Inside the only Teochew Beauty Pageant in Singapore 

Jamie is so sweet and genuine!! She did so well. Her grandma would be so proud ❤️

Thank you so much for sharing and keeping our Teochew culture strong in Singapore home . Proud to be a Teochew .

Kudos to Mothership for making this video into an amazing story

Well done Jamie, your grandma would be very proud of you. Inspiring story by Mothership!

She’s like so wholesome, great person to feature

So nice, but use up my crying time for today already! Jamie will be a success in anything she try, with her power and now more self confidence. She is a lovely person. 🥰

Never understood the point of beauty pageants. but what I’m an advocate of is our Teochew culture. The thing is, for survival (& other political-socio reasons) the late LKY probably made the right choice in downplaying the importance of dialects so we could master English and Mandarin. But we are no longer that budding and struggling nation. We’ve achieved a certain level of wealth and development but I’ve also felt as a people, our sense of culture and identity is not the best, without an understanding of who we are and where we come from, we lack a depth of character. We need to start this journey of rekindling with our past, understand the various dialects spoken by our ancestors and remember who we are. My Teochew is sadly very basic and I struggle to string a proper conversation together in Teochew! Kudos to this initiative 👍 and respect to the young lady Jamie who can speak fluent Teochew!

wow..almost 5 months of commitment, just on that alone it isn't easy, more so to balance the mental state, stage presentation, poise and to remember all those dance steps... good effort to Jamie and good coverage on cultural events..

Amazing personality

I'm sure your Grandma is smiling from heaven because she is very proud of you. And you look beautiful too

The only pageant I would approve! Very cool and novel idea!

I love everything Teochew . .!!

Proud to be Teochew from Thailand

Jamie Toh beautiful 8n lo9ks & spirit. Sincerely hope Jamie wins!!!

Awesome job Jamie! You and your mom look great at the end

Cám ơn Cô.

I miss my grandparents :(

We need to do something about this before hokkien/teochew is gone forever in Singapore.

A beauty pageant can be a wholesome experience. And what a novel idea!!

Excellence to all the girls, as they can all present themselves in Chaozhou Hua. I have a daughter who is now studying overseas in her third year in PhD. She cannot speak Chaozhou Hua, as I am more myself to blame, I cannot master the dialect better than any of the girls here. Thumbs up.

I like Jamie from the way she talked and smiled. ❤her sweet smile. Often heard that Teochew ladies were the prettiest among the dialect groups.

it's all about the journey. mothership did well to capture the journey and bring us to feel the glimpse of the journey

Confidence glow in all of you.. be proud of yourself and your dialect.

Interesting documentary, especially of heritage.

Wah very heartwarming vid! Good work Mothership! Keep it up

Should have done the interview mostly in Teochew. Why mostly in English. Since Jamie is fluent in it should have let her speak in Teochew on most of the segments. Whats the purpose of this video if its not in Teochew. To me its just Miss Chinatown or something. To keep the authenticity all the contestants must be fluent in Teochew. Come on Mothership you can do better.

Great reporting.

she's so cute omgggggggg

Very touching story

Bravo

This video is more about a beauty pageant & very little about the Tteoohew cuture, language, , food or values pertaining to Teohew people

I think she got natural beauty

Greeting from teochew family borneo. West kalimantan. Lots of love. Btw we speak teo chew language to preserve our anchetor legacy.

Is it not sad though that this was all in Mandarin not even in Teochew...

Ah Ma would say "ler jing ngia".

Have you ever been to your hometown in Teochew?

teochew nang, ka ki nang!

The winner teochew language is white.

Teochew nang ka chng ang ang

Since you're a Tiociu beauty contestant, why not speak in your dialect as well.

There is vibrant diversity in the Chinese community as well, I still remember some mates being from the enterprising teochew community. You often associate entrepreneurship with teochews. Hokkien folks tend to have some culinary trends, Cantonese in the fine arts... Pity mandarin has utterly destroyed this diverse linguistic landscape. Hokkien is the great grandfather of the Chinese languages - while Mandarin, ironically is the language in the courts - one that was usurped during the cultural revolutions... and that divisive trait was adopted as a pan-Chinese identity trait. I am quite perplexed that dialects are dying out in Singapore - goodness.

Its teochew peageant. But they hardly speak teochew during, even on practice

My ah ma always call me yao siu kia

I must be living under a rock. I didnt know there is such a thing in singapore lol.

Teochew cold crab… yummy

@joel toh thanks for the hookup ur daughter is great 🤤🤤🤩🤩

👍👍👍

Ning bo ta teo jiu oui. Ta mi kai hua yu. Wa nang si teo jiu nang, hmm si ah tiong nou kia.

Teochew ah Nia is the best

Would advise her to discard the use of the word "like" in her speech. Just too many times, and totally redundant to the point of being irritating. Just my sincere advice.

潮州人，家己人！

Teo Ser Luck's sister Teo Ser Lee 2:36

What Teochew culture??? I hear only Singlish, and Singdarin.

What Teochew culture? Everyone there and in the video is speaking anything but Teochew, except when the contestants started to impress the " judges" by rehearsing Teochew lines" and struggling with inaccurate intonation of Teochew words. The pretense is a cringingly unpalatable.

Not a fan of clan organizations tbh. It promotes tribalism, and Singapore needs to be united as one people.

Jai Hinduja. Be careful when looking at a beauty for a few minutes. You can be easily labelled as Chee Ko Pek.

潮州人，自己人。

What’s the point. They are no longer speaking teochew. What a shame.

Hong Kong pageants more good looking than them

Teochew pageant but they not even speaking teochew. This just meaningless vanity project...

BORING!!!

can someone link me her ig for research purpose

Perhaps I have been wrong all along. People say teochew woman fair, big eyes and beautiful. Hmmmm the girls here.....different from my teochew colleagues.

Voluptuous and irresistible shape.

Miss Fishball Noodle lmao

For the sake of Money people come up with unnecessary things. Too much money make people selfish n stupid

Sorri to throw cold water. Non of em has the typical Teochew Ah Moi looks that i grew up with, admiring for their unique Teochew beauty - white porcelain skin, long black natural brows and big alluring eyes.