The White Silk Dress to support her family and provide for her daughters the áo dàis required to attend school. The film ultimately is a tribute to the strength and heart of the Vietnamese woman, as symbolized through the áo dài. Dan and Gu flee South of Vietnam during the revolutionary of farmer to search for a better place together. The most precious thing that they both own is a while silk ao dai made from Ha Dong silk which Gu gave Dan as wedding gift. The ao dai was found along with Gu when he found placed under the tree. However, they stuck
Miss Asian America community-based projects, service learning, and presentations in their heritage language. Cultural integration and the introduction of neoliberal values have also been examined through the prism of the Miss Asian America Pageant extensively by women's studies scholars. Professor Nhi T. Lieu, in studying Miss Asian America pointed to the pageant's role in promoting capitalism and neoliberal values presented within traditional contexts such as the utilization of the Vietnamese women's garment known as the ao dai. Lieu adds that the role of technology in beauty pageants also enabled the introduction of modernity and consumer goods to many Asian American households in attendance