2nd Annual Miss Asian Las Vegas Pageant Is Coming To Vegas! At The Palazzo!

The second annual Miss Asian Las Vegas Pageant unveils the official 2014 delegates for its Teen, Miss, Ms. and Mrs. categories. This year’s contestants represent an array of cultures including Chinese, Filipina, Indian, Japanese, Laotian, Thai, Vietnamese and more. To participate, each delegate must be at least one-fourth of any Asian ethnicity.

The ladies will partake in traditional pageant rounds such as interviews, swimwear, talent and evening gowns in addition to a cultural round during which each girl will wear traditional attire, representing their ethnicity.

TEEN (ages 14 – 18)

·         Jannah Bowen – Chinese and Caucasian

·         Celina Go – Chinese, Filipina and Spanish

·         Rianne Lu – Chinese

·         Megan Madison – Chinese, Italian and Irish

MISS (ages 18 – 26)

·         Karenn Beltran – Filipina

·         Monica Fung – Chinese

·         Tina Hoang – Vietnamese

·         Christine Ko – Korean

·         Tiffanie Lee – Chinese, Filipina and Spanish

·         Raashi Sharma – Indian

·         Daphnie Shoaf – Filipina, Chinese and German

·         Erica Valdriz – Filipina

·         Melissa Yu – Chinese

·         Kailun Zhou – Chinese

MS. (ages 27 – 36)

·         Jamie Stephenson – Japanese

·         Violetta Taing – Cambodian and Chinese

·         Rowena Tullao – Filipina

·         Yi Zhang – Chinese

MRS. (Includes women who are married, divorced or have children)

·         Christine Carpio – Filipina

·         Esmeralda Gould – Filipina

·         Judy Neo – Filipina

·         Victoria Nguyen – Vietnamese, Thai and Laotian

·         Tammy Tsai – Taiwanese

This year’s production will be held inside The Palazzo Theatre at The Palazzo Las Vegas on Sunday, Sept. 28 at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $28 (plus applicable service fees) and can be purchased at any Venetian or Palazzo box office, charge-by-phone at 866.641.7469 or at venetian.com/missasianlasvegas. For more information, please visit MissAsianLasVegas.com.

ABOUT MISS ASIAN LAS VEGAS

The Miss Asian Las Vegas Organization's mission is to provide a platform to help build leadership, friendships, community involvement, etiquette, and talent in young Asian American women in Las Vegas. The Pageant will also help to promote each contestant's unique culture, identity, passions, and personal and humanitarian goals as well as showcase contestants' overall essence of intellect, leadership and beauty.

For more information on the Miss Asian Las Vegas, please visit MissAsianLasVegas.com, or keep up with Miss Asian Las Vegas on Facebook (Miss Asian Las Vegas) and Twitter (@MsAsianVegas).

ABOUT THE PALAZZO® LAS VEGAS

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