Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998


Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998 was held on January 25, 1998 in Hong Kong. The pageant was broadcast live through TVB and was streamed for the first time in Malaysia. Miss Chinese International 1997 Monica Lo of Toronto, Ontario, Canada crowned Louisa Luk of San Francisco, USA as the new winner. Luk is the first winner from the United States and San Francisco's only winner, as of 2010.

Pageant information

The theme to this year's pageant is "Beautiful Shadows from The Land of the Gods, Ten Years of Love from the Dragons" 「神洲儷影 十載龍情」. This year also marks the tenth anniversary of the Miss Chinese International Pageant. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, and mandopop singer Emil Chau, who also served as the special performing guest. Other performing guests included cantopop singers Eason Chan, Edmond Leung and Miriam Yeung.

10th anniversary guests

To celebrate the 10th anniversary of the pageant, the organizers invited ten past award winners as special guests which took part in an opening ceremony for the show. They included:
PlacementContestantCity RepresentedCountry Represented
Miss Chinese International 1998Louisa Luk 陸依薩San Francisco
1st Runner-UpLisa Vongthong 蔡明真Bangkok
2nd Runner-UpKalyane Tea 譚慧玲Montréal
Top 5 FinalistsJoey Tan 陳英麗
Virginia Yung 翁嘉穗		Kuala Lumpur
Hong Kong

Special awards

Crossovers

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:
;Miss World
;Miss Universe