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 America women in a high quality production that will represent their culture, intelligence and talent."

The preliminary round to the 1986 Miss Asian America Pageant.
The preliminary round to the 1986 Miss Asian America Pageant.

Incorporated as Miss Asian, Inc. in 1980, the pageant grew from the success of the Miss Asian California pageant and the Rose Bowl 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.

[edit] Past Queens

Jeanette Chan, 1985-1986

Mona Lee Locke, 1986-1987

Delia Ma, 1987-1988

Stacy Yamashita, 1988-1989

Theresa Park, 1989-1990

Cindy Chung, 1990-1991

Christie Hirota, 1991-1992

Ashley Yamada, 1992-1994

Jane Park, 1994-1995

Gwendoline Yeo, 1995-1996

Esther Hwang, 1996-1997

Erin Jung, 1997-1998

Quyen Tran, 1998-1999

Amy Truong, 1999-2001

Caroline Nguyen, 2001-2002

Fala Chen, 2002-2003

Charlene Wang, 2003-2004

Buachampoo “Sai” Varee, 2004-2005

Kollyn Muangmaithong, 2005-2006

Jennifer Field, 2006-2007

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