#ICE #targets #Hmong #immigrants who #supported the #US in #VietnamWar https://theworld.org/stories/2026/03/12/minnesotas-hmong-community-feeling-a-sense-of-betrayal-amid-ice-crackdowns

10 things about Miss Global Hmong 2025 Nikki Nsta Iab Lee

Nikki Nsta Iab Lee represented the Hmong community in the 11th edition of Miss Global. She is also known as Nikki Lynn.

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=885439310937937&set=pb.100084156289619.-2207520000&type=3

BIOGRAPHY

Lee is a Hmong-Laotian-American entrepreneur and beauty queen. She owns Kasha Daleina, a creative arts studio that specializes in bespoke signage using light-emitting diode (LED) and acrylic designs to enhance in-person experiential marketing and branding.

Originally from Minnesota, United States, Lee later moved to Los Angeles, California, USA. She is two years younger than her brother Adam Lee.

Adam and Nikki grew up without their father. Their mother Rasami Vang and their stepfather Wade Brunette live in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA.

On January 2, 2026, Nikki turned 31. Here are 10 more things about her:

1. She is the first plus-size woman and the first Hmong beauty queen to compete in Miss Global.
2. From 2014 to 2015, she was a human resources recruitment coordinator at SURAD Interpreting and Translation in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
3. From 2015 to 2016, she was a medical scribe recruiter and assistant recruitment lead at ScribeAmerica in Bloomington, Minnesota.
4. From 2016 to 2021, she was a national technical recruiter at Innova Solutions in Minneapolis.
5. From 2021 to 2023, she was a technical sourcing recruiter at Amazon Web Services.
6. In 2023, she launched Kasha Daleina in Los Angeles.
7. In 2024, she became the chief of staff of S.E.A. US Performing Arts Academy in Los Angeles.
8. From 2024 to 2025, she reigned as Miss Global Hmong 2025.
9. In 2025, she visited Thailand.
10. She was a Miss Global 2025 candidate.

TIMELINE

Nikki is fluent in Hmong and English. Aside from her Hmong heritage, she is also passionate about art, light therapy, self-expression, body positivity, health and wellness.

2010s

• In August 2014, she joined SURAD Interpreting and Translation in Minneapolis.
• In July 2015, she left SURAD Interpreting and Translation and joined ScribeAmerica in Bloomington.
• From January 2016 to September 2016, she was a ScribeAmerica assistant recruitment lead.
• In October 2016, she joined Innova Solutions in Minneapolis.

2020s

• In April 2021, she left Innova Solutions and joined Amazon Web Services.
• In June 2023, she left Amazon Web Services and founded Kasha Daleina.
• In April 2024, she joined S.E.A. US Performing Arts Academy in Los Angeles.
• On June 8, 2024, she was appointed Miss Global Hmong 2024 while she was in Los Angeles.
• On August 4, 2024, she was formally crowned Miss Global Hmong 2024 at the Rising Stars Talent Competition in Hugo, Minnesota.
• On March 9, 2025, she represented the Hmong community at Miss Global 2025 and competed against 60 other candidates on the 4th floor of The Mall Lifestore Ngamwongwan in Bang Khen, Mueang Nonthaburi District, Nonthaburi, Thailand. She was unplaced.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=034wqwQeQv0

‘I felt hopeless’: #Hmong refugee stranded in #Texas after release from #ICE detention

https://sahanjournal.com/immigration/ice-detainees-stranded-after-release/

Thi Dua Vang, a Hmong refugee fleeing religious persecution, was arrested by ICE. When a judge ordered her release, she was left alone outside the detention center. Her story isn’t rare, experts say.

#ICE, the Domestic Terrorists, Claim They had A RIGHT to Forcibly Enter Homes as well as Target Innocent #Hmong Senior and Drag Him Out in His Underwear in Freezing Weather

#DemocracyNow

https://www.democracynow.org/2026/1/22/headlines/ice_claims_right_to_forcibly_enter_homes_without_warrant_leaked_memo

#ICEOutForGood #DestroyICE #AbolishICE #ImprisonICE #ImprisonJonathanRoss #ImprisonGregBovino #ImprisonShrekHoman #ImprisonPuppyKiller #ImprisonMAGARegime !!!

Viral arrest of #Hmong man draws criticism - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JGJnJiQjEH0&pp=QAFIAQ%3D%3D

Hmong -

I shared a dorm room with a criminal-law, 1st-generation student of Hmong descent.

Thinking of him today and where he's at and hoping he's OK.

#Hmong #UWEC #EauClaire

RE: https://mastodon.social/@richpuchalsky/115919339131824551

#USPol #ICE #TrumpsGestapo #Hmong #Vietnam #allies #auspol #TrumpRegime

Photo ID for ICE officer Peter Fellenz of Shakopee, MN -- poster for printing with versions in Spanish, Somali, and Hmong forthcoming:

https://bsky.app/profile/pacantifa.is/post/3mcljriblss2z

#FuckICE #ICE #ReneeGood #Hmong #Somali #TwinCities #Minneapolis #SaintPaul

Reisenotizen und Geschichten 5

https://trollhaus2010.wpcomstaging.com/2026/01/11/reisenotizen-und-geschichten-5/

🌟 Vàng Thị Dế - Người phụ nữ Mông đưa vải lanh truyền thống ra thế giới

Cô gái người Mông này đã biến sợi lanh thành sứ giả văn hóa, mang hơi thở và tinh hoa của đồng bào mình vượt qua những đỉnh núi cao nguyên đá, đến với bạn bè quốc tế.

Những tấm vải lanh không chỉ là chất liệu, mà còn là tiếng nói, là linh hồn của cả một dân tộc! ✨

#VangThiDe #VaiLanh #NguoiMong #VanHoaVietNam #TruyenThong #EthnicCulture #Hmong #TraditionalTextiles #VietnameseCulture #Heritage

https://vietnamnet.vn/vang-

My family and I recently visited Hmong Village in St. Paul, Minnesota. The unassuming building conceals a vibrant market inside, including a farmers' market and food court. It's fabulous!

https://maryewarner.com/2025/11/01/hmong-village-in-st-paul-minnesota/

#Minnesota #Hmong #Market

Bé gái H’Mông 2 tuổi (Tuyên Quang) nguy kịch sau cú ngã 3m, chấn thương sọ não nặng, hôn mê sâu. Sự sống mong manh từng giờ. Gia đình khó khăn bấu víu hy vọng từ cộng đồng. Hãy an ủi và chia sẻ những nguồn lực hỗ trợ để gia đình có thêm động lực kiên cường trong giờ phút này. #CộngĐồng #HyVọng

#TinNóng #TaiNạnTrẻEm #TuyênQuang #H’Mông #HỗTrợCộng Đồng #BảoĐảmAnToàn #BệnhViện #CứuTrợ #News #Hmong #Vietnam #ChildSafety #CommunitySupport #Accident #FirstAid

https://vietnamnet.vn/be-gai-h-mong-2-tu

#hmong #food

The wife got back from the Hmong store with mov nplaum ntshaav, the purple rice and nqaij npuas kib , the fried pork cubes.

Around here the Hmong New Year comes after the harvest. Usually the elders decide, so it's Oct 11-12 this year

Eau Claire Hmong New Year

https://eauclairehmongnewyear.com/

Nghệ nhân Mùa I Đía người Mông mong muốn gìn giữ và lan tỏa nghệ thuật vẽ sáp ong trên vải, một nét văn hóa độc đáo của dân tộc mình. 🐝🎨

#vẽ_sáp_ong #nghệ_thuật_dân_gian #người_Mông #văn_hóa_Việt #beeswaxpainting #hmong #ethnicart #vietnameseculture

https://vietnamnet.vn/ao-uoc-lon-cua-nghe-nhan-nguoi-mong-gin-giu-nghe-thuat-ve-sap-ong-tren-vai-2438829.html

Rally at state capitol today for #Hmong refugees detained by #ICE.

Most spoken #language in every #US #state, other than English and Spanish

#Aleut #German #Navajo #Chinese #Portuguese #French #HaitianCreole #Korean #Japanese #Arabic #Polish #Hmong #Vietnamese #Tagalog #Russian #Dakota #languages #linguistics #immigration #immigrant #immigrants #map #maps #graphic #graphics #data #visualization #DataViz

Interesting article about Hmong farmers in Tasmania whose children have been raised in Australia and who do not necessarily want to take over the family farm:
#Hmong #Tasmania #Farming

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-10/hmong-market-farming-tradition-fading-tasmania/104973968