Fala Chen
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Fala Chen (Simplified Chinese: 陈法拉; Traditional Chinese: 陳法拉; pinyin: Chén Fǎlā, born February 24, 1982) is a beauty pageant queen hailing from China and USA. Fala has 4 major Chinese titles. She is Miss Asian America 2002, Miss Chinatown USA 2003 runner up (Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce), Miss NY Chinese 2004, and Miss Chinese International 2005 runner up.
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[edit] Education
Fala was born in Chengdu, China in 1982. She came to America at the age of 15. She attended Emory University in Georgia, USA. After that, she started entering beauty pageants.
[edit] Miss Asian America 2002
Representing Georgia, Fala entered the Miss Asian America 2002 pageant. At the age of 20, she took the crown on August 2002. She performed a traditional peacock dance in a golden dress for her talent. Her dance was taught by her mother. During this time, she studied Japanese and she is already fluent in Chinese and English.
[edit] Miss Chinatown USA 2003
After taking the Miss Asian America crown, she entered the Miss Chinatown USA 2003 pageant. Traveling to San Francisco to compete, she took the Miss Chinese Chamber of Commerce 2003 title (1st runner up). The winner was Miss Honolulu, Hawaii, Darah Dung.
[edit] Miss New York Chinese 2004
After participated at 2 Chinese pageants, she wanted to participate at the Miss Chinese International pageant. That's why she participated at the Miss NY Chinese 2004 pageant. She was a big favorite to win due to her smile, figure, beauty, and pageant titles. She participated at the pageant on August 13, 2004, and taking the crown and 3 awards. The other 3 awards were: Best in Costume, Best in MTV, and Miss Photogenic. Then she had the right to represent New York at the 2005 Miss Chinese International pageant even though she was from Georgia. It was also in 2004 that the pageant accepts delegates around The United States.
[edit] Miss Chinese International 2005
In January, 2005, Fala traveled to Hong Kong to compete for the Miss Chinese International 2005 crown. From beginning to end, Fala was considered the one to beat according to many pageant sites and the Hong Kong Press. On January 29, 2005, she competed at TVB City for the crown. She took hold the title of First Runner Up for the city of New York. The eventual winner was Miss Leanne Li from Vancouver.
[edit] Afterwards
After returning to New York for a while, she went back to Hong Kong and joined the big family of TVB. She started on one TVB series Forensic Heroes, where she started as a murderer who accidentally killed someone. She also crowned the 2006 Miss Chinese International 1st runner up, Ginney Ann from Bangkok, Thailand.
