Carol Newinn
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Carol Newinn was the first Vietnamese-American cheerleader for the Houston Texans
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She is a graduate of the McCombs School of Business
with honors at the University of Texas and a noted alumni of the Alpha Sigma Rho sorority. She is also the first spokesmodel for Envy Magazine, a Houston & Dallas publication. During her freshmen year of college, Carol had an encounter with CAPP Records
and was faced with the decision of pursuing a career as a pop/trance singer or finishing her degree.
Her family left Saigon, South Vietnam
, on April 30, 1975, in the fall of Saigon
. Her father, Henry Newinn, was an office manager for the U.S. State Department and his family were allowed to immigrate to the United States. Her mother is half Chinese and half Vietnamese, while her father is full Vietnamese. She has one older brother, Johnny, known for his talent as an internationally recognized Elvis tribute artist.
Houston Texans
The Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The team is currently a member of the Southern Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League...
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She is a graduate of the McCombs School of Business
McCombs School of Business
The McCombs School of Business, also referred to as the McCombs School or simply McCombs, is a business school at The University of Texas at Austin. In addition to the main Austin campus, McCombs offers classes outside Central Texas in Dallas, Houston and internationally in Mexico City...
with honors at the University of Texas and a noted alumni of the Alpha Sigma Rho sorority. She is also the first spokesmodel for Envy Magazine, a Houston & Dallas publication. During her freshmen year of college, Carol had an encounter with CAPP Records
CAPP Records
CAPP Records Inc. is an American dance music record label based in the San Francisco Bay Area of California which was founded in 1995 by Dominique C. Toulon & Marc J. Oshry....
and was faced with the decision of pursuing a career as a pop/trance singer or finishing her degree.
Her family left Saigon, South Vietnam
South Vietnam
South Vietnam was a state which governed southern Vietnam until 1975. It received international recognition in 1950 as the "State of Vietnam" and later as the "Republic of Vietnam" . Its capital was Saigon...
, on April 30, 1975, in the fall of Saigon
Fall of Saigon
The Fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by the People's Army of Vietnam and the National Liberation Front on April 30, 1975...
. Her father, Henry Newinn, was an office manager for the U.S. State Department and his family were allowed to immigrate to the United States. Her mother is half Chinese and half Vietnamese, while her father is full Vietnamese. She has one older brother, Johnny, known for his talent as an internationally recognized Elvis tribute artist.