Hawai‘i Ethnic Pageants Are More Than Just Beauty Contests
Ethnic beauty pageants have long been a staple of Hawai‘i’s diverse cultural history. Over the years, though, they’ve had to evolve to fit the changing times.
February 10, 2015
Left: Miss O‘ahu Filipina Lovely May Orsino. Right: The 65th Narcissus queen Brittany Lee in Chinatown. Photos: Mark Arbeit
After marveling at Chinese acrobats in Shanghai and walking along the Great Wall of China in Beijing, Brittany Lee went on a side excursion to a small village in the province of Lung Doo that left the biggest impression of her trip to China.