{"id":300,"date":"1959-05-30T15:47:15","date_gmt":"1959-05-30T19:47:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/?p=300"},"modified":"2020-06-25T15:16:28","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T19:16:28","slug":"beauty-pageants-from-miss-clinton-to-miss-chinatown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/beauty-pageants-from-miss-clinton-to-miss-chinatown\/","title":{"rendered":"Beauty Pageants: From Miss Clinton to Miss Chinatown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I \u00a0would consider the beginning of my professional career to be my participation in three beauty pageants, which surprises me and those who know me now, that I would even have thought to enter a beauty contest!\u00a0 In 1959, I was a a senior majoring in Piano at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. \u00a0When \u00a0my sorority, the Kissimees Social Tribe, \u00a0entered me in the Miss Clinton contest I surprised myself by deciding to sing, for the first time in public, while accompanying myself on the piano as my talent portion. \u00a0I&#8217;d always dreamed of being a singer but was always too shy about my voice.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_174\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-image-174 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-57-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"MISS CLINTON 1960 - Miss Virginia Faye Wing, a senior at Mississippi College was crowned Miss Clinton 1960 by Miss Sue Bell, last year's runnerup. The pageant, sponsored by the Clinton Jaycees, was held at the Clinton High school auditorium - Photo by Sutherland.\" width=\"616\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-57-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-57-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-57-816x1088.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-57-1250x1667.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-57-400x533.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-57.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-174\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MISS CLINTON 1960 &#8211; Miss Virginia Faye Wing, a senior at Mississippi College was crowned Miss Clinton 1960 by Miss Sue Bell, last year&#8217;s runnerup. The pageant, sponsored by the Clinton Jaycees, was held at the Clinton High school auditorium &#8211; Photo by Sutherland.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After being crowned Miss Clinton 1960, I was automatically entered into the Miss Mississippi contest, \u00a0as the first ethnic, or non-Caucasian, ever to compete.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_304\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-image-304 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/miss-MS.2-e1509645382573.png\" alt=\"Virginia Faye Wing competes in the evening gown competition in the Miss Mississippi Pageant in the Vicksburg Municipal Auditorium in Vicksburg, Mississippi on August 1, 1959. \" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/miss-MS.2-e1509645382573.png 360w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/miss-MS.2-e1509645382573-169x300.png 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-304\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Virginia Faye Wing competes in the evening gown competition in the Miss Mississippi Pageant in the Vicksburg Municipal Auditorium in Vicksburg, Mississippi on August 1, 1959.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was told, after the contest was over, \u00a0that I had been \u00a0disqualified because I was too short to be considered Miss Mississippi. \u00a0One can only guess the real reason for disqualification. \u00a0The mere fact that a Chinese girl competed \u00a0in the Miss Mississippi contest in 1959 was a minor miracle. \u00a0But this led to my being asked to enter the Miss Chinatown USA contest in San Francisco.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_175\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-image-175 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"January 30, 1960 - Miss Chinatown USA and her Court.\u00a0From Left to right, JoAn Lai, Amy Tong-Lao, Carole Ng, Shirley Wong and Virginia Faye Wing at the &quot;1960&quot; Miss Chinatown, USA Pageant at the Masonic Memorial Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. Photo: Kem Lee\" width=\"616\" height=\"462\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54-816x612.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54-1250x938.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-54.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-175\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">January 30, 1960 &#8211; Miss Chinatown USA and her Court.\u00a0From Left to right, JoAn Lai, Amy Tong-Lao, Carole Ng, Shirley Wong and Virginia Faye Wing at the &#8220;1960&#8221; Miss Chinatown, USA Pageant at the Masonic Memorial Auditorium in San Francisco, CA. Photo: Kem Lee<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_156\" style=\"width: 626px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-156\" class=\"wp-image-156 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"(The Clarion-Ledger, January 31, 1960) Virginia Wing heads to the &quot;1960&quot; Miss Chinatown USA Contest after participating in the Miss Mississippi Contest as Miss Clinton.\" width=\"616\" height=\"411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-816x544.jpg 816w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-1250x834.jpg 1250w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/10\/2017-10-8-Virgina-Wing-Photo-by-Lia-Chang-97.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-156\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(The Clarion-Ledger, January 31, 1960) Virginia Wing heads to the &#8220;1960&#8221; Miss Chinatown USA Contest after participating in the Miss Mississippi Contest as Miss Clinton.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Travel to the Miss Chinatown contest was my first cross-country flight and the sunrise over the Golden Gate bridge was my first view of San Francisco. Breathtaking. \u00a0My first impression was: \u00a0Wow! \u00a0Look at all those Chinese people! \u00a0I&#8217;d never been around so many Chinese strangers and I felt like I&#8217;d stepped into another country. \u00a0Backstage at the contest, my Uncle Shaw who lived in San Francisco and who was responsible for this country girl in the big city, asked me if he should hold my purse for safekeeping. \u00a0I replied that I had given it to some man. \u00a0He was apoplectic and said, &#8220;You gave your purse to a total stranger?&#8221; \u00a0And I said, Well, he was Chinese. \u00a0I thought no one Chinese could possibly be a crook! \u00a0Straight out of the Mississippi cotton fields was I!!! \u00a0P.S., the man holding my purse was totally fine and returned it when I needed it.<\/p>\n<p>After singing in the contest I received a letter from Eddie Blum, the casting director for Rodgers and Hammerstein, asking me to audition for him for FLOWER DRUM SONG \u00a0if I ever came to New York. \u00a0This gave me the courage to pursue my dream.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-475\" src=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/R.H.-letter-e1511625272591.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/R.H.-letter-e1511625272591.jpg 480w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/R.H.-letter-e1511625272591-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/performingartslegacy.org\/wing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/38\/2017\/11\/R.H.-letter-e1511625272591-400x533.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I \u00a0would consider the beginning of my professional career to be my participation in three beauty pageants, which surprises me and those who know me now, that I would even have thought to enter a beauty contest!\u00a0 In 1959, I was a a senior majoring in Piano at Mississippi College in Clinton, Mississippi. \u00a0When \u00a0my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":175,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[57,20,21,56,58,22,25,73,8],"class_list":["post-300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty-pageant","tag-1960-miss-chinatown-usa","tag-actress","tag-chinese-american-actress","tag-miss-clinton-1960","tag-miss-mississippi-1959","tag-performing-arts-legacy-project","tag-singer","tag-the-actors-fund-of-america-of-america","tag-virginia-wing"],"metadata":{"_edit_lock":["1512337996:36"],"_edit_last":["36"],"_wpac_members_redirect_to":[""],"_wpac_show_in_search":["0"],"_wpac_show_excerpt_in_search":["0"],"_wpac_nonmembers_redirect_to":[""],"_thumbnail_id":["175"],"ase_map_component_start_point":["a:2:{s:3:\"lat\";d:29.760000000000001563194018672220408916473388671875;s:3:\"lng\";d:-95.3799999999999954525264911353588104248046875;}"]},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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