On the theme of Goodwill and Friendship between Japan and China, we are pleased to announce that long time organizer of Miss International Beauty Pageant, International Cultural Association of Japan will be co-hosting this year's pageant with China International Culture Dispersion Center in Beijing, China.

The Grand final is planned to take place at Peoples Great Hall, one of the most famous landmarks in the capital city, Beijing, of China on Saturday 16 or Monday 18 of October 2004.

The respectable promoters of the national beauty pageants of all over the world are kindly invited to participate in this one of the world most prestigious beauty pageants, "MISS INTERNATIONAL".

This most memorable and epoch making pageant will have been realized by our Chinese co-organizer's sincere and sleepless efforts with the aims of fostering worldwide friendship through inviting ambassadors of beauty from all over the world to gather as one, as well as letting people in the world see the most dramatic economic progress China has made in recent years.

Japan has a long lasting relationship and friendship in over 2000 years of its history and we have received overwhelming supports from various sectors of our nation for hosting this very special pageant in our neighboring nation, China. This will be the first time Miss International Beauty Pageant we will hold outside Japan and its origin, U.S.A. for the last 44 years of history.

To make this special pageant big success, we are planning to welcome a lot more delegates than usual, closer to 100, if not over, from different countries and regions of the world. And we will have the grand final in this most famous "Peoples Great Hall in Beijing" which can accommodate more than 10,000 thousand audience at one time. Telecasting the pageant live, of course is also planned to many nations in the world through broadcasting satellite, and it will be publicized as TV news articles distributed by China Central TV Station.

We have various promotional and cultural exchange programs both in Japan and China by visiting national and municipal government offices, hosting charity receptions and events with a large number of invited guests such as respectable lawmakers, influential company executives from economic arena, celebrities, a wide range of media people all alike. We will also hold a series of "Miss International Forum 2004" bridging over Japan and China on the theme of Peace and Friendship through the Missions of Miss International. We are very much positive that all delegates from different parts of the world will have a huge exposure to Japanese and Chinese people and world media by those many worthwhile social and promotional activities in this year's pageant program.

Article Courtesy of: Miss International Organization