#5: Brook Lee (Miss Universe 1997): WIN Lessons from Beauty Pageants, Identity, Aging, Technology and More
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Jimmy Nguyen catches up with his long-time friend and favorite every beauty pageant title holder - Brook Mahealani Lee, Miss Universe 1997 (and originally Miss USA 1997) from Hawaii. It can surprise many people that beauty queens - such as an intelligent powerhouse like Brook - have such deep insights on how to WIN in life and career.
Brook is the first (and still only) native Hawaiian to win the title of Miss Universe - becoming a role model for Asian Pacific Islanders all over the world. She is also a renowned icon for her refreshing, humorous, intelligent and insightful answers at the Miss Universe and Miss USA pageants - which still are Internet viral sensations to this day.
In this comprehensive interview, Brook shares her journey to ultimate pageant WINs after many years of losses; life back in her native Hawaiian islands ; being authentically who you are; the challenges of aging once you are known in the beauty industry; and WIN lessons for her children and everyone.
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