Miss New York Chinese Pageant

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Miss NY Chinese, also known as Miss New York Chinese or Miss Chinese New York and formerly called Miss Greater Chinatown NYC Beauty Pageant, is a beauty pageant that selects New York City's representative to the Miss Chinese International beauty pageant held in Hong Kong each year. Winners have gone on to pursue a successful entertainment career, notably Michelle Ye and Fala Chen.

History

Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant is one of the largest in scale, fairest, and most influential Beauty Pageant on the East Coast.[1] Since the inception of the event, the organizing committee has been dedicated to promoting the minority cultural heritage, international cultural awareness, and Community Significance. This event will provide the outstanding Young American Chinese, "The Stars of Tomorrow", with the rare opportunity to show their virtues with cultural pride, leadership, family value, and confidence to succeed in the culture-blended society. The title winner will represent New York City as a contestant to compete in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, which will be held in Hong Kong TVB.

Requirements

Eligibility of Applicants:[2]

  1. Must be between the ages of 17 and 25 years old (inclusive); for a 17-year-old, a guardian’s permission is required
  2. Must have resided in the United States for at least 12 months and must be a U.S. Citizen, permanent resident, or resident holding a renewable Visa
  3. Must be a High School Graduate or higher
  4. Must have never been married nor pregnant
  5. Must be a natural woman and of at least 50% Chinese descent
  6. Must be in good health with no heart disease, no asthma, no major surgeries, and no physical defects
  7. Must have no criminal record
  8. Must have basic understanding of the Chinese language
  9. Must bring two valid photo Identification Documents (e.g., valid passport, valid driver’s license, student ID card) and two or more different photographs
  10. Non-refundable application fee of USD $150
    • Top 14 Finalists: non-refundable USD $1,500 for travel expenses, hotel, food, etc.

List of winners

Note: The winners from 1992 to 2000 held the title Miss Greater Chinatown NYC. In 2002, the pageant's name was changed to Miss NY Chinese. The omitted years represent no New York representative to the pageant. The Miss New York Chinese Pageant started in 2001.

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Year represented at MCI Delegate number at MCI and name Hometown Age1 Placement at Miss Chinese International Special awards at Miss Chinese International Notes
2016 9. Mary Chen 18 1st Runner-up
2015 11. Catherine(Juqiao) Hui Yunnan, China 18 2nd Runner-up
2014 14. Maggie Zhang 21 Top 5 finalist
2013 11. Li Siyu Jiang Su, China 21
2012 15. Jasmine Hayter Atlanta, Georgia 20 Top 10 Finalist Euro-America Region Vitality Award
2010 12. Cynthia Zhang Jilin, China 20 Top 12 Semifinalist Published Chinese author at age of 12. Runway model
2009 18. Vicki Pon 18
2008 17. Stacy Wang Harbin, China 18 Later crowned as the winner of Phoenix TV's 2009 Miss Chinese Cosmos of the Americas in Las Vegas. Briefly a mainland China TV actress with Hairun Media.
2007 9. Sirena Wang Jilin, China 20 Top 5 finalist Audience Favorite Award
2006 3. Nicole Wang 22 Later a Mainland China actress
2005 10. Fala Chen Chengdu, China 21 1st runner up Previously Miss Asian America 2002 and 1st runner up at Miss Chinatown USA 2003. Later TVB actress.
2004 18. Lien Xian 17
2003 14. Jessie Liu First Miss NY Chinese winner to compete in Miss Chinese International.
2000 7. Mimi Chen 21
1999 14. Michelle Ye Winner Miss Classic Beauty Originally second runner up at Miss NY Chinese 1998 but later winner after original winner resigned and 1st runner up declined title. Later TVB actress. But she accepted the contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited when her contract ended with TVB in June 2005.
1996 11.Amy Chung 2nd runner up Later dethroned as 2nd runner up and Miss NY Chinese 1995 after it was found out that she committed credit fraud and failed to report it. Chung also lied about enrolling and graduating with a masters from Harvard University.
1995 6. Linda Liu
1994 11.Diane Wang 1st runner up
1993 7. Sun Kit Man First Miss Greater Chinatown NYC winner and first NY representative at Miss Chinese International.

1 Age at the time of the Miss Chinese International pageant

Acting success

Past winners have gone on to work in the entertainment industry (e.g., acting, singing) in China (Hong Kong and mainland), but this is not a guarantee. Most notable is Michelle Ye, who was a TVB actress for six years before her contract ended. She decided not to renew her contract as she was granted a golden contract to Media Asia 'Rich and Famous' to have more opportunities in movie industry. Fala Chen is also an actress in TVB now. Nicole Wang is currently in Mainland China for acting. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Official Site". Retrieved 29 February 2012.
  2. ↑ "Eligibility of Enrollment". Misschinesepageant.com. Retrieved 2013-07-07.
  3. ↑ NY Chinese beauty pageant seeks contestants. China Daily. Retrieved on 2014-05-07.

External links

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