Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996

The slogan and theme to this year's pageant is "The Elegance of Yesteryears' Stars, The Vitality of Tonight's Delegates" 「昔日明星風釆 今夕佳麗風姿」. The Masters of Ceremonies were Eric Tsang, Carol Cheng.

In 1999, it was discovered that second runner-up Amy Chung of New York had an outstanding warrant for her arrest in USA as she left the country to enter the pageant while on probation stemming from a credit card fraud conviction. Chung had also lied about her academic credentials, claiming to have a master's degree from Harvard University when she only has taken courses from Harvard Extension School.

When news first leaked, Chung denied all rumours and went into hiding from the Hong Kong media, performing in Mainland China. However, she was summoned to TVB headquarters two weeks later and subsequently admitted to both her conviction and the embellishment of her educational records. As such, Chung was stripped of her title of Miss Chinese International 1996 Second Runner-Up and had her artiste contract with TVB terminated. Chung then returned to the US and turned herself in, where she served a 2-year prison term for her parole violation. Her title of second runner-up has been left vacant since.[1]

Contestants who previously competed or will be competing at other international beauty pageants:

Miss World

• 1995: Macau : Geraldina Madeira da Silva Pedruco
• 1995: Taipei,  Chinese Taipei: Hsu Chun-Chun
  (representing  Taiwan)

• Johnny's Pageant Page - Miss Chinese International Pageant 1996