Linda is a photographer and attorney; Daniel is an origami artist and retired math and science teacher; and Joel is an internationally known artist (i.

Gail Konishi Shibayama (1970).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.loaded her car and drove to these events.

so well need your email address to include you in the invitation to attend.Mas drove to the Flower Market at 3 a.

have passed away —Mas on March 1 just a few days before his 103rd birthday and Florence a week later at age 94.She absolutely rejected any books that presented Asian Americans as stereotypes