{"id":83636,"date":"2018-12-21T11:35:45","date_gmt":"2018-12-21T15:35:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=83636"},"modified":"2022-01-23T22:42:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T03:42:58","slug":"james-jeenou-thao-no-more-royalty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=83636","title":{"rendered":"James Jeenou Thao &#8211; No More Royalty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-kum-go.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-83638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-kum-go-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-kum-go-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-kum-go-267x333.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-kum-go.jpg 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You may remember the articles by <a href=\"https:\/\/militaryphony.com\/2018\/08\/20\/james-jeenou-thao-us-army-veteran-of-afghanistan-blog-of-shame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Military Phony<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=81246\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This Ain&#8217;t Hell<\/a>\u00a0about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/garlicsaltbae?hc_location=ufi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Thao<\/a>, the guy claiming to have fought in Afghanistan when we could find no record of military service.<\/p>\n<p>James won the Mr. Hmong Royalty pageant, and the military service claims most likely influenced pageant officials.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-83639\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty-333x333.jpg 333w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/thao-mr-hmong-royalty.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, after our article came out the pageant officials were notified and they formed a special task force to investigate.\u00a0 After asking James several times to produce the proper military documentation &#8212; and subsequently\u00a0never receiving any &#8212; James was removed from his position as Mr. Hmong Royalty and the title given to the runner-up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mr-Hmong-Royalty.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83640\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mr-Hmong-Royalty-235x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"460\" height=\"588\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mr-Hmong-Royalty-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mr-Hmong-Royalty-768x982.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mr-Hmong-Royalty-260x333.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Mr-Hmong-Royalty.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 460px) 100vw, 460px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I guess since James never responded, we may never know for sure.\u00a0 It doesn&#8217;t look good, though.<\/p>\n<p>Kudos to the Hmong community, pageant organizers and Mr. Xiong for doing the right thing.<\/p>\n<p>They even posted their findings on their Facebook page.\u00a0 Please show your\u00a0support by liking the post, if you are so inclined.\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MrHmongRoyalty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/MrHmongRoyalty\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh yeah, we wonder what happened to the $1500 prize money?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may remember the articles by Military Phony and This Ain&#8217;t Hell\u00a0about James Thao, the guy &hellip; 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