Miss Chinese International 1995 Hsiang-Lin Ku crowned Siew-Kee Cheng of Singapore as the winner.

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」.

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.

When news first leaked, Chung denied all rumours and went into hiding from the Hong Kong media, performing in Mainland China.

As such, Chung was stripped of her title of Miss Chinese International 1996 Second Runner-Up and had her artiste contract with TVB terminated.