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Members of the audience watch contestants take individual spins on the catwalk. “There is a lot of media attention on us for the pageant. As an actress who works in show biz, I want to be able to meet people and work with them”, said Xiren Wang. The pageant works closely with TV and film production companies in mainland China and Hong Kong, helping many pageant girls obtain contracts after the competition. Presently, careers are developed mostly in China since the girls have an advantage over their domestic peers by being bi-lingual and bi-cultural. In addition, China has a huge market for Asian entertainers whereas the U.S. has limited roles for Asian Americans. (Photo and caption by John Brecher/Sahra Vang Nguyen/NBC News)
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