Kara Lee (right), 17, the second Princess of Chinatown, records Kirby and her friends dancing to a Tik Tok in the streets of Chinatown in San Francisco, California on May 31, 2026. Kirby thinks that social media helped her feel better about her Chinese culture. “Whatever culture you are– like on the flip side, Tik Tok shows something completely different. So I started getting more involved in my culture and I went back to it and like start dressing more Chinese.”