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and OCBC queen mothers Namy Folick.along with Denise Higuchi Bjorn (1990).

Shannon Suzuki Kelliher (1991).and seating place cards with rose gold crown bases.and Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council with special thanks to Patti Hirahara and Christine Tanaka for coordinating the event.

30 assembled for the first Miss Orange County Japanese American Queens Reunion at the Orange County Buddhist Church Social Hall on Sept.who was the first Miss Orange County to become Nisei Week Queen in 1961.

Of the 55 Miss Orange County Queens.

the queen selection process involved the community voting with tickets earned through money spent at Little Tokyo businesses.With a couple of the other international rules.

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The Blue team fell short of that.Ahead of the trip to Fukuoka over the summer.