{"id":37129,"date":"2019-12-11T17:04:02","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T22:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/?p=37129"},"modified":"2020-02-07T10:48:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-07T15:48:44","slug":"miss-universe-laos-farewell-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/miss-universe-laos-farewell-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Miss Universe Laos Farewell Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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December 9, 2019<\/p>\n

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Lunch @ I Luv Hot Pot | Duluth, GA<\/h5>\n
It was another fun evening down here in Atlanta.\u00a0 I missed the Miss Universe Pageant this past weekend, but it was very nice to cover this farewell gathering and have bookends to a pretty neat experience for our Lao community.\u00a0 Big thanks to Trevor and Jimmy for securing the venue and sponsoring the dinner on such short notice.\u00a0 We Lao folk (and southerners) are known for hospitality, and it definitely showed the past two weeks.<\/h6>\n
Of course big thanks to Miss Universe Laos May Vichitta Phonevilay for representing the Lao people with grace, class, humility, and beauty.\u00a0 Thanks for putting up with our crazy culture’s love of taking pictures! We are a bit too extra with that. \ud83d\ude00\u00a0 Anyways here’s some more memories from a pretty cool day.<\/h6>\n

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Me presenting May with a surprise photo book at lunch!! It was fun making it. I accidentally put the same picture in twice, but I think it turned out okay. \ud83d\ude42 Thanks to Fujifilm<\/a> for doing a great job printing it as usual!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Later that day…<\/h5>\n
Farewell Dinner @ FUMI Events | Duluth, GA<\/h5>\n

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Me getting May’s Photo Book autographed! \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

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“Security and Event Photography by us!!” \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/div>\n

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If you enjoyed these pictures, please consider donating to one May’s causes, or perhaps one of the local food banks to feed the hungry in your local city.\u00a0 Happy Holidays everyone!<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\n\"me\"Hi! My name is Boon. I’m an Atlanta based Artist. <\/strong>I draw, I take pictures!<\/em><\/span>\n

\nI\u2019ve been covering events and documenting the multi ethnic Asian Pacific Islander community here in Georgia since 2004! Feel free to share with the links below. Thanks to all for posing for photos!<\/em><\/span>\n

\nAll Artwork and Photos \u00a9 Boon Vong. For image usage feel free to Contact Me.<\/em><\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

December 9, 2019 Lunch @ I Luv Hot Pot | Duluth, GA It was another fun evening down here in Atlanta.\u00a0 I missed the Miss Universe Pageant this past weekend, but it was very nice to cover this farewell gathering and have bookends to a pretty neat experience for our Lao community.\u00a0 Big thanks to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37242,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[14,202,286],"class_list":{"0":"post-37129","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-lao-culture","8":"category-photos","9":"tag-atlanta","10":"tag-event-photography","11":"tag-lao-culture","13":"post-with-thumbnail","14":"post-with-thumbnail-large"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MUL_12-09-19_158_b-vong.com_.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pelE0-9ER","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":36925,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/welcome-to-atlanta-miss-universe-laos\/","url_meta":{"origin":37129,"position":0},"title":"Welcome to Atlanta Miss Universe Laos","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"November 28, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"What a fun couple of days!\u00a0 On behalf of the Lao community here in Atlanta, Georgia and the United States of America, we would like to welcome Miss Universe Laos May Vichitta Phonevilay @vichittapvl @missuniverselaos\u00a0as she competes in the pageant held right in our beloved ATL!! ;) Please give them\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Lao Culture"","block_context":{"text":"Lao Culture","link":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/category\/lao-culture\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MISS_LAOS_57_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MISS_LAOS_57_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MISS_LAOS_57_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/MISS_LAOS_57_b-vong.com_.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":83579,"url":"https:\/\/www.b-vong.com\/journal\/lao-new-year-2024-murfreesboro-tn-sunday-photos\/","url_meta":{"origin":37129,"position":1},"title":"Lao New Year 2024 – Murfreesboro TN – Sunday Photos","author":"Boon.Vong","date":"June 2, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"\u223c LAO NEW YEAR \u223dWat Lao Buddharam \ufe35\u203f\ufe35\u203f\u0b68\u2740\u0b67\u203f\ufe35\u203f\ufe35 Murfreesboro, TN |\u00a0 Sunday May 26, 2024 Event Coverage by Boon Vong. 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