Fannie Wong, Former Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up

Not to be confused with the above-mentioned show of a similar name, Fannie Wong is a pimple-faced, cigar-smoking, whisky-drinking character whose claim to fame is that she was a former Miss Chinatown 2nd Runner Up (of what year, she cannot say, for she is a lady and cannot reveal her age.) Fannie allows her audience to come very close to her real life celebrity self. She is too crude to be anything like the deliciously sexy cultural icon of Miss Chinatown. She tells dirty jokes for fifty cents and will share a shot of Jack Daniels for a dollar with audience members. Fannie also takes her act on stage with her suspicious looking puppet VAG. If accused of being vulgar, Fannie will always insist, “I am a lady, and I do everything with a touch of class.”

Fannie Wong is also one of the subjects of Daisy Lin Shapiro’s documentary “Yours Truly, Miss Chinatown” which was produced with the support of PBS/ NAATA.

Video archives and ephemera of Fannie Wong were displayed as part of the “In Search of Miss Ruthless” exhibition at the ParaSite gallery in Hong Kong.

Past Celebrity Appearance History

Visual Communications Film Festival 2003-2010 Opening Night *
Hollywood Blvd. Walk of Fame
New Chinatown Barbershop Art Gallery *
OPM Comedy’s “Love Gone Wong” show
Miss Chinatown 2003 Pageant, Los Angeles */**
Kearny Street Workshop’s APAture San Francisco 2002
Ladyfest Los Angeles 2002
Chinatown Plaza, Los Angeles **
University of Southern California Campus
Toxic Shock Stage Fundraiser at the Culver Hotel
The Hollywood Sign
Chinese New Year Parade, Los Angeles */**

* = Actual Miss Chinatown Court present.
** = Fannie forcibly removed by security or chased away.