Miss NTD's Surprise Interview: BFFs React! (Unreleased Footage)

Three, two, one. What were your glasses for? It's blue light glasses. Oh, blue light glasses. You're like eating lunch and you look over to the corner and someone's practicing their flute or something. I've never opened champagne before. I just shook it as hard as I could. Oh, see? See? They were like, you have to hold it on the right. And we were like, what? It was our first pageant. I'll be my last. Welcome back. This is our part three of our recap series. Because I can hear the sound. My name is... So someone interrupted us or something. And so I had to stop. I think I stopped twice during the interview. Like this way? No, no, no, no, no. Like your butt. Yes. My butt? I was like in the zone and I was so upset. I was like... Can you repeat the question? I'm so confused. I've actually... I forgot everything. Someone came in. Okay, it was three times. It was three times. It's okay, it's okay. I had to think anyways. I've always felt connected to Chinese culture and yet not at the same time because I've grown up in Houston. It's such a big city. With such diverse culture. But a lot of the people in my school and in my surrounding environment, aside from my family, weren't from Chinese heritage. And I feel like Miss NTD really helps me reconnect and relearn what it means to be a traditional Chinese woman, especially in this day and age. And I've always heard that I'm really tall. I should be a model. I should try for a beauty pageant. And honestly, I work in front of a computer like 10 to 12 days a week. Let me say that again. I work in front of a computer like 10 to 12 days a day. 12 days a day? I was so nervous. I just kept going though. That doesn't even make sense. This was right after the real... There was a preliminary interview with three judges. And so you're like waiting outside a room. You go inside the room. There's a camera. There's three judges sitting with their notepads in front of you. You have to stand there on the X for six minutes while they ask you questions. And after that was this interview. So I was still like, my nerves were like buzzing. 10 days a day though. Yeah. I can't watch this. Please save me. One word to describe yourself. So the producer was telling me to start the answer with the question. I would say sunshine. Probably just like my namesake. I really have a positive outlook on life. And although that sometimes means that I miss the dark spots or I miss any red flags, I really think that having optimism in life is so important. And it also brings me a lot of confidence knowing that no matter what hardship I'm faced with, I'm able to face it head on and try my best with optimism to get through. And what do you think will be the hardest part for you? That was okay. That was good. Like I said earlier, the hardest part for me in this competition would be to just reconnect with Chinese heritage. In America, you don't really talk about tradition as if it's a precious thing. And in fact, a lot of it is vilified. And so I feel like traditional Chinese heritage with its 5,000 years of culture is really something that is so enormous and so precious that through this competition, I'll have a really difficult time trying to reconnect with it because of the cultural differences and just the way I grew up. But I really think it's worth it. And so that's why I think this entire pageant is worth fighting for. And if you won the title of Miss NTD, what would it mean to you? I hate this question. I think this was one of the stage questions too. If I won the title of Miss NTD, I think it would mean that I've overcome all of these hardships to really reconnect with Chinese heritage and also find my place as a traditional Chinese woman who is very proud of her heritage and very proud of everything that my forebears and all of the dynasties before me have gone through to get to this point. I also think that it's a really positive message going forward to inspire other young women who are in their 20s and their teens to say that it's okay to pursue traditional Chinese culture. It's okay to be a traditional woman. It's okay to have patience, to have virtue, to have filial piety, and not to reject those things just because it's trendy or that your friends do it. I think being able to really have that foundation and anchor yourself to the fact that you have all of these virtues, it's a really powerful thing. And I hope that more young women can also try to do the same. Honestly, I don't think I'll win. I don't. I was so confident too. I don't. I don't think I'll win. Pageant contestants from all around the world, I think... How many times should I say I think than I am? Because I feel like as a Chinese American, it would kind of be... I was just talking about optimism and then I was like, it's difficult to make up the differences between me and the other girls. Oh my god. I think I was being realistic though. And then can you just sign up by looking at the camera and say your name and then just like, you know, support me or watch out for me at least entity. Yeah. My name is Cynthia Sun. I'm from Houston, Texas. Look out for me. I'm coming. Oh god. Look out for me. Please don't look out for me. Oh, Vicky! That was a quick 180. Being there and doing like your best for the project you're working towards, right? That destination. Did you notice how your voice changed? Yes. That's a good question. The whole pageant, like they are treating... No, no, no. Say it, say it, say it.