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[Photo Album] Hey, Remember That Time I Tried to be a Beauty Queen?

Me and the best Miss NY USA ever, Tracey Chang

Me and the best Miss NY USA ever, Tracey Chang

Love her! Everything a beauty queen should be – smart, ambitious, and yes, gorgeous.

I am now paler and paunchier, four days after the fact.

I am now paler and paunchier, four days after the fact.

This photo shall serve as photo evidence that I was indeed, for two brief seconds, ever so fit and tan. I’m a little scared by the ribs, but I think that’s just my oversize skeleton poking through.

FOBs need love, too.

FOBs need love, too.

Yeah, I had no idea why they had cadets there either.

There are just some things you don’t question.

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7 Responses to “[Photo Album] Hey, Remember That Time I Tried to be a Beauty Queen?”

  1. LindaW says:

    You showed a lot of guts, Lingbo the beauty queen. You can go back to being an epicurean blogger with pride.

    I’m so glad you got to meet Tracey! That’s a great pic of the two of you- any way you could post a high res version or email it?

    I guess the cadets were there to emphasize the all-American wholesomeness of the whole event?

    Now, please stay away from tanning beds, they’re murder to your skin!

  2. LindaW says:

    Great, thanks!

    If you go back to NYC after exams, I’d love to hear your review of this place, the best sushi I’ve had in my life:

    http://www.masanyc.com/

    Warning: it’s stupidly, dangerously expensive- take a rich boyfriend (or girlfriend)!

  3. Lingbo Li says:

    Haha, yes, I’ve heard of it – would definitely need to find someone to take me. :P

  4. dan says:

    SO, I don’t know what FOB stands for..

  5. Lingbo Li says:

    “Fresh off the boat” – recently immigrated Asian

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