The actress who won the competition that names the Miss USA representative from Hawaii in 1993 first starred on what American soap opera?
Kelly Hu Kelly Ann Hu (born February 13, 1968 ) is an American actress, voice artist, former fashion model and beauty queen. She was Miss Teen USA 1985 and Miss Hawaii USA 1993. Hu starred as Dr. Rae Chang on the American television soap opera "Sunset Beach" and as Michelle Chan on the American television police drama series "Nash Bridges". She has also starred in numerous films including "The Scorpion King" (2002) as Sorceress Cassandra, "Cradle 2 the Grave" (2003) as Sona, "X2" as Yuriko Oyama/Lady Deathstrike (2003), "The Tournament" (2009) as Lai Lai Zhen, and "White Frog" (2012).
Carole Gist Carole Anne-Marie Gist (born May 8, 1969) is an American TV host, model and first African American woman to win the Miss USA title. Gist first won the title of Miss Michigan USA and went on to win the Miss USA crown on March 2, 1990 in Wichita, Kansas. The 1990 pageant had representatives from Georgia (Brenda Leithleiter), Alaska (Karin Elizabeth Meyer), Kentucky (Tiffany Tenfelde), South Carolina (Gina Tolleson, who as 1st runner-up then went on to represent the country at the Miss World pageant, winning the title) and Karin Hartz of New Jersey making up with Gist the Top 6 finalists. Gist, a 5 ft Detroit native, 20 years old at the time, eventually became first runner-up to Mona Grudt of Norway in the Miss Universe pageant of that same year. She was also the first contestant from Michigan to win Miss USA, and broke the five-year streak of winners from Texas.