A crowd gathers to congratulate the newly crowned Miss Hoa Khoi Lien Truong 2017
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Contestants wait to hear results of the Miss Hoa Khoi Lien Truong 2015 contest
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Contestants perform a group dance
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A contestant in the Miss Hoa Khoi Lien Truong 2015 contest
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Contestants in the Miss Hoa Khoi Lien Truong 2015 contest
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What makes the “ideal” Vietnamese-American woman? In the latest episode of our new podcast Second Wave, Thanh Tan finds herself confronting that question after she is invited to judge a local Vietnamese beauty pageant.