December 7th, 2003

At least she represents the United States faithfully

Raymond Chen
Raymond Chen

The MPR show Marketplace (note: MPR, not NPR) had a brief story about the reaction to China being the host of the Miss World pageant. (Last story on the page.)

What I noticed was the comment at timecode 23:50 from Miss World – United States Kim Harlan. (Not to be confused with Miss United States Julie Roberts or Miss America Erika Harold. Confused yet? Slate explains.)

Where was I? Oh right, the actuality. Asked to comment on participating in a beauty pageant in China: [Listen]

I just though everybody would be wearing, little, you know, Asian outfits, but they’re completely normal, just the way we dress, so.

I hope she wasn’t planning to win big in the interview portion of the competition.

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Old New Thing
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Non-Computer

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Raymond Chen

Raymond has been involved in the evolution of Windows for more than 30 years. In 2003, he began a Web site known as The Old New Thing which has grown in popularity far beyond his wildest imagination, a development which still gives him the heebie-jeebies. The Web site spawned a book, coincidentally also titled The Old New Thing (Addison Wesley 2007). He occasionally appears on the Windows Dev Docs Twitter account to tell stories which convey no useful information.

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