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Little Princes and Princesses
Saturday, July 29, 2006

Kids take centerstage at annual Nisei Week Baby Pageant at the JACCC plaza.

Baby show
Photos by Jun Nagata/Rafu Shimpo
Jet Setter winners, Madison Janice Murata and Joey Ryuta Ike, and photogenic winners Trinity Sayori Takeda and Sean Alata Fujiwara are joined by Aki the Akita and 2005 Nisei Week Queen Steffanie Keiko Tameshiro, left, Miss Tomodachi Michelle Mieko Ito;

The 2006 Nisei Week Baby Pageant was held last Saturday at the Japanese American Community & Cultural Center’s Noguchi Plaza in Little Tokyo with more than 100 youngsters, 1 to 6 years of age, entered.

Baby show
Jessica Sakura Goto shows her
“pageant spirit” to the audience.

Other winners in this year’s Baby Show are Tiny Tots—Prince: Alexander Isami Moustacas, Princess: Jessica Nakano, Photogenic Boy: Joshua Wesley Nishinaka, Photogenic Girl: Rylie Mayumi Harada. Romper Stompers—Prince: Scotty Shota Ike, Princess: Halle Mina Fukawa, Photogenic Boy: Brian Masaji Gong, Photogenic Girl: Rylinn Ivy Kubota. 

Princeses
Participants, from left, Destiny Toyo Takeda, Mariko Sophia McCabe and Jordan Hideko Yost, pose for the judges.
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