1月29日，2005年度国际华裔小姐大赛评选结果揭晓，来自温哥华的李亚男（中）获得冠军、来自纽约的陈法拉（左）获得亚军、来自墨尔本的杨文琪（右）获得季军、来自吉隆坡的陈影雯获友谊小姐称号、香港小姐徐子珊获得美态倾城小姐称号。

　　Miss Chinese International 2005 - Results

　　Winner - Leanne Li (Vancouver)

　　First Runner Up - Fala Chen (New York)

　　Second Runner Up - Jessica Young (Melbourne)

　　Miss Cosmopolitan Beauty (Internet Vote) - Kate Tsui (Hong Kong)

　　Miss Friendship - Jolene Chin (Kuala Lumpur)

　The Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005 was held at TKO TVB City yesterday(Jan 29) and after many rounds of selection, the title was awarded to 22 year-old Leanne Li from Vancouver. Hot favourite Fala Chen was only able to make second place, with outsider Jessica Young from Melbourne taking third place. When Hong Kong's Kate Tsui was chosen for the top five, there were many cheers from the audience, but she did not make the top three, taking only the 'Miss Cosmopolitan Beauty' award as a consolation. The 'Miss Friendship' award had earlier been announced as Jolene Chin from Kuala Lumpur.

　　Leanne hails from Shanghai and is currently studying at university. Her ambition is to become either a producer or an artiste. Leanne says that she was always confident in herself and just enjoyed the contest calmly without any pressure. With Kate Tsui winning the internet vote, she does not feel that this was a consolation prize, because she was chosen by the Hong Kong and China audience. Judge Andy Lau praised thet top three contestants, saying that Leanne has the look of a winner, Fala has the beauty of a star and Jessica has a wonderful singing voice. As for why Kate Tsui did not reach the top three, Andy felt that this was due to her having too much pressure put on her.

　　This year's show was themed "Eternal Beauty - Touching Hearts for 5000Years" and the contestants paraded in various period costumes that were very beautiful, but in one of the swimwear items, the girls wore white bikinis that resembled underwear and the thin material at times showed a little more than was decent, causing complaints from some of the audience.

　　(TVBspace News Roundup)

　　Vocabulary:

　　outsider: a contestant given little chance of winning; a long shot（获胜可能性极小者）

　　consolation: 安慰，慰藉

　　artiste: a public performer or entertainer, especially a singer or dancer（表演艺术家，艺人，尤指歌手或舞蹈演员）