{"id":322639,"date":"2026-08-16T18:17:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:17:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322639\/"},"modified":"2026-08-16T18:17:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T18:17:09","slug":"asian-american-king-and-queen-to-make-history-at-krewe-of-oshun-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/322639\/","title":{"rendered":"Asian American king and queen to make history at Krewe of Oshun parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Asian American king and queen to make history at Krewe of Oshun parade<\/p>\n

Quoc and Amanda Nguyen will become the first Asian American king and queen to reign together over a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe and parade in 2027.<\/p>\n

\"Darryl<\/a><\/p>\n

The Krewe of Oshun will make history in 2027 when their king and queen reign as the first Asian American pair to lead a New Orleans Mardi Gras parade. <\/p>\n

Quoc and Amanda Nguyen were both surprised when they got the call to be the king and queen of Oshun for 2027. <\/p>\n

“Initially it came as a complete shock. We were both lost for words,” Quoc said. <\/p>\n

“It was more like this invitation is not only being extended to both of us, but to also our community,” Amanda said. <\/p>\n

Krewe officials say this marks the first time an Asian American king and queen have reigned together over a New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe and parade. <\/p>\n

Their family is rooted in the Crescent City. Quoc was born and raised in New Orleans East. His family is excited to see him reign as king, especially his 102-year-old grandfather who served in World War II. <\/p>\n

“I want them to always think, can this be me? I want them to know it can be,” Quoc said. <\/p>\n

As the Nguyens prepare to take the reign, their excitement is not only for making history but also for the sights and sounds of Mardi Gras and the crowd. <\/p>\n

“Really being there on the float, seeing the energy from the crowd. That’s what really gets us going,” Amanda said. <\/p>\n

The Krewe of Oshun rolls Friday, January 29, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Asian American king and queen to make history at Krewe of Oshun parade Quoc and Amanda Nguyen will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":322640,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[121556,121562,46093,4683,881,53983,121557,121565,9,24,63,121561,121564,666,122,124,123,121560,121558,77009,35048,61731,121563,121559],"class_list":["post-322639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-amanda-nguyen","tag-asian-american-king","tag-crowd","tag-family","tag-history","tag-krewe","tag-krewe-of-oshun","tag-new-orleans-east","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-oshun-parade","tag-oshun-roll-friday","tag-queen","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-quoc","tag-quoc-nguyen","tag-reign","tag-sight","tag-sound","tag-wdsu","tag-wdsu-carnival"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=322639"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/322639\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/322640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=322639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=322639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=322639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}