Miss Photogenic Competition - 2006 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant

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Miss Photogenic Competition - 2006 Miss New York Chinese Pageant
Linden Place - Flushing, N.Y., July 15, 2006

By Yuan-Kwan Chan

Fifteen photographers entered a competition for the Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant. They took photos of the 14 contestants in evening wear and modernized cheongsam. The photographers were split into two groups, meaning that the contestants had to pose for multiple individual shoots. Each photographer was given a two-minute time limit for each contestant, who changed poses in a contest quite similar to the shoots seen on the "America's Next Top Model" television show.

The winning photographer will be announced just prior to the Aug. 12 pageant. Eric Yuen, the pageant's executive director, noted that until then, the members of the public can vote for their favorite contestant in the Miss Chinese Internet Popularity Poll. The contestant who collects the most votes wins that title. Click here to vote.

During the shoot, contestants Jane Teng and Ashley Zhu spoke with Meniscus.

Photo Gallery

all photos by Yuan-Kwan Chan

Barbie Li	Adeline Chui	Leslie Yu
Audrey Diao	Yin Zhang	Jane Teng
Cinney Zhang	Susan Liu	Maggie Weng
Annie Yang	Kelly Sun	Ashley Zhu
Barbie and Ashley in cheongsam	XiXi Liu	Sirena Wang
Annie, Susan and Audrey in cheongsam

Miss New York Chinese official site

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