The
INITIAL D Race Queen Pageant Local Finals was
held successfully last Saturday at Bishan Junction
8 with 2 gorgeous contestants winning the closely
fought contest! The local INITIAL D Race Queen
Pageant is one of the many campaigns lined up
for the movie INITIAL D, starring Jay Chou,
Edison Chen, Anne Suzuki and directed by Andrew
Lau and Alan Mak.
The 2 contestants of the local INITIAL D Race
Queen Pageant will be representing Singapore
in the Regional Finals at Beijing, China this
Sunday, 15 May 2005.
The event last Saturday attracted a 1,500 strong
crowd at Bishan Junction 8. After a series of
performance and Q&As, the winners of the
local pageant are Contestant No.1 Tai Pei Ren,
age 19 and Contestant No.7 Pang Jia Ying, age
20. Both winners were presented with $1,000
cash prize, a Casio Exilim digital camera and
the chance to participate in the Initial D Race
Queen Asian Finals held in Beijing.
Pei Ren and Jia Ying will be going to Beijing
this Sunday to meet up with Asian Superstar
Jay Chou, along with 18 other finalists from
the region. the 2 Singaporean finalists will
also compete with another 18 from the region
for the top three spots: cash prize and a prestigious
Media Asia movie contract for each of the final
three winners. The 3 eventual winners will be
announced in mid June 2005 and will join the
cast of INITIAL D for its' World Gala Premiere
in Beijing on 19 June 2005.
Initial D opens in theatres all over Asia on
23 June.
