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SUGAR QUEEN BY SAMANTHA GOH

Mrs. China Elite International 2018

by SAMANTHA GOH

NANJING, CHINA Mrs. International, the lovely Ms. Beverly Tan is my
mentor. The venue was in Nanjing Sofitel Zhong Shan
his year I am honoured to have been Resort.
invited as a judge at the Grand Finals of The grandiose entrance to the resort presented an
the Mrs. China Elite International 2018 impressive hors d’oeuvres to the main course, that was
held in Nanjing. I have found myself the resort. Upon arrival, there was a reception desk
Tdoing a lot of judging and participating in especially for the Elite Mrs. China VIP guests and
various pageants since becoming TKS Mrs. Malaysia contestants. I was escorted to my room which was huge
International and winning Mrs. ASEAN in November for one person. It had a balcony that opens up to the
2016. courtyard and tennis court.
I understand the importance my role has upon After a sumptuous dinner buffet, I headed for an
the contestants. This is the eighth year that TKS Mrs. early night as the finale was next day. Guests of the
China has held their pageant. The number eight holds pageant started arriving at the grand entrance of the
important significance to us Chinese. So this year the event hall. All wore gowns, had “made up” hairdo,
organizers really went all out with events leading up to photos were posed, and instructions were given to the
the October 12th finale. China has a vast panel of judges on where to make our entry
population of over 1.4 billion. The women after our introduction on stage. Crowds
who registered for the competition were started piling in. The pageant opened with a
in the thousands from all parts of China. traditional Chinese dance performance.
These were women from all walks of life Once seated, my task of scoring the 50
and ages, from 40 to 70 years old! finalists began. It was not easy as most were
The grand finale presented the final confident with their introductions and
50 Elite Mrs China finalists. The Top 3 deliberations. Each contestant had to state
winners will have a chance to represent the reason why they joined the pageant
China in the TKS Mrs. International and what they believed in life as a woman.
pageant which is based in Singapore. The SUGAR QUEEN It was overwhelming to see the 50 finalists
founder and director of Singapore TKS BY SAMANTHA GOH

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