Miss NTD: Att inspirera andra till moral och den sanna innebörden av inreskönhet | NTD NYHETER

I'm here with our very first Miss NTD, Cynthia Sun. Welcome. Thank you, Evelyn. How does it feel? I'm still baffled right now. It's surreal. Every single time I hear like, hello, Miss NTD, should we bow to you? I still feel like it's not me. I feel like it's like an otherworldly experience. It really doesn't feel real because I didn't expect to win at all. Well, I think you did so well and everybody, it was quite the competition because everybody was so good. And so what I'm interested, what made you apply for this pageant in particular? Why not any other? Why NTD? I actually wasn't interested in beauty pageants before this one, because it seemed very superficial to me. And everyone always asked me, do you want a model? Do you want to? Because we have Miss Chinatown in Houston and they were always like, oh, you should apply to go to Miss Chinatown. But it really felt like they were judging it based on like physical appearance or based off of like your resume. And it just didn't feel like it was who I truly was or what was wholly me. So what was it about this process that felt different to you? Yeah, actually they really emphasize the question and answer portion and they didn't have a bikini section. So they did more athletic wear and they did evening gown and you're expected to walk naturally in like a very charismatic and exuberant confidence. And I think that part itself was very respectful. And also the Q&A section was where most of the points actually came from. So they would ask you, what do you think the qualities of a good role model are? What do you think traditional Chinese women and what do you think Miss NTD should do? How should she inspire other women to also pursue their heritage and reconnect with their roots? And I felt like those question and answer sections really made me reflect a lot and dig deep to find where my roots are. What is the meaning of my life? What do I wanna do in this life to make it meaningful and how can I inspire other ladies? So what did you find? What did you find? Yeah, a lot. Oh my gosh, we could be here all day. I really, the first thing I found was balance. I feel like I've always been someone who isn't considered American in America. I'm not considered Chinese in China. And it just felt like I was bits of a whole, but during this process, this entire week of the pageant, I really felt like there is a way to reconnect with virtues, to respectfully embody those virtues in American society, in modern day society, by the way you treat other people, by the way you read history books and try to emulate that towards filial piety, towards your parents or towards your siblings, your friends, strangers. I feel like these everyday interactions are something that can be balanced. It doesn't have to be one extreme or the other. And that balance is something in my identity and also my optimism, my sense of self. I feel like that's been reached by the end of the week. And obviously now you have this platform as Miss NTD. We just talked and you said you might do some traveling as well. So what do you wanna do with this platform? Yeah, I really want to just connect with individuals who might be struggling with the same thing that I have, which is really trying to find and reconnect to my identity. I think if I am able to talk one-on-one or meet other Chinese Americans or second generation young women from around the world with Chinese heritage, I think we'll aspire each other and you motivate each other to do better. I think that's great. A lot of what you said really resonated with me as somebody that grew up in the West as well. And I'm glad that now there's like little younger Chinese girls that have this kind of role model and look up to you. So thank you so much for taking this time today and congratulations again. Thank you so much.