Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998

Miss Chinese International Pageant 1998
Date	January 25, 1998
Presenters	Eric Tsang, Lydia Shum, Emil Chau
Entertainment	Emil Chau, Eason Chan, Edmond Leung, Miriam Yeung
Venue	TVB City, Hong Kong
Broadcaster	TVB
Entrants	17
Placements	5
Winner	Louisa Luk San Francisco,  USA

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, Canada crowned Louise 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.

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.

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:

-Virginia Yung went on to compete at Miss Universe 1998. Yung did not make the top 10, but placed 2nd overall in the online internet polls.

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