Miss Asian Global Pageant (founded August 1, 1987) was initiated as a part of the Asian Heritage Celebration for the County of Santa Clara in 1987, the...
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Miss America is an annual competition that is open to women from the United States between the ages of 18 and 28. Originating in 1921 as a "bathing beauty...
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Broyles is Alaska's first Miss America title in the history of the pageant and the third Asian American to win the Miss America title, following Angela Perez...
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Miss America 2024 was the 96th Miss America pageant, held at the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida, alongside the Miss America's...
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List of beauty pageants (section North America)
Miss Asia Pacific International (1965, 1968–2005, 2016–2019, 2024–present) Miss América Latina (1981–present) Miss Asian America (1985–present) Miss Asia...
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Delander, Miss America 1927 Jean Bartel, Miss America 1943 Bess Myerson, Miss America 1945 Marilyn Buferd, Miss America 1946 Jacque Mercer, Miss America 1949...
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as Miss Asia and later renamed Miss Asia Pacific in 1984, followed by Miss Asia Pacific Quest in 1985 when Latin American and Pacific countries were included...
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production of Miss Saigon in April 2019 and had scheduled a panel discussion to showcase Asian American perspectives on the musical's treatment of Asian characters...
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Miss America 2023 was the 95th edition of the Miss America pageant, which occurred at the Mohegan Sun on December 15, 2022. Instead of airing on television...
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production." Daswani, Kavita (25 March 2016). "'Miss India America' takes a page from Hollywood's South Asian film community". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved...
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Stephanie Lin (category Miss Asian America winners)
the AP for Best Spot News covering the Camp Fire. Lin was crowned Miss Asian America in 2015. She advocated for diversity and inclusion in companies around...
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Friendship International". "Miss Asia". "Queen Of The Pacific". "Miss Young International". "Miss Alaska, Emma Broyles, crowned Miss America". WOWK-TV. December...
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Miss Gay America is a national pageant for female impersonators. Established in 1972, the pageant is based on the Miss America contest and follows a similar...
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Averie Bishop (category Use American English from November 2024)
Averie Bishop is a social activist who is the first Asian American woman to be crowned Miss Texas. Her work focuses on diversity, equity, and inclusion...
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Miss America 2014 was the 87th Miss America pageant, held at the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on September 15, 2013. Mallory Hagan of...
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Asian Latin Americans (sometimes Asian-Latinos) are Latin Americans of Asian descent. Asian immigrants to Latin America have largely been from East Asia...
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Miss Asia Pacific International 2024 was the fifth edition of Miss Asia Pacific International pageant, held at the Newport Performing Arts Theater in...
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Fala Chen (category Miss Asian America winners)
Chinese: 陳法拉; born 24 February 1982) is a Chinese and American actress. After winning the Miss Chinese International Pageant 2005, Chen made her debut...
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The Miss Teenage America Pageant was a United States beauty pageant started in 1961 as a pageant for high school girls. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was...
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Esther Hwang (category 21st-century American women)
Esther Hwang is an American model, former Miss Asian America, and former scheduling secretary for San Francisco mayor Willie Brown. Esther Hwang was born...
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pageant. Along with Miss Universe, Miss International, and Miss Earth, it is one of the Big Four beauty pageants. The current Miss World is Krystyna Pyszková...
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South Asian Americans are Americans of South Asian ancestry. The term refers to those who can trace back their heritage to South Asia, which includes...
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Gwendoline Yeo (category Miss Asian America winners)
Francisco Conservatory of Music. Yeo was crowned Miss Asian America in 1995 and was also named Miss Chinatown USA in 1998–99. She is the niece of George...
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because the United States has a much larger Asian population than the United Kingdom. In the London production of Miss Saigon, Lea Salonga originally starred...
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Audra Mari (category 21st-century Miss Teen USA delegates)
"2016 Miss World America Audra Mari is part Filipina". Asian Journal. Villano, Alexa (11 September 2017). "Audra Mari on her Filipino roots and American politics"...
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The Miss California World competition is a beauty pageant that selects the representative for California in the Miss World America pageant. The current...
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Miss Universe is an annual international major beauty pageant that is run by a Thailand and Mexican-based Miss Universe Organization. Along with Miss...
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Nina Davuluri (category Miss America winners)
American contestant to win both the Miss New York followed by the Miss America Competition. She is also the second Asian American to be crowned Miss America...
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2005) Menon, Sridevi. Duke University. "Where is West Asia in Asian America? Asia and the Politics of Space in Asian America." 2004. April 26, 2007. [2]...
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by Sing Tao Daily - Note: Starting 2012, the Miss Asian America Pageant expanded to become the Miss Asian Global Pageant where delegates around the world...
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