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Alessa Ferguson has been selected as the Miss Thai Arizona for the period of 2024-2025. She was born in 2004, and is a second-generation Thai-American raised in Mesa, Arizona. As part of her commitment to promoting Thai culture, Alessa presents cultural dance performances, fashion shows, and educates the public about Thai culture. She is putting in a lot of effort when it comes to training in Thai traditional dance. Additionally, she models in a Thai calendar designed specifically to promote the beauty of Thai culture.<\/p>\n
Among her accomplishments, she has collaborated with other Thai organizations, including the Thai-American Association of Arizona<\/em>, the Thai Conservative Club<\/em>, and others both locally and nationally. Thai American Association of Arizona<\/strong><\/p>\n Volunteer work to educate, translate, and relay information to minorities in my community for events such as the 2019 Census, 2020 Voter Registration, and 2020-2021 Covid vaccine promotion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Academy of Asian Art Foundation<\/strong><\/p>\n Represented the Thai community as a Thai Cultural Ambassador for Asian cultural events such as Arizona\u2019s Asian Festival, OCA Past to Present Fashion Show, Maricopa Cultural Night Market to educate others through preforming, speaking, modelling, and dancing.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#303030″ min_height=”381.1px” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_5,3_5,1_5″ make_equal=”on” _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” max_width=”2560px” min_height=”65.2px” custom_padding=”0px||16px||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_5″ _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.21.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\nAwards\u00a0<\/b><\/h2>\n
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<\/span><\/h2>\nMay 2019 – Ongoing<\/span><\/h3>\n
July 2021 – Ongoing<\/span><\/h3>\n