Ten finalists will take part in the Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant 2016 final held on December 8. The theme is “Shine Bright and Ignite the Magical Beauty”. It will air on Fairchild TV, Talentvision, and www.fairchildtv.comat 7:55pm.

Prenda Wang is musically talented. Energetic and athletic is Irene Cheng. Cecilia Pan is studying fashion design. Half Columbian and half Chinese is Maria Rincon. Animal lover Maggie Yu is a UBC graduate completing. The youngest is 19-year-old Venessa Li is talented in Chinese dance. Sherry Xue is majoring in musical theatre. Katrina Shi is a Latin dancer. Phoebe Kut won a best actress award as a child actor. Vancouver-born and raised contestant is Lily Wong.

Vinci Wong will be the MC for Miss Chinese Vancouver Pageant 2016 Final. TVB figure Mak Cheung Ching is the special guest performer for this pageant. Actress Lynn Hsieh and movie and TV star Mr. Patrick Poon, Paralympic, who also is a table tennis olympian, Ms. Stephanie Chan, artist Mr. Ai Xin Jue Luo Yu Ting, and Miss Chinese Vancouver 2013 Champion and Miss Chinese International Pageant 2014 1st Runner-Up Ms. Cindy Zhong to form the judge panel.

Fairchild TV is donating to the Richmond Hospital Foundation as the beneficiary of the annual MCVP Gala Dinner to support the construction of a new replacement patient care tower.

For more information, visit www.fairchildtv.com.

Contestant profiles

Prenda Wang is the child of a well-known television personality in Nanjing, China. Wang has been nurtured by a family with performance background and inherited her mother’s beauty and artistic talents.

Irene Cheng is energetic and athletic. She radiates charm and warmth with her sweet and amiable smile.

Cecilia Pan, also known as the beauty expert, is studying fashion design and nail art and pursuing her dreams in the fashion industry.

Girlz Champion of Sunshine Nation 2012, half Columbian and half Chinese Maria Rincon is proficient in multiple languages.

Both beautiful and wise, animal-lover Maggie Yu is a UBC graduate completing her MBA at Tsinghua University in Beijing.

The youngest among the ten girls and an adroit dancer, at 19 years old, Venessa Li earned the title of Girlz Champion in Sunshine Nation 2014.

Sherry Xue, majoring in Musical Theatre at the renowned Shanghai Conservatory of Music, has lots of stage experience, and charmed the audience with her graceful gestures.

Katrina Shi’s may seem like that shy next door girl, but she is a passionate Latin dancer who enjoys dancing to the exotic and sensual rhythms.

With boundless performance potential, Phoebe Kut starred in the Canadian film "Eve and the Fire Horse", attended many Film Festivals in different cities, and won the Best Actress Award only at the age of 9.

With a fondness towards the Chinese culture along with a delicate and petite physique, the Vancouver born and raised #10 Lily Wong represents a classic Asian beauty.