Miss NY Chinese

Miss NY Chinese also known as Miss New York Chinese or Miss Chinese New York and formerly called as Miss Greater Chinatown NYC Beauty Pageant, is a beauty pageant that selects New York City's representative to the Miss Chinese International beauty pageant held in Hong Kong each year. Winners have gone on to pursue a successful entertainment career, notably Michelle Ye and Fala Chen.

History

Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant is the largest in scale, fairest, and most influential Beauty Pageant on the East Coast.^{[dubious – discuss][citation needed]} Since the inception of the event, the organizing committee has been dedicated to promoting the minority cultural heritage, international cultural awareness, and Community Significance. This event will provide the outstanding Young American Chinese, "The Stars of Tomorrow", with the rare opportunity to show their virtues with cultural pride, leadership, family value, and confidence to succeed in the culture-blended society. The title winner will represent New York City as a contestant to compete in the Miss Chinese International Pageant, which will be held in Hong Kong TVB.

Requirements

Eligibility of Applicant:

1. Chinese female, between the ages of 17 to 25.
2. Holder of a valid I.D. or a valid travel document recognized by INS.
3. Must have resided in the United States.
4. Height of 5’2” and above.
5. Single and has never been pregnant or married.
6. Minimum of high school diploma or equivalent, or currently attending high school.
7. No criminal record.
8. Not bound by any agreement preventing her from signing and performing the Contestant Contract.
9. Application fee: $100.00 (non-refundable)

List of winners

New York had a slow start at the pageant, not competing until 1993. With only five placements, New York has not been very successful at Miss Chinese International. However, all those placements were high, as all five of them placed in the top 5. Michelle Ye, Miss Greater Chinatown NYC 1998 2nd runner up went on to win the title after the original winner resigned and 1st runner up declined title. She competed in Hong Kong for the Miss Chinese International 1999 title during her birthday and won. She is the only winner from New York to win so far. New York has also placed as 1st runner up for two times and 2nd runner up for one time. However, the 2nd runner up, Amy Chung, went on to be dethroned after she was found out to have lied about her criminal records. Only one Miss Asian America has competed for the crown. She was Fala Chen, Miss Asian America 2002. Two Miss Chinatown USA contestants competed in the pageant. One was Fala Chen, who was 1st runner up at Miss Chinatown USA 2003 and the other was Shan Chen, Miss Chinatown USA 2004. Shan went on to place as 2nd runner up in the Miss NY Chinese 2005 pageant. Miss NY Chinese 2006's winner Sirena Wang won the Audience Favorite Award at MCI, and she was in the Top 5 at MCI 2007. Miss Chinese International 2010 will be held on September 2010 and due to the change, 2009's winner, Jessica Cui will not compete in MCI.

Note: The winners from 1992 to 2000 held the title Miss Greater Chinatown NYC. In 2002, the pageant's name was changed to Miss NY Chinese. The omitted years represent no New York representative to the pageant.

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Year represented at MCI	Delegate number at MCI and name	Hometown	Age1	Placement at Miss Chinese International	Special awards at Miss Chinese International	Notes
2010	12. Zhang Shengnv (Cynthia Zhang)	Jilin, China	20	Top 12 Semifinalist
None	4. (Regional number) Jessica Cui	Jilin, China	21			Crowned Miss NY Chinese 2009 at Mohegan Sun on August 30, 2009. Due to the 2010 pageant being postponed, Cui will not compete for Miss Chinese International 2010.
2009	18. Vicki Pon		18			Crowned Miss NY Chinese 2008 at Mohegan Sun on July 19, 2008.
2008	17. Stacy Wang	Harbin, China	18			Came to the US at 11 years old. Crowned Miss NY Chinese 2007 at Mohegan Sun on August 5, 2007. Later crowned Miss Chinese Cosmos Americas 2009 at Las Vegas on August 22, 2009.
2007	9. Sirena Wang	Jilin, China	20	Top 5 finalist	Audience Favorite Award	Crowned Miss NY Chinese 2007 at Mohegan Sun on August 12, 2006. She won 3 out of 5 individual titles at Miss NY Chinese: Miss Talent, Miss Fitness & Miss Internet Popularity
2006	3. Nicole Wang		22			Later a Mainland China actress
2005	10. Fala Chen	Chengdu, China	21	1st runner up		Previously Miss Asian America 2002 and 1st runner up at Miss Chinatown USA 2003. Later TVB actress.
2004	18. Lien Xian		17
2003	14. Jessie Liu					First Miss NY Chinese winner to compete in Miss Chinese International.
2000	7. Mimi Chen 陳伊奇		21
1999	14. Michelle Ye			Winner	Miss Classic Beauty	Originally second runner up at Miss NY Chinese 1998 but later winner after original winner resigned and 1st runner up declined title. Later TVB actress. But she accepted the contract with Rich & Famous Talent Management Group Limited when her contract ended with TVB in June 2005.
1996	11. Amy Chung			2nd runner up		Later dethroned as 2nd runner up and Miss NY Chinese 1995 after it was found out that she committed credit fraud and failed to report it. Chung also lied about enrolling and graduating with a masters from Harvard University.
1995	6. Linda Liu
1994	11. Diane Wang			1st runner up
1993	7. Sun Kit Man					First Miss Greater Chinatown NYC winner and first NY representative at Miss Chinese International.

¹ Age at the time of the Miss Chinese International pageant

Acting Success

Many winners gone to acting in Asia. Most notable is Michelle Ye who was a TVB actress for six years before her contract ended. She decided not to renew her contract as she was granted a golden contract to Media Asia 'Rich and Famous' to have more opportunities in movie industry. Fala Chen is also an actress in TVB now, hosting a few shows in TVB8 and acting in a few series. Nicole Wang is currently in Mainland China for acting.

See also

• Miss Chinese International
• Miss Chinese Vancouver
• Miss Chinese Toronto

External links

• Official Site
• "Miss New York Chinese 2007 Pageant winners celebrate in style"
• Miss New York Chinese 2006 Pageant Coverage - Meniscus Magazine]