Miss Pii Mai

I don't understand the concept or the need for Miss Pii Mai, but regardless it was a feature of the Pii Mai celebrations at school and will be a feature of the celebrations in Vientiane.Some of the grade 9 girls dressed in traditional Laos costume and looked very  beautiful.  They led the Pii Mai parade and were presented to the audience during the afternoon concert.  

The director's daughter, Cassie, who is in Grade 11, wore a crown of flowers which I think meant she might have been the Queen.  Here she is with her father Brian who also teachers at school and is looking very proud in his Pii Mai shirt and the Pii Mai
white stuff on his face.