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The Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum hosted a 2017 Reunion at Delta State University in Cleveland, MS, October 27th – 28th.<\/p>\n

I had planned to attend, but stayed back to film an episode of the TV show Gotham instead. My cousin Adrianne was kind enough to send a photo of the exhibit, pictured below, to my sister Sandra.\u00a0 It featured news clippings about me; the dress I wore in the Miss Mississippi Contest in 1959; the dress I wore on “The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson” in 1962 and a publicity still in which I was wearing the same red dress.<\/p>\n

\"Mississippi

Mississippi Delta Chinese Heritage Museum. Photo by Adrianne Pang<\/p><\/div>\n

Capps Archives & Museum, 3rd Floor, DSU Campus<\/span><\/p>\n

101 Fifth Avenue<\/span><\/p>\n

Cleveland, MS 38733<\/span><\/p>\n

662.846.4780<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information on the Museum, check out the official website:<\/p>\n

Chinese Heritage Museum<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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