB will be sending this year's 1st RU Sharon to MW instead of Carrie. Though the two would never make the top 20, at least Carrie would not be lost within the pack of approx. 106 contestants. http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050906/20050905234225_0003.html Evening Gown http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050906/img/se02090621_big.jpg Courtesy of Johnny http://appledaily.atnext.com/images/apple-photos/640pix/20050906/Article_ent/06ec6p61.jpg National Costume* Courtesy of Ennis http://image2.sina.com.cn/ent/s/h/2005-09-06/U1343P28T3D832363F326DT20050906092957.JPG http://image2.sina.com.cn/ent/s/h/2005-09-06/U1343P28T3D832363F329DT20050906092957.JPG http://photocdn.sohu.com/20050906/Img226878278.jpg http://photocdn.sohu.com/20050906/Img226878277.jpg MCI 2005 2nd RU Jess Young News* Courtesy of Angela This past weekend, Jess* competed in the The Chinese New Talent Singing Competition- Melbourne & finished in 2nd. When she was called as a finalist there was a huge reaction from the crowd. Unfortunately, only the winner of the competition will be competing in HK. It would've been interesting to see Jess compete in HK again. She's done very well in competitions in Melbourne, whether its singing, modeling or pageants. 2004 - Shanghai Fashion Week Oriental Model 2nd 2004 - Miss Chinese Melbourne 1st 2005 - Miss Chinese International 3rd 2005 - New Talent Singing Competition 2nd Miss Chinese Melbourne 2005 Date: Tuesday 29th November 2005 Venue: Melbourne Town Hall Time: 7pm Sept 3 Miss Chinatown USA 2005, Carol Chen Clip Courtesy of Simon mms://www.cntv.us/CarolNEW-1.wmv Miss Astro Chinese Malaysia Int Pageant 2005* Semifinal will be broadcast live on September 10, 2005 over Astro Channel 30 at 8:30pm. Check out the contestants here MCI 01 Bernice Liu, MHK 98 Anne Heung, along with Joey Leung Wing-Chung & Michael Tong Man-Luong will be making appearances in Toronto & Vancouver this month. Sun, Sept. 18 - 2 pm Toronto: Paramount Canada's Wonderland Sat, Sept. 17 - Noon Toronto: Market Village Mon, Sept 19th - 4 pm Tue, Sept. 20 - 8pm Center in Vancouver for the Performing Arts Website: http://www.fairchildtv.com/entertainment/special/tvb/news.html http://www.plem.com/ New Straits Times Online: Philip Chan Yan-Kin's eye for talent. Written by Ricky Yap Sept 1 TVB Weekly Issue #427 Scans Issue #427 SCANS Miss HK News Translated from Oriental Daily Newly crowned Miss HK Tracy Ip* & her court (1st RU Sharon Luk, 2nd RU Carrie Lam), along with Miss Photogenic - Shermon Tang & Miss International Goodwill- Natalie Hui all received expensive watches from the sponsors. Tracy's exquisite platinum gold timepiece is valued at approx. $248 880 HKD. Tracy says it’s the most valuable watch she’s owned. Not one to splurge on materialistic items, the most expensive watch she's purchased for herself was approx. $800 HKD (about $100 USD). The press also pestered her with questions such as receiving gifts from rich guys to whether she's currently in a relationship? Tracy laughed & replied she will not accept anything pricy from anyone in order to avoid any misunderstandings & motives & that she doesn't have a boyfriend yet. http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/ent/ent_a05cnt.html http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050901/20050831233032_0003.html http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20050901/ent/0901enew05b1.jpg

	September News Sept 29 TRACY IP TO COMPETE AT MISS WORLD 2005 http://www.missworld.tv/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=51728 MISS WORLD CANADA 2005 NEWS Last week, MWC 2005 Ramona Amiri had her hair cut & styled by the amazing Maurice Fiorio at Yorkville's finest. As a vital part of her look, her hair must be transformed to "wow" the Miss World judges. Mr. Maurice Fiorio has the experience and expertise to create Ramona's new look and recently, he gave the young Miss Canada a hair make-over at his Yorkville salon. "It's all about sexy, edgy cuts that are easy to style and look fabulous", says Maurice. Witness her hair transformation and stay tuned for further developments on her journey to the Miss World pageant! http://www.fiorio.com/pages/newsletter.html Sept 28 MISS ASIA 2005 Courtesy of Ennis, translated from WenWeiPo The 18 contestants of this year's Miss Asia* pageant have been busy with promotional events. Yesterday afternoon, the contestants appeared in swimwear for press photos. The press revealed some of their favourites as #5 Korea, #9 Kitty, 12 Cammy. Today, the delegates dressed in their chosen national costumes competed for the Best National Costume award. Some of the judges were Lam Wai-San, Yuen Man-Git, Lu Jing-Jing, Toh Ting-Ho. All the costumes had its own creativity & uniqueness, but it was #2 Miss Lebanon & #5 Miss Korea, & #12 Kammy (China) who scored the highest with the judges. In the end #2 Lebanon & #5 Korea tied for first place. #5 Miss Korea felt as if she were in heaven after winning the national costumes award. It's said her costume is approximately $25K HKD, worn only on Korea's new year's & special occasions. She had great difficulty putting on the 3 piece traditional Korean costume due to its many layers. Miss Korea also revealed she has confidence in herself & hopes to perform well during the finals. She believes Miss Lebanon is one of the most beautiful & strongest competitors. The day was also a special one for #18 Miss Vietnam, as it was her birthday. The Miss Asia organization bought her a cake to celebrate. http://www.wenweipo.com/news.phtml?news_id=EN0509290002&cat=011EN For complete coverage, visit hongkongbeauties.com & misshkgallery.com Miss Universe tackles AIDS - Beauty hopes to keep T.O. proud Sept 26 MISS INTERNATIONAL 2005 RESULTS Image courtesy of REUTERS/Toru Hanai WINNER - Miss Philippines 1st RU - Miss Dominican Republic 2nd RU - Miss Finland Semi-Finalists:* Brazil Colombia France Japan Peru Serbia & Montenegro Turkey Ukraine Venezuela Special Awards: Miss Friendship: Miss Hong Kong Best National Costume: Miss Tanzania Miss Photogenic: Miss China Queenie wins Miss Friendship at MI Translated from The Sun Miss HK 2004 1st RU Queenie Chu* represented Hong Kong at this year's Miss International pageant (held in Tokyo, Japan), where HK once again took home the Miss Friendship award. HK's also won the friendship award in 1981 (Deborah Moore, MHK 81 2nd RU), 2002 (Cathy Wu, MHK 02 2nd RU), & 2004 (Fu Sze Sze, MHK 04 2nd RU). Overcome with emotion during the announcement, she shed a few tears during her short thank you speech. Congratulations to Queenie!! Yahoo News Article Sept 24 GLOBAL BEAUTIES: MISS INTERNATIONAL 2005 - MISS CYBER PRESS Eighteen pageant-related websites participated in the election of Global Beauties' Miss Cyber Press International 2005. They have scored each of the 52 contestants, giving them a maximum of 5 stars and a minimum of 1 star. The 15 candidates with the highest composed scores, are the 15 finalists. One of them includes Hong Kong's Queenie Chu. The last time Hong Kong made the top 15 of webmaster's choice was in 2002 (Victoria Jolly). Some of my favourites: Brazil, Columbia, Czech Republic, France, Hong Kong, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Venezuela. Visit Global Beauites for more information MISS VENEZUELA EARTH REP. Alexandra Braun Waldeck (Miss Nueva Esparta) will represent Venezuela at Miss Earth 2005. Earlier, the stunning beauty competed at Miss Venezuela 2005 where she finished as the 1st Runner-up (4th). Alexandra is 22 years old & stands at 5’9.5”. Her hobbies include movies, theatre, beaches, & modeling. For more images, visit http://www.bellezavenezolana.net/ MISS CHINESE PERU Courtesy of Simon, Chinese Press Miss Chinese Peru was selected on Sept 22nd. 15 contestants competed for the title in swimwear, evening gown, & interviews. But the girl who came out victorious was 23 year old Elizabeth Chu, who stands at 5’5.5” & weighs 48kg. She speaks English, French, & some Japanese. Elizabeth* is also a stewardess of a Chile airline. Elizabeth will represent Lima at Miss Chinese International 2006. AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL ON UPN ANTM is back! The season premiere aired on Sept 23 from 8pm-10pm. The first ousted was 22 yr old Ashley "pretty gene" from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The elimination came as a definite surprise especially after another competitor's DISASTROUS performance on the runway. A past pageant teen queen is also part of the cast. Cassandra of Houston, Texas was a former Miss Teen Houston Texas 2003. Website: http://www.upn.com/shows/top_model5/index.shtml Have your say: http://www.fansofrealitytv.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=195
	Sept 20 MISS CHINA WORLD RESULTS Courtesy of Ennis, translated from Sohu The 55th Miss World China 2005* was held on Sept. 20th at Bejing's Huairou International Convention Center. 31 beautiful women across China competed in qi pao (evening wear), swimsuit, & Q & A. Winner #26 Zhao Ting-Ting of Beijing (also the Beijing Regional winner) will be representing China at Miss World 2005. Zhao stands at 5'10.5" & weighs 60 kg. #18 Cui Xin-Xin (Jiang Su) & #21 Mao Huan (Xin Jiang) placed 1st & 2nd RU. Results WINNER: #26 Zhao Ting-Ting (Beijing) 1st RU: #18 Cui Xin-Xin (Jiang Su) 2nd RU: #21 Mao Huan (Xin Jiang) Semi-Finalists #2 Lu Xiao-Yan #3 Wang Yu-Han #4 Rong Xiao-Lu #6 Huang Yan #17 Lu Chen-Shu #19 Zhang Hui #31 Zhao Fei Special Awards: Most Elegant - #21 Mao Huan Miss Popularity - #6 Huang Yan Most Stylish/Fashionable - #16 Wang Li-Jun Best Performance - #26 Zhao Ting-Ting Miss Aura - #31 Zhao Fei Best Potential- #25 Zhang Jing Miss Photogenic - #27 Yu Ya Wei Video: http://61.135.145.41/yule/050920/1.wmv Pictures: http://yule.sohu.com/s2005/2005misschina.shtml Sept 17 MISS CHINA WORLD PICTURES BEIJING, CHINA: Contestants for the Miss China/World pageant pose on the Great Wall of China at Badaling, in the lead up the finals later this week, outside Beijing, 18 September 2005. The winner will represent China in the Miss World finals to be held in Sanya, on southern China's resort island of Hainan, in December this year. More photos here MISS USA & TEEN USA PICTURES ARE UP MUO have finally uploaded the much awaited pictures of Miss USA 05 Chelsea Cooley & Teen USA 05 Allie LaFarce. Website: http://www.missuniverse.com Sept 16 VOTE FOR HKB ASIA Courtesy of Ryan, Hong Kong Beauties http://www.hongkongbeauties.com/05mhka.htm MISS VENEZUELA 2005 RESULTS* Venzuela Universe: Sucre Venzuela World: Costa Oriental Venezuela Int': Barinas 1st RU: Nueva Esparta 2nd RU: Distrito Capital Miss Popularity: Carabobo Miss Photogenic: Canaima Semi-Finalists Miss Aragua Miss Canaima Miss Carabobo Miss Falcon Miss Yaracuy http://www.missvenezuela.com MISS CHINESE TORONTO NEWS Interviews for Miss Chinese Toronto 2005 have begun. Potential candidates were interviewed by a large panel of judges followed by a swimsuit presentation. Judging from 4(?) groups, there were quite a bit of tall & attractive candidates. Some were quite young looking & most were accompanied by their anxious parents, siblings, friends or boyfriends. Most came out relieved & cheerful. Good luck to all. You've done your best & it's now up to the judges :) Image at right: Past MCT winners Diana Wu (2002) & Sarina Lee (2003) Another Queenie Chu picture at Miss International 2005 Natalie gets kiss to the city: Mayor welcomes Miss Universe (finally...) By JACK BOLAND, TORONTO SUN Sept 13 MISS INTERNATIONAL 2005 NEWS 20-year-old Miss China, Yang Li, is selected Miss Photogenic during a press preview for an upcoming Miss International beauty pageant in Tokyo September 12, 2005. Delegates from 54 countries and regions will compete in the beauty contest in Tokyo on September 26. REUTERS/Issei Kato Pictures of Hong Kong's Rep. Queenie Chu National Costume - Miss Hong Kong Queenie Chu models her national costume as she smiles for photographers during the press preview Swimsuit - Miss Hong Kong Queenie Chu wearing a swimsuit reacts to photographers during the press preview For images, click here Miss Universe Natalie Glebova arrives on the red carpet for the TIFF gala screening of the film 'Trust the Man' on September 12, 2005 in Toronto, Canada. For images, click here MISS GLAMOUR CANADA 2005 RESULTS 2005 Top Model: Kelly Smith Tiny Miss (Age 2-5): Lilla Maria Herlinger Little Miss (Age 6-9): Renee Mitchel Pre-Teen (Age 10-12): Ashley Papadamou Teen (Age 13-16): Vilma Ivone Simoes Miss (Age 17 & up): Celia Wilson Miss Glamour Canada Overall winner: Tygora Eugenie Gallier L-R Lilla Maria, Renee, Vilma, Tygora, Ashley, Celia, Kelly Glamour Canada is a non-profit organization founded in February of 1999 by Yasmin Ali (Miss World Canada 2005 Semi-Finalist/Miss North York) & Pearl Ali, designed to provide an opportunity to youth of all ages and backgrounds. Its aim is to give participants the opportunity to showcase their talent, teaching poise, good sportsmanship while building self-esteem and confidence. In addition to providing exposure to talent agents in a safe and positive manner. Successful participants in each age and gender category will advance to nationals, which will be held in New York City. Special thanks to Yasmin Ali Official Website: http://www.glamourcanada.com/ Photos: http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2120773756&mode=guest
	Sept 10 Miss Astro Chinese Internernational Pageant 2005 Semi-Finals Results Information courtesy of Noel & cjnyc 1 Annabelle Kong Pooi-Yee 2 Vivian Hew Sheng-Fei 5 Alicia Ling Hsiao-Ying 6 Lim Yen Keun 7 Yvonne Lee Chye-Har 8 Alexis Tea Su-Yee 10 Coco Lin Sou-Leng 12 Tiffanie Hong Mun-Guan 13 Cheryl Chung Yin-Peng 15 Emily Lim Pey-Chi 18 Charmaine Tay Bee-Lian 19 Faye Ng Shiow-Shuang http://www.astro.com.my/oap/05/miss_astro/semi_finalist.asp Miss Asia SAR (Hong Kong) 2005* Results Information & image courtesy of Ryan Winner: #3 Amanda Yuen 1st RU: #11 Winnie Cheong 2nd RU: #1 Cynthia Wang Finalists: #2 Ice Ng #7 Subi Lin Miss Chinese Cosmo: #8 Imellda Ho 6th place: #4 Maggie Liu 7th place: # 9 Veronica Tan 8th place: # 5 Shirley Huang 9th place: # 8 Imellda Ho 10th place: # 6 Doris Tam 11th place: # 10 Janet Lam 12th place: # 12 Cherrie Shek For complete coverage, visit Ryan's Hong Kong Beauties website. Sept 9* Miss Asia SAR (Hong Kong) 2005 Image courtesy of Ryan Finals for the SAR division will be held on Sep 10th, where 5 finalists will chosen to compete for the Miss Asia* finals on October 4th. The 12 SAR (HK) contestants strutted in their swimwear for the media during rehersals. Favourites: #3 Amanda Yuen, #4 Maggie Liu, #7 Subi Lin, #11 Winnie Cheong Miss Chinese Toronto 2000 Cissy Wang & husband actor Donnie Yen From left, starring in the film 'Seven Swords' mainland Chinese actress Zhang Jingchu, Chinese actor Sun Honglei, actress Kim So Yeun from South Korea, actress Charlie Yeung from Hong Kong, Hong Kong director Tsui Hark waving with his wife Nansun, Hong Kong martial arts actor Donnie Yen and wife Cissy Wang, pose for photographers at the 62nd Venice Film Festival to present their out of competion film opening the festival in Venice, northern Italy, Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005. The festival runs through Sept. 10, 2005. (AP Photo/Domenico Stinellis) Miss Venezuela 2005 Finals are on September 15th. My Favourites so far: Apure, Canaima, Carabobo, Merida, Nueva Esparta, Peninsula Goajira. http://www.missvenezuela.com/ Miss Universe 2005 Natalie Glebova Miss Universe Natalie Glebova arrives to the Launch of Samsonite Black Label Premium Line (Nicole Richie) at The New Space on September 7, 2005 in New York City. Picture Picture 2 Picture 3 Miss Universe 1988 Porntip with her son Robert Simon Picture Tracy Promotes Facial Slimming Translated by Em, TVB Space News* This year's Miss Hong Kong winner Tracy Ip has been surrounded by a lot of press coverage, but she has been selected to become the face of a beauty salon, landing a six-figure fee for an 18-month contract as well as receiving $100,000 of treatments for free, making her very happy indeed. Filming for the salon's latest set of ads, Tracy was wearing a little top and some shorts to show off her healthy sexiness. She reveals that she has been suffering from water retention, causing swelling in her cheeks, but after undergoing some treatment at the salon, she has slimmed her face and this probably led to the rumours about cosmetic surgery. However,Tracy's mood was not affected and she adds: "I'll just treat it as publicity if they write about me. I do want to make it clear though that I was just having massage to reduce my water retention and I don't want this to affect the salon's business negatively. I don't mind what people say as long as I and my family are clear about me." Salon boss Ms Chow is very caring over Tracy and not only helped her with make-up during filming, but also showed her how to pose for the cameras. Speaking of Tracy, she says: "She is very pretty and sweet and she has a very mouldable look, so I had her do some modelling for me even before she won. Now she is Miss Hong Kong, then I am really happy for her and I will celebrate with her later." Tracy says she will not disappoint anyone and will be launching into a showbiz career full swing, filming series and movies, all to be arranged by TVB. Tracy also appeared at an official crowning ceremony to receive her Miss Hong Kong crown, worth $1.6 million with 38.2 carats of diamonds on it. The presentation was made by her predecessor, former Miss Hong Kong winner Pauline Yeung. She said afterwards that she has never worn anything so valuable before so she feels a bit nervous and has asked her mother to open a safety deposit box for her to keep it in. http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050902/20050902000712_0003.html
	Sept 6 Miss HK 2004 1st RU Queenie Chu will be representing Hong Kong at Miss International 2005. She has replaced this year's MHK 2005 2nd RU Carrie Lam & TVB has no regrets. Quennie will be departing for Japan on Sept 9th. The finals of MI will be held on Sept 26th. A press conference was held today, where Quennie modeled in her national costume & evening gown. Quennie isn't nervous about competing at MI, as she'd previously gained international experience at Miss World 2004 & would love to promote tourism in HK. Evening gown: What a change from previous years. No fur, plastic, flowers...this may work wonders for Quennie. Snubbing Carrie: The poor girl will be too old to compete next year. It's unfortunate TVB will be sending this year's 1st RU Sharon to MW instead of Carrie. Though the two would never make the top 20, at least Carrie would not be lost within the pack of approx. 106 contestants. http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050906/20050905234225_0003.html Evening Gown http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050906/img/se02090621_big.jpg Courtesy of Johnny http://appledaily.atnext.com/images/apple-photos/640pix/20050906/Article_ent/06ec6p61.jpg National Costume* Courtesy of Ennis http://image2.sina.com.cn/ent/s/h/2005-09-06/U1343P28T3D832363F326DT20050906092957.JPG http://image2.sina.com.cn/ent/s/h/2005-09-06/U1343P28T3D832363F329DT20050906092957.JPG http://photocdn.sohu.com/20050906/Img226878278.jpg http://photocdn.sohu.com/20050906/Img226878277.jpg MCI 2005 2nd RU Jess Young News* Courtesy of Angela This past weekend, Jess* competed in the The Chinese New Talent Singing Competition- Melbourne & finished in 2nd. When she was called as a finalist there was a huge reaction from the crowd. Unfortunately, only the winner of the competition will be competing in HK. It would've been interesting to see Jess compete in HK again. She's done very well in competitions in Melbourne, whether its singing, modeling or pageants. 2004 - Shanghai Fashion Week Oriental Model 2nd 2004 - Miss Chinese Melbourne 1st 2005 - Miss Chinese International 3rd 2005 - New Talent Singing Competition 2nd Miss Chinese Melbourne 2005 Date: Tuesday 29th November 2005 Venue: Melbourne Town Hall Time: 7pm Sept 3 Miss Chinatown USA 2005, Carol Chen Clip Courtesy of Simon mms://www.cntv.us/CarolNEW-1.wmv Miss Astro Chinese Malaysia Int Pageant 2005* Semifinal will be broadcast live on September 10, 2005 over Astro Channel 30 at 8:30pm. Check out the contestants here MCI 01 Bernice Liu, MHK 98 Anne Heung, along with Joey Leung Wing-Chung & Michael Tong Man-Luong will be making appearances in Toronto & Vancouver this month. Sun, Sept. 18 - 2 pm Toronto: Paramount Canada's Wonderland Sat, Sept. 17 - Noon Toronto: Market Village Mon, Sept 19th - 4 pm Tue, Sept. 20 - 8pm Center in Vancouver for the Performing Arts Website: http://www.fairchildtv.com/entertainment/special/tvb/news.html http://www.plem.com/ New Straits Times Online: Philip Chan Yan-Kin's eye for talent. Written by Ricky Yap Sept 1 TVB Weekly Issue #427 Scans Issue #427 SCANS Miss HK News Translated from Oriental Daily Newly crowned Miss HK Tracy Ip* & her court (1st RU Sharon Luk, 2nd RU Carrie Lam), along with Miss Photogenic - Shermon Tang & Miss International Goodwill- Natalie Hui all received expensive watches from the sponsors. Tracy's exquisite platinum gold timepiece is valued at approx. $248 880 HKD. Tracy says it’s the most valuable watch she’s owned. Not one to splurge on materialistic items, the most expensive watch she's purchased for herself was approx. $800 HKD (about $100 USD). The press also pestered her with questions such as receiving gifts from rich guys to whether she's currently in a relationship? Tracy laughed & replied she will not accept anything pricy from anyone in order to avoid any misunderstandings & motives & that she doesn't have a boyfriend yet. http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/ent/ent_a05cnt.html http://the-sun.orisun.com/channels/ent/20050901/20050831233032_0003.html http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/photo/20050901/ent/0901enew05b1.jpg