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Xiren Wang, Lili Wat, and Sitong Chen join the pageant’s opening routine, dancing to “The Boys”, a song by K-Pop group «Girls’ Generation». While the women come from a range of professional backgrounds – including economics, nursing, and acting – every contestant is looking for her big break into the entertainment industry. Most contestants said they would prefer to have a career in the U.S. but would go wherever the opportunity lies. Wang views the pageant as a pathway to grow her stature as an entertainer, so she can ultimately bring about humanitarian change. “I’ve always aspired to be a cultural ambassador, and the pageant provides a path that embodies the very essence of this”, she said. Wang previously used music therapy to work with traumatized children in the Balkans, refugees in the Middle East, and orphans in Tibet and Haiti. (Photo and caption by John Brecher/Sahra Vang Nguyen/NBC News)
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