Chanel Wise

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Chanel Wise
Beauty pageant titleholder
Birth name: Chanel Joy Puaalaonali Wise
Birthdate: June 14, 1985 (1985-06-14) (age 22)
Birth location: Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.
Height: 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Eye color: Brown
Hair color: Brown
Title(s): Miss Hawaii USA 2007
Major Competition(s): Miss USA 2007 (Top 10)

Chanel Joy Puaalaonali Wise (born June 14, 1985) is a beauty queen from Honolulu, Hawaii who competed in the Miss USA pageant in 2007.

Wise won the Miss Hawaii USA 2007 title in a state pageant held in Honolulu, Hawaii on 17 December 2006. This was her second attempt at the title, as she had placed third runner-up to Jennifer Fairbank 2005. Wise's sister titleholder was Serena Karnagy, Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2007.

Wise represented Hawaii in the nationally televised Miss USA 2007 pageant broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 23, 2007 and placed in the top 10. She placed 7th in the swimsuit competition and 8th in the evening gown competition.

Wise passed on the Miss Hawaii USA title to Jonelle Layfield on 16 December 2007.

Wise graduated from St. Francis High School in 2003 and has studied criminology at Kapiolani Community College and Hawaii Pacific University, where she received a $12,000 scholarship.

As a teenager Wise battled anorexia nervosa and aims to use her title to educate and support young women with the disease.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Overcoming Anorexia", Midweek, 2006-12-22. Retrieved on 2007-02-15. 

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Preceded by
Radasha Ho'ohuli
Miss Hawaii USA
2007
Succeeded by
Jonelle Layfield