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  • <span class="excerpt_part">Stacy Wang, winner of the 2007 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> Pageant. (photo by Bibs Teh / Meniscus Magazine) The 2007 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> 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 Sta...</span>

    Miss New York Chinese Pageant 2007 winners celebrate in style

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on August 14, 2007 | No Comments
    Stacy Wang, winner of the 2007 Miss New York Chinese Pageant. (photo by Bibs Teh / Meniscus Magazine) 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 Sta...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...than 100 contestants, to 42, to 14, to one: Sirena Wang won the 2006 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> Beauty Pageant after spending a month and a half in the Big Apple participating in related training and appearances. Highlights included a goodwill trip to Boston, the filming of an MTV music video and various sponsor events. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine) In a commanding performance, Sirena Wang won the 2006 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> Beauty Page...</span>

    Sirena Wang wins the 2006 Miss New York Chinese Pageant

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on August 13, 2006 | No Comments
    ...than 100 contestants, to 42, to 14, to one: Sirena Wang won the 2006 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant after spending a month and a half in the Big Apple participating in related training and appearances. Highlights included a goodwill trip to Boston, the filming of an MTV music video and various sponsor events. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine) In a commanding performance, Sirena Wang won the 2006 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Page...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">The five finalists for the talent title at <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> 2007: (left to right) Stacy Wang, Anni Liang, Cisy Liang, Yola Yu and Louise Lau. (photo by Christopher Bourne / Meniscus Magazine) The 13 finalists for the 2007 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> Beauty Pageant displayed their impressive talents at the Finalist Contestants Talent Show, held at the East Manor Restaurant in Flushing, Queens, on July 20. At the end of the night, the top five talen...</span>

    Talent finalists chosen at the 2007 Miss New York Chinese Pageant

    Christopher Bourne
    Posted on July 20, 2007 | No Comments
    The five finalists for the talent title at Miss New York Chinese 2007: (left to right) Stacy Wang, Anni Liang, Cisy Liang, Yola Yu and Louise Lau. (photo by Christopher Bourne / Meniscus Magazine) The 13 finalists for the 2007 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant displayed their impressive talents at the Finalist Contestants Talent Show, held at the East Manor Restaurant in Flushing, Queens, on July 20. At the end of the night, the top five talen...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...hang (vocal), rounded out the top 7 in a very busy evening for the 14 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> Pageant finalists. After a round of self-introductions, the 14 finalists performed their respective talents before a panel of five judges and a packed banquet room at the East Manor Restaurant. The top 7 then advanced to a second round, where each contestant opened a sealed envelope and had two minutes to act out an improvisation scene with other actors ons...</span>

    Miss New York Chinese 2006: Five Miss Talent finalists chosen

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on July 28, 2006 | No Comments
    ...hang (vocal), rounded out the top 7 in a very busy evening for the 14 Miss New York Chinese Pageant finalists. After a round of self-introductions, the 14 finalists performed their respective talents before a panel of five judges and a packed banquet room at the East Manor Restaurant. The top 7 then advanced to a second round, where each contestant opened a sealed envelope and had two minutes to act out an improvisation scene with other actors ons...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">Sirena Wang, winner of the 2006 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> Pageant. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine) Sirena Wang, a 20-year-old senior at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama, won the annual pageant on Aug. 13 as well as the titles of <strong>Miss</strong> Talent, <strong>Miss</strong> Fitness and <strong>Miss</strong> Internet Popularity. In her second interview with Meniscus, she talked about her pageant experience. You said [in the preliminaries] that you wanted to get back to Chines...</span>

    Interview with Sirena Wang – Miss New York Chinese 2006 Winner

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on August 13, 2006 | No Comments
    Sirena Wang, winner of the 2006 Miss New York Chinese Pageant. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine) Sirena Wang, a 20-year-old senior at Birmingham-Southern College in Alabama, won the annual pageant on Aug. 13 as well as the titles of Miss Talent, Miss Fitness and Miss Internet Popularity. In her second interview with Meniscus, she talked about her pageant experience. You said [in the preliminaries] that you wanted to get back to Chines...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...Flushing, N.Y. – Fifteen photographers entered a competition for the <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> 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...</span>

    Miss Photogenic Competition – 2006 Miss New York Chinese Pageant

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on July 15, 2006 | No Comments
    ...Flushing, N.Y. – 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...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">Susan Liu, <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> 2006 3rd Runner-Up. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine) Susan Liu, was born in Xinjiang, China. The 20-year-old student is attending Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Can you tell me about how your family moved over to American Samoa and why, and how you [went] to the States? Sure. Four years ago, my parents decided to move to American Samoa – actually, just my mom because she had another family there....</span>

    Interview with Susan Liu – Miss New York Chinese 2006 3rd Runner-Up

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on August 13, 2006 | No Comments
    Susan Liu, Miss New York Chinese 2006 3rd Runner-Up. (photo by Yuan-Kwan Chan / Meniscus Magazine) Susan Liu, was born in Xinjiang, China. The 20-year-old student is attending Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. Can you tell me about how your family moved over to American Samoa and why, and how you [went] to the States? Sure. Four years ago, my parents decided to move to American Samoa – actually, just my mom because she had another family there....

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...if they had done so a million times before. Contestants for the 2006 <strong>Miss New York Chinese</strong> Beauty Pageant were unveiled to the public on June 17 at East Manor Restaurant in Flushing, N.Y. The pool of 42 was chosen from more than 100 applicants, and a select 12 finalists will be chosen on July 5. The winner of the pageant, which takes place August 12 after a summer of events, appearances, and film and photo shoots, will represent <strong>New York</strong> at the 2...</span>

    Miss New York Chinese Pageant hopefuls attend press conference

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on June 17, 2006 | No Comments
    ...if they had done so a million times before. Contestants for the 2006 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant were unveiled to the public on June 17 at East Manor Restaurant in Flushing, N.Y. The pool of 42 was chosen from more than 100 applicants, and a select 12 finalists will be chosen on July 5. The winner of the pageant, which takes place August 12 after a summer of events, appearances, and film and photo shoots, will represent New York at the 2...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">.../ Meniscus Magazine) Born: Guangzhou, China Age: 21 Occupation: Student at <strong>New York</strong> University Meniscus: What are you studying? Ashley: Communications. What is your ambition? To be a businesswoman. Is this the first pageant that you’ve entered or have you done others? I’ve done others before (names a <strong>Chinese</strong> pageant in Mandarin). I joined a pageant in Beijing – I joined two pageants there. I understand that you have modeling experience. Can you te...</span>

    Interview with Ashley Zhu, Miss New York Chinese 2006 Contestant #12

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on July 15, 2006 | No Comments
    .../ Meniscus Magazine) Born: Guangzhou, China Age: 21 Occupation: Student at New York University Meniscus: What are you studying? Ashley: Communications. What is your ambition? To be a businesswoman. Is this the first pageant that you’ve entered or have you done others? I’ve done others before (names a Chinese pageant in Mandarin). I joined a pageant in Beijing – I joined two pageants there. I understand that you have modeling experience. Can you te...

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  • <span class="excerpt_part">...ng, you were probably pretty comfortable with today’s photo shoots [at the <strong>Miss</strong> Photogenic photography competition for the pageant]. Or was it kind of different because you k<strong>new</strong> it was a competition? Well, for photo shoots I used to do print, especially for commercials, so it was little bit different. Pageants, you have to smile too, but it’s just a little bit different because you have to portray a smile that everybody has to like. With commercia...</span>

    Interview with Jane Teng – Miss New York Chinese 2006 Contestant #4

    Yuan-Kwan Chan
    Posted on July 15, 2006 | No Comments
    ...ng, you were probably pretty comfortable with today’s photo shoots [at the Miss Photogenic photography competition for the pageant]. Or was it kind of different because you knew it was a competition? Well, for photo shoots I used to do print, especially for commercials, so it was little bit different. Pageants, you have to smile too, but it’s just a little bit different because you have to portray a smile that everybody has to like. With commercia...

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