Miss Chinatown Houston
The Miss Chinatown Houston was founded by the Chinese American Citizens Alliance Houston chapter with the first pagenant being held in 1971 in Laparte, Texas.[1] Miss Chinatown Houston is part of the greater Miss Chinatown USA pageants, the first of which was held in San Francsico, where the first Chinatown was established.[2]
History
As the years went on, the program became progressively more elaborate and well known throughout the Houston community. In 1971 the program included 9 participants for the next year's pageant, raffles, CACA Youth Club entertainment, movies, and dancing. It was also paired with a picnic at Sylvan beach park.[3] By 2000, there was dinner, a 4 part pagent competition, a fashion show, and elaborate music festivities. [4] An endorsement from the mayor began in 1983.[5]
Year | Name | Location | |
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1971 | Linda Shen | Sylvan Beach Pavilion | |
1972 | Trudy Lin O. Young | Sylvan Beach Pavilion | |
1973 | Sandra Wong | Rice Hotel | |
1974 | Shirely Q. Tom | Mariott Motor Hotel | |
1975 | Jeannie Fung | Astroworld Hotel Grand Ballroom | |
1976 | Linda Sue K.E. Chun | Astroworld Hotel Grand Ballroom | |
1979 | Ellen Sue Lien Thai | Marriott Hotel Astrodome | |
1980 | Sandy Lee | Marriott Hotel Astrodome | |
1981 | Simone Gee | Shamrock Hilton Hotel | |
1982 | Virginia Chang | Shamrock Hilton Hotel | |
1983 | Marilyn Hsu | Shamrock Hilton Hotel | |
1984 | Christina Fang | Shamrock Hilton Hotel | |
1985 | Cami Lee Chan | Adam's Mark Hotel | |
1986 | Marcelle Wong | Adam's Mark Hotel | |
1987 | Eva Lue | Adam's Mark Hotel | |
1988 | Chemien Wu | Adam's Mark Hotel | |
1989 | Evelyn Ding | Westin Galleria Hotel | |
1990 | Theresa Young | Double Tree Hotel-Post Oak | |
1991 | Sherry Liu | J.W Marriot Hotel-Westheimer | |
1992 | Melissa Yeh | J.W Marriot Hotel-Westheimer | |
1993 | Maryann Lee Parker | J.W Marriot Hotel-Westheimer | |
1994 | Tammy Gee | ||
1995 | Doris Chao | J.W Marriot Hotel-Galleria | |
1996 | Yvonne Hsu | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Galleria | |
1997 | Mo-Lin Liu | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Galleria | |
1998 | Francine Di | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Galleria | |
1999 | Ruby Sheng | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Grand Ballroom | |
2000 | Erin Wu | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Galleria | |
2001 | Amy Chang | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Galleria | |
2002 | Le Zhang | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Galleria | |
2003 | Rina Tzeng | ||
2004 | Karen Wong | ||
2005 | Jia Hu | J.W Marriot Hotel-Exhibition Center-Galleria | |
2006 | Connie Chen | ||
2007 | Francine Cheng | ||
2008 | Cindy Wu | ||
2009 | Angela Wang | ||
2010 | Joy Le | ||
2011 | Steffi Hu | ||
2012 | Anna Zhang | ||
2013 | Karen Li | ||
2014 | Rose Li | ||
2015 | Rachel Lee | ||
2016 | Karen Yang | ||
2017 | Janet Chen | ||
2018 | Karen Yen | ||
2019 | Lauren Yang | ||
2020 | |||
2021 | |||
2022 | Christine Yuan | ||
2023 | Grace Zhang | Sonesta Hotel |
References
- ^ "About us – Miss Chinatown Houston". Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Miss Chinatown USA", Wikipedia, 2023-10-10, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ "CACA Houston Lodge Annual City Wide Picnic Program".
- ^ "Houston Lodge Chinese American Citizens Alliance 30th Annual Miss Chinatown Houston Pageant Program". 2000.
- ^ "Houston Lodge Chinese American Citizens Alliance Miss Chiantown Houston Pageant 1984".