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“Pageantry forces you to get out of your comfort zone to speak on behalf of a mission or yourself in front of a crowd. If it wasn’t for me participating in pageants, I would not have the confidence to start my business [Victoria M. Ng Productions] right now,” Ng says.
The contestants’ community “platforms,” or missions they plan to undertake should they win, focus on Chinese heritage, which have included projects like spreading access to Eastern medicine to all communities and promoting Chinese cultural awareness among the younger generations.
