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Over 13,600 NBA basketball fans, including thousands of Asian Americans from the Washington, DC metropolitan area<\/strong>, were at the Verizon Center to watch the Washington Wizards take on the Houston Rockets and celebrate Asian Heritage Night<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Of the many Asian and Chinese American organizations in attendance, the 2010 Washington Metropolitan Miss Chinese American Beauty Pageant winners – Patty Yao, Serena Lin, and Kathy Shi – were among the most popular<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of excited fans waited anxiously for an opportunity to have their pictures taken with Patty, Serena, and Kathy<\/strong> during the pre-game meet and greet. At one point, the crowd of photo seekers and onlookers grew so large that they blocked up a section of the Verizon Center concourse.<\/p>\n

Chris Jan, executive director of the Washington Metropolitan Miss Chinese American Beauty Pageant<\/strong>, attended the event along with pageant directors George Cheung and Jon Liu. Also on hand was DC Miss China Beauty Pageant MC, Rita Lee who was a special guest announcer for the Wizards. <\/p>\n

“I am very happy to see so many people taking pictures with our pageant queens,\u201d said Chris Jan<\/strong>. “We are honored to be here as representatives of our community and I am thrilled by the tremendous reception our young ladies are receiving from the wonderful Washington Wizard fans.” <\/p>\n

The Washington Wizards Asian Heritage Night is an annual event that honors the Asian American communities of the Washington, DC metropolitan area<\/strong>. The highpoint of the evening was the contest between Wizards center Yi Jianlian and NBA All-Star Yao Ming of the Houston Rockets<\/strong>. The Wizard defeated the Rockets by a score of 98 to 91.
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