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Source: Takungpao, The Sun



Miss Bangkok Parichat Wisuthiphatt Takes MCI Miss Friendship 2007

The 2007 Miss Chinese International Pageant will be taking place this evening at Foshan TV News Centre and the 21 contestants underwent final rehearsals for the swimwear parade yesterday. The vote was also held for the Miss Friendship award and this was taken by Number 16 Parichat Wisuthiphatt (Lam Nga Chi) from Bangkok. In their swimsuits, the girls showed off their figures as well as their shortcomings, that included flat chests, waistlessness, elephant legs and forced chests. Number 5 Singapore's Leow Cai Ling, Number 16 Parichat Wisuthiphatt and Number 18 also displayed some rather distasteful scenes with their clinging bikini bottoms.



After the blessing ceremony, the girls paraded in their bikinis and Number 2 Aimee Chan from Hong Kong had successfully slimmed down, but her 'soup bowl' bust was still very full and coupled with her muscular form, was quite an attraction. Number 3 Suzanna Wu (San Francisco) and Number 18 Cindy Hsu (Auckland) showed off their great busty figures and somewhat overshadowed her. Conversely, Number 1 Tina Leung from Seattle had a rather flat figure and Number 11 Bamboo Cui from Montreal was quite obviously plumper than the rest and displayed some elephant legs. Of the more confident contestants on the stage were Number 6 Rotterdam's Chinzy Choi and Number 13 Yvonne Chapman from Calgary, with the latter striking various poses for the press, earning herself the title of 'Pose Queen'.

Asked about her bust size still being the hot topic of conversation, Aimee says she does not worry about this and indicates that the other contestants also have beautiful figures and they are all very balanced. Asked if she was successful in her slimming, she admitted that she had and says that she has always been careful with her diet and has always done exercise. As for whether she developed the muscles on purpose, she smiles that she has always been very sporty, so she has always had the muscles. Asked if she is confident of an award, she says that she will go in with a peaceful heart and just enjoy the process, because it is a rare opportunity.



Bamboo said frankly that her rather large figure was the biggest pressure on her taking part in this contest, but her frame is like this, so there is nothing she can do. She has been studying ballet since she was young, so she cannot reduce the thickness of her legs and this put a lot of stres on her. She says she will do well in other areas and she will try hard to just be herself. Asked if she is confident of winning, she says that she is not entering for the awards and would just like to make some friends. After putting on a swimsuit, Yvonne seemed to shine and she smiled happily: "I will try my best to show off myself. (Are you worried that the language barrier will affect your performance?) I have already worked hard to practise and as there will be a strong Canadian accent with my Cantonese, I am learning to speak Mandarin."

Miss Bangkok Parichat was voted as the winner of the Miss Friendship award by the other contestants and when the result was announced, she was so happy that she was blushing. She was presented with some flowers and congratulated by the other girls, with Yvonne stepping forward to shake her hand and give her a hug. She indicated that this made her very happy and shocked. Asked about the tradition that this award goes to the least threatening contestant, she does not agree and says that she has got on very well with the other contestants. So is she confident of a win? She says she is confident and will work hard to do even better.

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