news 2007 Jan - SM in the judging panel for Miss Chinese International beauty pageant

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AF# 336 Posted 15 January 2007 - 11:05 PM
Aimee Chan's Chances Slipping at MCI 2007
The 2007 Miss Chinese International Pageant will be taking place on Saturday in Foshan and the twenty-one contestants met the judges for the first time yesterday. The panel will include TVB artistes Charmaine Sheh, Steven Ma, Sonija Kwok and Roger Kwok. They all say that they will not show any favouritism towards the Hong Kong representative Aimee Chan and will score fairly.

The girls have returned to Hong Kong after their promotional tour of Foshan and Aimee seemed rather tired at the meeting, that may have lost her some points with the judges. She says that she is very robust and she is not nervous and she is becoming more and more excited as the event draws near. The contestants have all been busy rehearsing and trying their costumes, hoping to give a great show and Aimee will also be catching up on some sleep over the next few days. Does she feel she is at an advantage as the Hong Kong representative? She says that although she worked with Roger on location when she took part in Miss Hong Kong, she does not feel that this will benefit her. Melbourne's Jenifer Jiang is the youngest contestant this year at only 18 years old, but she says she has no pressure and is having a lot of fun. She says that everyone else are like big sisters and there is no-one picking on her.

This is the first time that Charmaine has been a judge at a beauty pageant and she had a chat with each of the contestants at the press event. She says that she is interested in the level of knowledge that the contestants have on Chinese Culture and she says that to be themselves is already enough because to be natural is the most beautiful. However, Charmaine did not reveal her favourites because this is unfair and she just said that she will judge fairly and seriously and will show no favouritism. Sonija felt the girls had great figures and asked if she felt that Aimee seemed a little lacklustre, she says that a lot of it is down to your own drive and determination. When she took part in MCI, she was unwell, but she still managed to win the award and the hard work paid off. She also says that she will not give extra points to the Hong Kong representative because she has to be fair.

Steven says frankly that he will be able to watch the pretty girls openly and although he offered his hand to shake with Aimee, he insists that he will not be so generous with his points. He feels that the most important thing about MCI is for the contestants to learn a little more about China and to not even know when the country was formed is unacceptable. He prefers the contestants that look 'traditionally Chinese'. Of course, to look tidy is also important. Roger worked with Aimee in Korea during the Miss Hong Kong pageant, so he has a deeper impression of her, but he will not be biased.

The MC's for the show will be Eric Tsang and Derek Li. Singing star Eric Moo will also be the guest MC. When Derek was introducing the contestants onto the stage, he caused a few laughs when he introduced Number 12 Sarah Song from Sydney as 'number 12 contender'. With jokes that he was no good, he said humbly: "I am the worst, the girls and the judges are the best."

Credit: http://tvbspace.blogspot.com/

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1月15日,“2007年度国际中华小姐竞选”二十一位候选佳丽首晤大会评判，评判团包括:佘诗曼、马浚伟、郭羡妮、郭晋安等，决赛当晚将请来曾志伟和李浩林担任司仪，巫启贤担任嘉宾司仪。

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馬浚偉、佘詩曼、郭晉安、郭羨妮昨日以「2007年度國際中華小姐競選」的評判身份於機場富豪酒店與21位入圍佳麗首次會晤。佳麗們和幾位評判有講有笑，爭取好的印象分。郭羨妮表示當年參選華姐的時候，曾累到病倒，說：「我仲記得當時壓力好大，仲要保持身形，所以選到都覺得自己好犀利，我都希望各位佳麗要有好好的意志力。」而阿佘表示看到佳麗們，就想起當年自己參選時所嘗試的東西，還從自己的經驗中提醒佳麗們要做自己。郭晉安表示自己最注重是佳麗們的談吐，不知哪位是安仔的心水？說：「香港佳麗，因為曾經在韓國和她拍攝過外景。」　同做過「最上鏡小姐」評判的郭羨妮、阿佘和安仔均表示佳麗們的身材都很好。

馬仔準備難題考佳麗
　而馬仔更主動和2號的香港佳麗陳茵媺握手，問馬仔是否對她感覺特別親切，馬仔表示：「其實我都有同其他女仔握手，因為自己英文『水皮』，一直以為要用國語和他們溝通，講廣東話的感覺會親切點。」馬仔還直言自己喜歡很有中國味道和中華氣質的女性，說：「如果有識中國歷史的就更加好，我自己都諗有關中國歷史的問題考佢。」
　
　另外，剛從內地回來的2號佳麗陳茵微看起來非常疲憊，問到是否睡眠不足？她說：「可能最近工作太忙碌。我會盡量爭取多點時間休息。（緊張否？）唔緊張！反而有興奮，最近個個都咁努力練習，迎接比賽當日，我好希望可以當晚有出色表現。」


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文匯報網上版
[2007-01-16] 中華小姐首晤評判 阿佘馬仔注重中國文化
「2007年度國際中華小姐競選」將於本周六假佛山市中心組團新城區佛山新聞中心隆重舉行。來自世界各地城市的二十一位候選佳麗昨日首次會晤大會評判，包括佘詩曼、馬浚偉、郭羨妮、郭晉安及中國著名畫家及佛山電視台藝術指導陳永鏘，大會司儀則由曾志偉和李浩林擔任，而巫啟賢亦首次出任嘉賓司儀。
　剛完成佛山宣傳活動返港，香港代表陳茵媺明顯露出疲態，但她仍否認不捱得，也不擔心首晤評判留下不好印象。距離選舉日子逐漸逼近，陳茵媺稱不緊張，反而還很興奮，近日各佳麗努力排舞及試衫，希望令個騷好睇，這幾日她亦盡量爭取睡眠時間。
安仔羨妮不偏心
　佘詩曼初次擔任選美大會評判，於記者會後將與各佳麗逐一傾談，她會著重佳麗對中國文化的認識，給予佳麗的心得，最重要是做好已足夠了，始終自然是最靚的。不過阿佘被問到心水佳麗，她卻以公平為由婉拒透露，只強調對任何一位佳麗亦以嚴謹態度去評審，絕不偏私。郭羨妮首次跟佳麗會面，覺得她們的身形不錯。她亦表示對香港佳麗不會鬆手，更自覺公正嚴明。
　馬浚偉高興能擔任選美評判，可拿正牌睇靚女。席上馬仔跟陳茵媺主動握手，他強調對陳茵薇給分不會鬆手。他覺得選國際中華小姐最重要是佳麗能認知中國，他揀選女仔亦以「很中國樣」的佳麗較喜歡，當然外表看來整齊亦相當重要。郭晉安在選港姐時曾與陳茵媺到韓國拍外景，故對她印象亦較深，不過今次就一定不會偏心，會以新的角度去看。