Miss Asian America
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The Miss Asian America Pageant is a nationwide pageant founded in 1980 by Rose Chung with a mission "to showcase young Asian American
women in a high quality production that will represent their culture, intelligence and talent."
Incorporated as Miss Asian, Inc. in 1980, the pageant grew from the success of the Miss Asian California pageant and the Rose Ball Queen pageants, both events based in California and was first held as an event part of the Asian American Arts Festival of 1985.
Since 1985, over 500 contestants have competed in the pageant.
Asian American
Asian Americans are Americans of Asian descent. The U.S. Census Bureau definition of Asians as "Asian” refers to a person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Indonesia, Japan,...
women in a high quality production that will represent their culture, intelligence and talent."
Incorporated as Miss Asian, Inc. in 1980, the pageant grew from the success of the Miss Asian California pageant and the Rose Ball Queen pageants, both events based in California and was first held as an event part of the Asian American Arts Festival of 1985.
Since 1985, over 500 contestants have competed in the pageant.
Current and former queens
| Year | Queen |
|---|---|
| 2010-2011 | Sarah Liu |
| 2009-2010 | Amy Chanthaphavong Amy Chanthaphavong Amy Chanthaphavong is the first Laotian-American woman to be crowned Miss Asian America, the longest running Asian pageant in the U.S., in 2009. As Queen, Amy traveled all across the United States and even abroad as a role model, goodwill ambassador and a leader in the Asian American community... |
| 2008-2009 | Louisa Liu |
| 2007-2008 | Louise Wu |
| 2006-2007 | Jennifer Field |
| 2005-2006 | Kollyn Muangmaithong |
| 2004-2005 | Buachampoo "Sai" Varee |
| 2003-2004 | Charlene Wong |
| 2002-2003 | Fala Chen Fala Chen Fala Chen is a Chinese-American beauty pageant titleholder. Chen has held the titles of Miss Asian America 2002 and Miss NY Chinese 2004, and placed as runner-up in Miss Chinatown USA 2003 and Miss Chinese International 2005.-Education:Chen was born in Chengdu, People's Republic of China, in 1982... |
| 2001-2002 | Caroline Nguyen |
| 1999-2001 | Amy Truong |
| 1998-1999 | Quyen Tran |
| 1997-1998 | Erin Jung |
| 1996-1997 | Esther Hwang |
| 1995-1996 | Gwendoline Yeo Gwendoline Yeo -Early life:Born in Singapore, Yeo is the niece of George Yeo, Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs. She moved to California as a teenager, graduating from St. Ignatius College Preparatory in 1994... |
| 1994-1995 | Jane Park |
| 1992-1994 | Ashley Yamada |
| 1991-1992 | Christie Hirota |
| 1990-1991 | Cindy Chung |
| 1989-1990 | Theresa Park |
| 1988-1989 | Stacy Yamashita |
| 1987-1988 | Delia Ma |
| 1986-1987 | Mona Lee Locke |
| 1985-1986 | Jeanette Chan |