Miss New York Chinese Pageant 2007 winners celebrate in style

The 2007 Miss New York Chinese Pageant court met the press, sponsors and various guests at a celebration party on Aug. 14 at East Buffet Restaurant in Flushing.

Unlike last year’s pageant, when 2006 winner Sirena Wang and 1st runner-up Maggie Weng combined to capture seven out of a possible 11 titles, this year’s court was evenly divided with Stacy Wang being the only contestant to win more than one title (Miss New York Chinese 2007 and Miss Popularity). The results from the 2007 pageant, held Aug. 5 at the Mohegan Sun Casino in Connecticut, follow:

Miss New York Chinese: Stacy Wang (No. 6)
1st Runner-up: Allison Chen (No. 12)
2nd Runner-up: Louise Lau (No. 7)
Miss Congeniality: Anni Liang (No. 1)
Miss Photogenic: MinMing Jiang (No. 5)
Best Dress: Elaine Lu (No. 9)
Miss Best Talent: Cisy Liang (No. 3)
Miss Popularity: Stacy Wang (No. 6)
Miss Internet Popularity: Yancy Yu (No. 4)

Stacy Wang, 18, will represent the Big Apple at the Miss Chinese International Pageant in Hong Kong in January 2008. A dancer and television hostess, she graduated from Stuyvesant High School and will head to Carnegie Mellon University in the fall. First runner-up Chen, 22, is a double major in accounting and finance at the University of Maryland at College Park, and was a prizewinner at the 2006 Miss Chinese Cosmos Pageant. Lau, who came in third, is a 24-year-old classical violinist and teacher, and a graduate of Temple University in Philadelphia.

Photo Gallery: Miss New York Chinese Pageant 2007 winners

all photos by Bibs Teh / Meniscus Magazine

UPDATE: First runner-up Allison Chen (competing as TingTing Chen) and Lanna Xu were contestants in the 2008 Miss Chinatown U.S.A. Pageant on Feb. 16. Lanna earned the title of Second Princess. The full results follow:

Miss Chinatown U.S.A. 2008: Ni Jiang, Bellevue, Wash.
First Princess/Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce: Tiffany Tam, San Jose, Calif.
Miss San Francisco Chinatown: Ilyssa Lu, Foster City, Calif.
Second Princess: Lanna Xu, Wall, N.J.
Third Princess: Andrea Chen, Phoenix
Fourth Princess: Connie Chen, Sugar Land, Tex.
Miss Talent: Sherilynn Chang, Honolulu
Miss Congeniality: Ginny Wen, San Francisco