2012 Miss Asia Pageant: Meet the 12 Candidates!
Above: Contestant #1 Chiu Hoi Yan (趙海恩), #2 Bianca Wong (黃壁安), #3 Stella Leong (梁綺婷)
ATV revealed the final twelve contestants for its 2012 Miss Asia Pageant earlier this week. ATV will adopt the one person, one voting format to increase the mass excitement for its pageant, despite the miserable technical failure of TVB’s Miss Hong Kong Pageant this year.
At the press conference this week, the twelve Miss Asia contestants wore low-cut dresses, showcasing their long-legged figures.
At first glance, not all of the contestants possess busty figures. Of the twelve, only Scarlett Chan (陳超) and Allie Huang (黃一晴) stand out from the pack. Allie bounced and shook her way through the catwalk. On the down side, contestant #7 Lili Xu (許麗莉) was picked out by the media to have a pair of thick thighs.
Labeled as the hot favorites that possess star quality, contestant #5 Annie Qi (齊真晨) , who was dubbed as a Kay Tse look-alike from Anhui, and contestant #8 Ellen Yu (于建茹), who was labeled a tanned version of Cheryl Yang (楊謹華), both made it to the final twelve. The photogenic Eurasian looking Bianca Wong (黃壁安) also made it.
At the event, the contestants introduced themselves in Cantonese. Not surprisingly, many contestants from mainland Chinese spoke with a heavy Mandarin accent. Mispronunciations popped up occasionally and generated much laughter.
Scarlett Chan, who is from Hangzhou and currently a fashion design student at Hong Kong Polytechnic University, embarrassingly said she was really nervous and revealed she had been taken to the wrong destination when taking a taxi in Hong Kong. She also said most of her classmate at Polytechnic spoke to her in Mandarin to accommodate her, but she will try harder to practice her Cantonese. She does not have many friends in Hong Kong, and believes she will be at a disadvantage with the new voting format.
One of the favorites, 31-year-old Ellen Yu, said she is not worried about competing with younger contestants. She believes her hobby of reading manga makes her feel and behave younger than her true age. Although her education level is not as high as her competitors, Ellen feels that she has more experience in life (she has worked as a model in China). When asked if she thinks she resembles Cheryl Yang, Ellen said that she agrees with the comparison. However, when up close in person, some reporters complained about how Ellen’s skin texture is not that smooth, and there are blemishes on her chest.
The title of “Miss Friendship” was given to the 28 year old, Gaga Tse (謝嘉慧). The petite contestant indicates she has a sister-like relationship with most of the contestants, while using Twitter to interact with the others. She also feels that her figure is not as sexy as the other contestants, and envies the long legs they have. As a local girl, Gaga said that she will get all her friends to support her in the audience voting.
Above: Contestant #4 Monica Chan (陳彥蓉), #5 Annie Qi (齊真晨), #6 Sun Qian (孫倩)
Above: Contestant #7 Lili Xu (許麗莉), #8 Ellen Yu (于建茹), #9 Natalie Tse (謝嘉慧)
Above: Contestant #10 Scarlett Chan (陳超), #11 Chan Ying Ying (陳瑩瑩), #12 Allie Huang (黃一晴)
Source: Oriental Daily
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ATV still exists?
i totally thought the same >.<
If it is one person one vote, that is much smarter and fairer as not to stuff the balloting. Bianca and Annie looks nice…
I thought they stopped having Miss Asia years ago??
ATV reboot the pageant in 2004 to make in like Miss MCI where participants include representative from all various countries.
Im sorry, but TVB pageants are much better …
“ATV will adopt the one person, one voting format to increase the mass excitement for its pageant, despite the miserable technical failure of TVB’s Miss Hong Kong Pageant this year.”
Well, ATV definitely won’t have the same technical failure because no one watches it
ATV already adopted some sort of voting system years back. Something went wrong with the tally though…
These girls are terrible!
I like #5 Annie.
You concur too, eh?
They’re too meaty.
Meaty is good…better than anorexic…
true.
Bianca reminds me of Catherine Zeta-Jones (current wife of Michael Douglas)
Agree.
She has some resemblance but not as pretty as Mrs. Douglas.
looks better than girls that tvb gets for a pagent
agree as well.
Contestant with the most family members who are able to vote will win.
Also;
>Miss Asia
>All girls are from HK
Righto.
i guess you can’t be consider asian if you’re not a mix of different asian ethncities either
My point is holding a “Miss Asia” pageant localized only to HK girls is like holding a “World mudwrestling championships” exclusive only to people who live in Delhi, India.
they’re not all from hk
The contestants not bad.
http://www.hkatv.com/v5/12/missasia2012/content.html
If I had to choose…
I’d go with #10 Scarlett
So much complaints about thick thighs, blemishes, skin complexion, meaty….etc. This is why I hate beauty pageants. I mean, what’s the standard anyway? Big breasts means good? Skinny legs are hot? And the women’s body must be extremely revealing to be considered sexy…it’s so stupid sometimes, you know?
But I understand, this has been the way it is for many years, nothing will change. Bikini segment will always be there, the skimpier, the better. Men will never object to this. I’m not a hater, I just feel it’s so shallow, all these competitions.
>I’m not a hater
Yes you are, you sound like you just lost Miss Asia 2011.
#7 has thick thighs? Really?
Anyway, her picture above reminds me of the Japanese model/Ken Watanabe’s daughter, Anne.
miss asia’s girls look worse than tvb’s
atv is just copying tvb with the one person one vote system. watch no one vote except for the girls’ friends and family.
10 and 2 maybe? #7 reminds me of Samantha Ko…
those girls are not bad
Atv girls are much better looking than Malaysia Astro contestants for this year.
This year astro girls all are flat chested..wow look Atv girls all big boobies.