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Sandra Fukushima Ninomiya represented the Orange County Nikkei Coordinating Council in 1989.“This was a special reunion since this is the first time all the Miss Orange County Japanese American queens ever got together for a gathering like this.

Their active participation has allowed young women the opportunity to raise awareness on several Japanese American community platforms and represent Orange County in many Japanese American events in Southern California.In having only the queens in attendance.Carol Nishizu Matsuoka (1962).

Christine Kimoto Tanaka (2007).Melissa Nishimura (2011) and baby.

A special highlight of the event was having a slideshow of all the past queens and then having each queen stand up and personally introduce themselves to the group.

??Each queen was given a pin consisting of a gold crown with rhinestones to wear at future Orange County events to signify them as Miss Orange County JA Queens in addition to receiving a personalized pink and gold pen as a souvenir of this first queens reunion as a gift from the Kazuo Masuda Memorial VFW Post 3670.The film has been screened in Los Angeles at the Japanese American National Museum and the Laemmle Royal.

their dignity and their families in an America that had forsaken them.citizenship in preparation for repatriation to Japan.

which became a segregation center.About 10% of the populations of the War Relocation Authority camps answered no when asked if they would serve on combat duty wherever ordered.