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Steven Ma and special guest Louis Yuen with Jessie Liu host event where thirteen contestants compete for the title (Click here for Chinese)

A major event in the entertainment world, the annual Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant, will be holding its final competition at Mohegan Sun Arena on Sunday, August 22nd at 1:00am.  Thirteen finalists will perform to showcase their grace and talent during this remarkable evening. 

Tickets are $128.00 (VIP tickets), $75.00 & $50.00 and can be purchased through Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant, Inc. based out of New York by calling 347.829.6692 and 212.219.7688 or through www.misschinesepageant.com. 

To mark this special evening, the finale at Mohegan Sun will feature a popular leading man of TVB, Mr. Steven Ma with special guest Louis Yuen.  The show will be hosted by the 2002 Miss New York Chinese winner Jessie Liu.  Ma is a singer and actor and has starred in numerous popular TV dramas and has received several awards from TVB including “The Favorite Television Character” Award for Safe Guards. 

Louis Yuen is also a TVB actor who started his career as a finalist in the 5th TVB New Talent Singing Awards.  Yuen then became more popular for co-hosting the Super Trio Series with Eric Tsang.  These two stars will witness the crowning of a beautiful and talented contestant at Mohegan Sun.  

The event is produced by the Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant Committee, co-produced by TVB (USA) Inc., with Mohegan Sun as the special sponsor.  This year marks the ninth anniversary of the Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant and thirteen young ladies will make it to the finale.  The winner will receive a grand prize of cash and gifts and will represent New York in the Miss Chinese International Pageant held in Hong Kong.   This may also lead to stardom as all finalists will have the chance to be selected for Hairun Media Company’s acting roles in a TV drama series.   In addition to crowning the winner and two runners-up, the pageant committee will also award titles such as “Miss Talent,” “Miss Photogenic,” “ Miss Internet Popularity,” “Best Dressed” and “Miss Congeniality.”  During the final competition, audiences may also vote to select the “Most Popular Contestant,” which will bring more excitement to the evening. 

Mohegan Sun Arena is ranked the 4th best venue by Billboard Magazine and was the 2008 recipient of a Country Music Award for “Casino of The Year.” For more information on concerts and other great events at Mohegan Sun, visit mohegansun.com/888.  For information on this week’s schedule, call the Asian Marketing Hotline: 1.877.999.9977.

This summer, Mohegan Sun will showcase a Winning Authors event, a very special Signings & Sightings as well as an all-new Reality Check

 UNCASVILLE, CT (June 30, 2010) – Whether guests are into great mystery books, meeting one of their favorite celebrities or checking out a stunning performance from former stars of the hit Fox series So You Think You Can Dance, they can count on Mohegan Sun’s Hot Summer Fun 2010 as their one-stop destination for some unique and exciting events.  

Hot Summer Fun 2010 begins on July 1st and continues through September 6th and come July 6th, Mohegan Sun will welcome three extraordinary thriller writers, Steve Martini, Kate White and Noah Boyd for a special “Triple The Thrills” Winning Authors event.  Next up, on July 23^rd, the boisterous and ever-popular Regis Philbin and his wife Joy will be taking part in a Signings & Sightings promoting their new album entitled Just You. Just Me.  And finally, taking place on August 9th, from So You Think You Can Dance, is the talented Melissa Sandvig and Brandon Bryant set to perform and greet fans as part of Mohegan Sun’s Reality Check.

Mohegan Sun’s “Triple The Thrills” event begins in The Cabaret Theatre at 6:30pm on Tuesday, July 6th where there will be a special live discussion with Steve Martini, Kate White and Noah Boyd followed by a book signing in The Shops at Mohegan Sun.  Spin Street will have Steve Martini’s latest release entitled The Rule Of Nine: A Paul Madriani Novel, Kate White’s new thriller Hush and Noah Boyd’s suspense novel The Bricklayer all for purchase.

On July 23rd, Regis and Joy Philbin will take part in a special Signings & Sightings event from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.  Appearing on television since the late 50s, Regis Philbin is often called “the hardest working man in show business” and holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera (nearly 16,000 hours).   Best known for Live with Regis and Kelly and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Philbin is an American icon and one of the greatest entertainers of our time.  He and his wife Joy have routinely joined one another performing on stage and finally they came together in the studio.  Just You. Just Me is a spectacular duet album, collaborated by a couple that has been in love and married for forty years.

Reality Check with Melissa Sandvig and Brandon Bryant is slated for August 9th at 7:00pm followed by a signing at 7:30pm.  Melissa Sandvig is a classically-trained freelance dancer from Los Alamitos, California.  She is the first ballerina to ever finish in the top 10 of So You Think You Can Dance and has finished as high as the top 6.  Melissa is also a certified Pilates instructor and teaches ballet.

Brandon Bryant, a contemporary dancer from Miami, FL began dancing ballet at age ten and was the runner-up finalist to winner Jeanine Mason in Season 5 of So You Think You Can Dance.  One of Bryant’s most memorable dance moments was when he performed for Madonna at her daughter’s birthday party.  Bryant also recently appeared as a dancer in the hit Fox series Glee in the episode “Bad Reputation.”

 For more information on Mohegan Sun’s Signature Events or Hot Summer Fun, visit mohegansun.com.

Regis Philbin and wife Joy to sign copies of their album Just You. Just Me on July 23rd

The boisterous and ever-popular Regis Philbin and his wife Joy will be taking part in a Signings & Sightings event.  This free personal appearance and signing will take place on the Spin Street Stage in The Shops at Mohegan Sun on Friday, July 23rd at 3:30pm.  Regis and Joy will be signing copies of their recently released duet album entitled Just You. Just Me.  All Signings & Sightings events are free and open to the public.  Spin Street will have Just You. Just Me available for purchase leading up to and on the day of this event.

ABOUT REGIS & JOY

Appearing on television since the late 50s, Regis Philbin is often called “the hardest working man in show business” and holds the Guinness World Record for the most time spent in front of a television camera (nearly 16,000 hours).   Best known for Live with Regis and Kelly and Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, Philbin is an American icon and one of the greatest entertainers of our time.  He and his wife Joy have routinely joined one another performing on stage and finally they came together in the studio.  Just You. Just Me is a spectacular duet album, collaborated by a couple that has been in love and married for forty years.

ABOUT SIGNINGS AND SIGHTINGS

Mohegan Sun’s Signings & Sightings, presented in collaboration with Spin Street, is a one-of-a-kind experience that allows guests to get up-close-and-personal with some of the world’s biggest entertainers.  Whether it’s an up-and-coming band, well-known comedian or chart-topping musician, a Signings & Sightings event provides artists with an exciting opportunity to share their latest work in an interactive way with fans.  Spin Street, located in The Shops at Mohegan Sun, offers a variety of music, movies and entertainment memorabilia with special signing merchandise available for each Signings & Sightings event. Visit mohegansun.com for more information.