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."
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
