2022 Miss Chinatown Hawaii Program Book

Question:
“If you could have any wish,
what would it be?”
Answer:
“Kimchee Fried Rice, Big Burger and
a Famous Dave’s Ice Cream Shake...
Oh, and WORLD PEACE of course!”
Good luck Miss Chinatown Contestants!
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MISS CHINATOWN HAWAI‘I History
The Miss Chinatown Hawaii Scholarship
Pageant provides young Chinese-American
women an opportunity to deepen their
understanding and appreciation of their
Chinese heritage.
Each year, the Miss Chinatown Hawaii
Scholarship Pageant organization seeks
outstanding women of Chinese descent to
represent the community as semi-finalists
in the Miss Chinatown Hawaii Scholarship
Pageant. These semi-finalists receive
training in Chinese history and culture,
Chinese cooking, make-up, beauty and poise,
interviewing, public speaking, self-defense,
and personal development. Through the help
of numerous volunteers and experts in their
fields, contestants are challenged mentally,
physically and spiritually during the months
prior to the pageant. In addition, participants
develop valuable friendships that often last a
lifetime.
Miss Chinatown Hawaii will represent the
Chinese community in the Miss Hawaii pageant
(a preliminary pageant for Miss America). The
Miss America Pageant is the nation’s leading
achievement program and the world’s largest
provider of scholarship assistance for young
women. The Miss Hawaii Chinese will represent
Hawaii in the Miss Chinatown USA Pageant,
held in San Francisco during the Chinese New
Year Festivities. Founded in 1958 by the San
Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce, the
Miss Chinatown USA experience includes the
San Francisco Chinatown New Year’s Parade
which is named as one of the top ten parades
in the world by the International Festivals
and Events Association (IFEA).
From 1958 to the late 1970s, the
Chinese Chamber of Commerce of Hawaii
sponsored its 1 st Princess from the Narcissus
Queen Pageant to run as a contestant in the
Miss Chinatown USA pageant. In 1977, the
San Francisco Chinese Chamber of Commerce
invited the Honolulu Chinese Jaycees to
sponsor a contestant to represent Hawaii in
the national pageant. In December 1977, the
Honolulu Chinese Jaycees organized the Miss
Chinatown Hawaii Scholarship Pageant.
In 1990, under the direction of honorary
Mayor of Chinatown Sun Hung Wong, President
of the Chinatown Merchants Association, the
Miss Chinatown Hawaii Scholarship Pageant
was created to administer the scholarship
pageant.
Today, the Miss Chinatown Hawaii
Scholarship Pageant is a nonprofit organization
run solely by volunteers, whose mission is
to perpetuate the Chinese culture in Hawaii
through awareness, developing leadership
skills, public speaking, and participation in
community service. While participants deepen
their understanding and appreciation of their
Chinese heritage, the pageant provides young
women with the opportunity to develop
friendships as they work closely with former
contestants and queens who serve as friends,
role models, and coaches.