{"id":1104,"date":"2019-02-07T08:20:34","date_gmt":"2019-02-07T08:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/travels.x10.bz\/wp\/?p=1104"},"modified":"2022-07-09T07:39:06","modified_gmt":"2022-07-09T11:39:06","slug":"miss-chinatown-beauty-pageant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2019\/02\/07\/miss-chinatown-beauty-pageant\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Chinatown Beauty Pageant!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One final event in three-day-long Lunar New Year Celebration is a beauty pageant. We stumbled on the festivities on the way back from dinner and managed to get a prime seat with a good view of the stage.<\/p>\n

The pageant began with thirteen contestants – shown below.<\/p>\n

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The contestants were getting their pre-show instructions in the photo below and one can hardly imagine how jittery their nerves must have been.<\/p>\n

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There were seven judges from local businesses. In the first phase of the competition, each young woman modeled her evening gown. Each dress was unique and quite beautiful.<\/p>\n

A highlight of the event was performances by children in between each phase of the competition. This talented young boy sang. He had an amazing stage presence.<\/p>\n

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Perhaps every pageant has a talent component and this one was no exception. Most contestants performed various versions of a graceful dance in a lovely, colorful and flowing costume. Then each woman was asked a question to respond to. While we didn’t understand the banter, it was clear which answers audience-members liked as they clapped enthusiastically – more for some than others. The field of contestants was eventually narrowed to five and the winner revealed.<\/p>\n

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The new Miss Chinatown is Miss Passorn Bussadee. Her prize was 50,000 Baht ($1599.25)!<\/p>\n

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The event was well-organized and well-attended. Even though we didn’t understand all of the ins – and – outs of the competition, it was a very enjoyable evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One final event in three-day-long Lunar New Year Celebration is a beauty pageant. We stumbled on the festivities on the way back from dinner and managed to get a prime seat with a good view of the stage. The pageant began with thirteen contestants – shown below. The contestants were getting their pre-show instructions in … <\/p>\n

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