Miss Asian America
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Formation | August 1, 1987 |
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Type | Beauty Pageant |
Headquarters | United States |
Website | https://www.missasianglobal.com/ |
Miss Asian Global Pageant (founded August 1, 1987)[1] was initiated as a part of the Asian Heritage Celebration for the County of Santa Clara in 1987, the pageant's top titleholders include the former First Lady of the State of Washington, Mona Lee Locke, wife of Gary Locke[2] and Fala Chen, the 2013 winner of the Huading Award for Best Female Drama Actress.
Background
[edit]A 2010 book by cultural anthropologist Afia A. Ofori-Mensa studied the relationships among race, gender, and U.S. national identity using the Miss Asian Global Pageant. She found that "panethnic pageants like Miss Asian Global" which came of age in the 1980s plays an important role in the constitution of national identity "through ideal femininity, in both embodied and rhetorical ways." For the Asian American community, the Miss Asian Global Pageant is the "only cultural institution annually endowing one woman and her racialized, gendered, and classed body, the power to represent an entire nation."[3] The pageant remains one of the few national events that allow for a frontal display of non-mainstream ethnic culture for the American public where contestants wear cultural clothing and reinvigorate heritage ties through community-based projects, service learning, and presentations in their heritage language.[4]
Cultural integration and the introduction of neoliberal values have also been examined through the prism of the Miss Asian Global Pageant extensively by women's studies scholars. Professor Nhi T. Lieu, in studying Miss Asian Global pointed to the pageant's role in promoting capitalism and neoliberal values presented within traditional contexts such as the utilization of the Vietnamese women's garment known as the ao dai. Lieu adds that the role of technology in beauty pageants also enabled the introduction of modernity and consumer goods to many Asian American households in attendance at pageant events.[5]
In reviewing the Cold War legacy and its relationship with Asian American communities in the United States, Ofori-Mensa argues that the Asian American community was able to "utilize pageants strategically, by insisting on the centrality of people of color to U.S. national identity, and by re-imagining the nation as a transnational space where people of color are not systematically excluded."[3]
Titleholders
[edit]Year | Miss Asian Global | Miss Asian America | Miss Asian Teen | Miss Asian of California | Miss Asian San Francisco | List of Miss Asian Global runners-up | ||
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First Princess | Second Princess | Third Princess | ||||||
2023 | Kylie Chang ( ![]() |
Erin Kwon ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Felicia Tang ( ![]() |
Vanessa Mai ( ![]() |
Felicia Tang ( ![]() |
My Tien Angela Van ( ![]() |
Skye Yasuda ( ![]() |
2022 | Lisa Yan ( ![]() |
Angella Lee ( ![]() |
Makenna Ma ( ![]() |
Ada Jin ( ![]() |
Jackie Teer ( ![]() |
Claire Ong ( ![]() ![]() |
Emily Smith ( ![]() ![]() |
Jade Lun ( ![]() |
2021 | No Pageant Held | |||||||
2020 | Olivia Wong ( ![]() |
Vy Vo ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Daisy Chung ( ![]() |
Tara Nash ( ![]() ![]() |
Lan Ho ( ![]() |
Daisy Chung ( ![]() |
Tara Nash ( ![]() ![]() |
2019 | Stephanie Kim ( ![]() |
Melanie Wardhana ( ![]() ![]() |
Not awarded | Rachel Xu ( ![]() |
Josie Li ( ![]() |
Rachel Xu ( ![]() |
Josie Li ( ![]() |
Sidney Siu ( ![]() |
2018 | Uchka Jimsee ( ![]() |
Sophia Ng (Dethroned) ( ![]() Darae Jun (Assumed) ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Darae Jun ( ![]() |
Kimberly Tom ( ![]() |
Darae Jun (Assumed) ( ![]() |
Aileen Bui ( ![]() |
Kimberly Tom ( ![]() |
2017 | Trisha Bantigue ( ![]() ![]() |
Savannah Pham ( ![]() ![]() |
Not awarded | Kate Melanie Lam ( ![]() |
Alexis Yup ( ![]() |
Kate Melanie Lam ( ![]() |
Alexis Yup ( ![]() |
Ernestine Siu ( ![]() |
2016 | Gina Su ( ![]() ![]() |
Jessica Lim ( ![]() |
Ally Gong ( ![]() |
Angela Huang ( ![]() |
Kristine Hara ( ![]() |
Joanne Leung ( ![]() |
Angela Huang ( ![]() |
Kristine Hara ( ![]() |
2015 | Pamela Lagera ( ![]() |
Stephanie Lin ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Malia Kurashima Carlson ( ![]() |
Jennie Li ( ![]() |
Malia Kurashima Carlson ( ![]() |
Jennie Li ( ![]() |
Puja Oza ( ![]() |
2014 | Emma Marriott ( ![]() ![]() |
Jennifer Chung ( ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Maggie Schoenholtz ( ![]() |
Arienne Calingo ( ![]() |
May Ling Phyu ( ![]() ![]() |
Catherine Ho ( ![]() ![]() |
Jeni Nguyen ( ![]() |
Sunaina Singh ( ![]() |
2013 | No Pageant Held | |||||||
2012 | Susie Lee ( ![]() |
Emily Tang ( ![]() |
Not awarded | April Kim ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Emily Tang ( ![]() |
April Kim ( ![]() |
Jasmine Lee ( ![]() ![]() |
2011 | No Pageant Held | |||||||
Year | Miss Asian America | Miss Asian Teen | Miss Asian of California | Miss Asian San Francisco | List of Miss Asian America runners-up | |||
First Princess | Second Princess | Third Princess | ||||||
2010 | Sarah Liu ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Amanda Lee ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Amanda Lee ( ![]() |
Nancy Kwong ( ![]() |
Brijal Vadgama ( ![]() | |
2009 | Amy Chanthaphavong ( ![]() ![]() |
Not awarded | Victoria Pham ( ![]() |
Kristine Law ( ![]() |
Victoria Pham ( ![]() |
Kristine Law ( ![]() |
Carolyn Fung ( ![]() | |
2008 | Louisa Liu ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Mary Saleh ( ![]() ![]() & ![]() |
Lisa Ma ( ![]() ![]() · San Francisco) |
Mary Saleh ( ![]() ![]() & ![]() |
Nina Kasuga ( ![]() |
Stephanie Karlik ( ![]() ![]() ![]() & ![]() | |
2007 | Louise Wu ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Tiffani Frances Mah ( ![]() · San Francisco) |
Amy Chu ( ![]() |
Tiffani Frances Mah ( ![]() |
Ayushka Sing Gharib ( ![]() |
Amy Chu ( ![]() | |
2006 | Jennifer Field ( ![]() & German · San Jose) |
Not awarded | Jessica Feng ( ![]() |
Claire Yuan ( ![]() |
Jessica Feng ( ![]() |
Katie N. Au ( ![]() |
Monica You ( ![]() ![]() | |
2005 | Kollyn Muangmaithong ( ![]() ![]() |
Michele Chen ( ![]() |
Carolyn Michaelis ( ![]() ![]() & ![]() |
Shana Dhillon ( ![]() |
Carolyn Michaelis ( ![]() ![]() & ![]() |
Shana Dhillon ( ![]() |
Kara Birkenstock ( ![]() ![]() | |
2004 | Buachampoo "Sai" Varee ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Kim Choy ( ![]() |
Jennifer Lee ( ![]() |
Kim Choy ( ![]() |
Annie Tang ( ![]() |
Virginia Nguyen ( ![]() | |
2003 | Charlene M. Wang ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Anu Gill ( ![]() |
Annie Chang ( ![]() |
Anu Gill ( ![]() |
Annie Chang ( ![]() |
Sue Yang ( ![]() | |
2002 | Fala Chen ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Pooja Jain ( ![]() |
Violet Nguyen ( ![]() |
Chun Hui Chen ( ![]() |
Joy Thao Phuong Nguyen ( ![]() |
Pooja Jain ( ![]() | |
2001 | Caroline Nguyen ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Wilma Morales ( ![]() |
Andra Cheung ( ![]() |
Jamie Choi ( ![]() |
Wilma Morales ( ![]() |
Meeyoung Kim ( ![]() | |
2000 | No Pageant Held | |||||||
1999 | Amy Truong ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Amrapali Ambegaokar ( ![]() |
Shelene Atanacio (Los Angeles) |
Ha Thai ( ![]() ![]() · San Francisco) | |
1998 | Quyen Hoang Tran ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Minita J. Gandhi ( ![]() |
Laura S. Ngo ( ![]() |
Minita J. Gandhi ( ![]() |
Denby Annette Kwai Foong Dung ( ![]() |
Laura S. Ngo ( ![]() | |
1997 | Erin Jung ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Not awarded | Not awarded | Elyzabeth Pham ( ![]() |
Stacey Chinn ( ![]() |
Tammy Nguyen ( ![]() | |
1996 | Esther Hwang ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Cheryl Nunes ( ![]() ![]() ![]() & ![]() |
Ying Hu ( ![]() |
Cheryl Nunes ( ![]() ![]() ![]() & ![]() |
Mimi Jung ( ![]() |
Debra Ichimura ( ![]() | |
1995 | Gwendoline Yeo ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Not awarded | Elizabeth Wong ( ![]() |
Jennifer Chin ( ![]() |
Amanda Quan ( ![]() |
Shung-Yan Ng ( ![]() | |
1994 | Jane Park ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Zarin Maneck Dastur ( ![]() |
Marie Villatuya ( ![]() |
Zarin Maneck Dastur ( ![]() |
Marie Villatuya ( ![]() |
Liang Ni ( ![]() | |
1993 | No Pageant Held | |||||||
1992 | Ashley Yamada ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Julie Esguerra ( ![]() ![]() |
Not awarded | Shiyena Chun ( ![]() |
Julie Esguerra ( ![]() ![]() |
Sylvia Gee ( ![]() | |
1991 | Christie Hirota ( ![]() ![]() |
Not awarded | Annie Deng ( ![]() |
Thao Diep ( ![]() ![]() |
Annie Deng ( ![]() |
Thao Diep ( ![]() ![]() |
Wendy Tagomori ( ![]() | |
Year | Miss Asian of California | Miss Asian San Francisco | List of Miss Asian of California runners-up | |||||
First Princess | Second Princess | Third Princess | Fourth Princess | |||||
1990 | Cindy Chung ( ![]() |
Ellen Chu ( ![]() |
Sandy Wang ( ![]() |
Jamie Chou ( ![]() |
Pia Rius Vitalis ( ![]() |
Not awarded | ||
1989 | Theresa Park ( ![]() |
Angela Chang ( ![]() |
Leah Sarmiento ( ![]() |
Joyce Chang ( ![]() |
Mika Tomoyo Yee ( ![]() |
Not awarded | ||
1988 | Stacy Yamashita ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Cindy Tsao ( ![]() |
Cheryl Lee ( ![]() |
Rachelle Gaspar ( ![]() Lisa Chen ( ![]() |
Karin Co ( ![]() | ||
1987 | Delia Ma ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Jennifer Deperio ( ![]() |
Unknown ( ![]() |
Unknown ( ![]() |
Not awarded | ||
1986 | Mona Lee Locke ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Nancy Yong ( ![]() |
Jane Matsumoto Holybee ( ![]() |
Donna Morrill ( ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Not awarded | ||
1985 | Jeanette Chan ( ![]() |
Not awarded | Michelle Knolle ( ![]() |
Aleili Orzal ( ![]() |
Lisa Johnson ( ![]() |
Not awarded |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ United States Patent and Trademark Office (February 2, 2011). "Trademark Electronic Search System (TESS)". USPTO. Retrieved December 29, 2013.
- ^ McLaughlin, Kathleen (20 November 2013). "First Chinese-American ambassador to China, much liked, steps down early". Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ a b Ofori-Mensa, Afia A. (2010). Beauty, Bodies, and Boundaries Pageants, Race and U.S. National Identity. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan.
- ^ Adams, William Lee (22 November 2004). "Pageants' New Look". Newsweek. Retrieved 29 December 2013.
- ^ Lieu, Nhi T. (2013). "Beauty Queens Behaving Badly". Frontiers: A Journal of Women Studies. 34 (1): 25–57. doi:10.5250/fronjwomestud.34.1.0025. S2CID 142595184.