Florence Loi, 23, won the title of Miss Macau 2008 on Sunday September 7. She beat the crowd favourite Ana Kuan Barroso, 20, half-Portuguese half-Chinese, who had to settle for first runner-up, followed by Cherry Ng, 21 as second runner-up.

Ana Kuan Barroso (1st runner-up), Florence Loi and Cherry Ng (2nd runner-up)

The ten finalists for this year's Miss Macau Pageant were introduced to the press on August 12, at the Venetian Macao-Resort-Hotel, and played around in the pool on August 20, wearing their bikinis and showing off their figures.

The evening

The bikini contest :

The winners

Florence Loi - 吕蓉茵, Ana Kuan Barroso - 关安娜 and Cherry Ng - 伍家怡

Florence Loi will be Macao's representative for the 2009 Miss Chinese International pageant held next year in Foshan, China.

More information

• Miss Macau Pageant
• Chinese beauty pageants