Miss Hawaii
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For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Hawaii USA.
Kanoelani Gibson, Miss Hawaii 2003
Raeceen Woolford, Miss Hawaii 2009
Malika Dudley, Miss Hawaii 2005
The Miss Hawaii competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss America pageant. Hawaii has twice won the Miss America title.
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Crystal Lee | Waipahu | 22 | Miss Chinatown Hawaii | Contemporary Dance "Halo" | |||
| 2012 | Skyler Kamaka | Kaneohe | 21 | Miss Diamond Head | Hula | |||
| 2011 | Lauren Cheape[1] | Mililani | 23 | Miss East Oahu | Jump Rope Routine "Theme from Hawaii Five-O" | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-Finalist Talent Award, CMN Miracle Makers' Award, Quality of Life Award Finalist | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 | |
| 2010 | Jalee Fuselier | Hale'iwa | 22 | Miss North Shore | Vocal "Feeling Good" | 2nd Runner-Up Miss America 2011 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2005 |
| 2009 | Raeceen Anuenue Woolford | Pearl City | 24 | Miss Ko Olina | Hula "Ka'ena" | Top 7 at Miss America 2010 | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2008 | Nicole Fox | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Island O'ahu | Tahitian Otea Dance | Top 10 at Miss America 2009 | Quality of Life Finalist | |
| 2007 | Ashley Layfield | Kailua | 21 | Miss Kahala | Jazz Dance "Listen" | Sister of Miss Hawaii USA 2008 | ||
| 2006 | Pilialoha Gaison | Kaneohe | 23 | Miss Island Ilima | Tahitian Dance "Te Vaka" | Top 10 at Miss America 2007 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2005 | Malika Dudley | Papaikou | 23 | Miss Kahala | Vocal "It's In His Kiss" | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2004 | Olena Rubin | Kilauea | 23 | Miss West O’ahu | Vocal "Do You Want To Dance?" | Contestant (1999) & Top 10 (2003) at National Sweetheart | ||
| 2003 | Kanoelani Gibson | Kapolei | 22 | Miss Diamond Head | Vocal "Natural Woman" | First Runner-Up at Miss America 2004 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2002 | Kehaulani Christian | Pearl City | 23 | Miss VIP | Tahitian Dance | |||
| 2001 | Denby Dung | Honolulu | 23 | Miss West O’ahu | Soprano Saxophone "G-Bop" | |||
| 2000 | Billie Kiyoka Takaki | Honolulu | Miss Diamond Head | Took over the crown after Angela Perez Baraquio won Miss America 2000 | ||||
| Angela Perez Baraquio | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Leeward | Hula "Theme from Mutiny on the Bounty" | Winner - Miss America 2001 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award. | First Asian American Miss America. | |
| 1999 | Candes Meijide Gentry | Honolulu | 22 | Miss Oahu | Vocal "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde | |||
| 1998 | Jennifer Hera | Lanai City | 21 | Miss Hawaii Pacific University | Vocal "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1997 | Erika Kauffman | Kailua-Kona | 18 | Miss Hawaii Island | Vocal "God Help the Outcasts" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame | Semi-Finalist at Miss America 1998 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1996 | Melissa Ann Short | Ka'a'awa | 23 | Miss Hawaii Pacific University | Classical Vocal "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo & Juliet | Semi-Finalist at Miss America 1997 | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | also competed in Miss Oregon |
| 1995 | Traci Toguchi | Honolulu | 20 | Miss Ala Moana | Vocal "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Miss National Sweetheart Pageant 1994 - 2nd Runner Up, Interview Winner, Swimsuit Winner. Miss National Sweetheart Pageant 1993 - Top 10, Swimsuit Winner | ||
| 1994 | Courtney Nicolle Glaza | Kaneohe | 22 | Miss Honolulu | Classical Piano | |||
| 1993 | Kanoe Aberegg | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Oahu | Chant & Hula "Aloha ʻOe" | Semi-Finalist at Miss America 1994 | ||
| 1992 | Pamela Kimura | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Waikiki | Vocal "Orange Colored Sky" | |||
| 1991 | Lani Stone | Miss Diamond Head | Assumed the crown after Carolyn Suzanne Sapp won Miss America | |||||
| Carolyn Suzanne Sapp | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Hawaii Pacific University | Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Winner at Miss America 1992 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | National Sweetheart 1990 Winner | |
| 1990 | Cheryl Akemi Toma | Pearl City | 26 | Miss Diamond Head | Piano / Vocal "Gershwin Medley" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1989 | Ligaya Stice | Honolulu | 22 | Miss Kahala | Vocal "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" | Allman Medical Scholarship recipient | ||
| 1988 | Desiree Moana Cruz | Hilo | 26 | Miss Maui | Vocal "I Am Changing" | Semi-Finalist at Miss America 1989 | ||
| 1987 | Luana Alapa | Honolulu | 26 | Miss Island International | Vocal "South Sea Sadie" | |||
| 1986 | Cheryl Bartlett | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Kaneohe | Vocal "America the Beautiful" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1985 | Jeanne Miyamoto | Honolulu | 25 | Miss Kalihi | Vocal / Piano "Bali Ha'i" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1984 | Debbie Nakanelua | Honolulu | 26 | Miss Diamond Head | Stylized Hula "Hawaiian Hula Eyes" | Semi-Finalist at Miss America 1985 | ||
| 1983 | Wendy Sue Nelson | Kihei | 21 | Miss Maui | Vocal "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies | |||
| 1982 | Gale Lee Thomas | Honolulu | 21 | Miss Kalihi | Baton Twirling "Theme from Magnum, P.I." & "Hawaiian War Chant" | |||
| 1981 | Pamela Iwalani Offer | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Ala Moana Americana | Vocal "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" | Mother of Kathryn Bulkley, Miss Arizona 2010. | ||
| 1980 | Kanoelehua Cook | Aiea | 23 | Miss Leeward | Interpretive Dance | |||
| 1979 | Sheron Lehuanani Bissen | Kahului | 20 | Miss Maui | Vocal "Over the Rainbow" | |||
| 1978 | Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey | Laie | 22 | Miss Waikiki | Silhouette Interpretive Dance & Monologue | |||
| 1977 | Libby Kawaikikilani Lee | Aiea | 18 | Miss Kalihi | Hawaiian Dance & Nose Flute "A Hamakua Au" | |||
| 1976 | Haunani Asing | Kailua | 18 | Miss Kailua | Guitar & Vocal "Hawaiian Lullaby" | |||
| 1975 | Catherine Foy | Aiea | 22 | Miss Hawaii Kai | Vocal / Dance "Look What Happened To Mabel" from Mack & Mabel | |||
| 1974 | Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Hawaii Kai | Modern Jazz Dance "Hospital Shootout" | voted Miss Congeniality (tie) | ||
| 1973 | Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa | Hawaii Kai | 19 | Miss Hawaii Kai | Hula | voted Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1972 | Marlene Diane Kehaulani Kalahiki | Kailua-Kona | 22 | Miss West Kauai | Modern Jazz Dance "Shotgun" | |||
| 1971 | Aurora Joan Ka'awa | Makakilo City | 19 | Miss Aloha Hawaii | Silhouette Hula Dance & Speech "In the Islands" | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||
| 1970 | Kathleen Puanani O'Sullivan | Kailua | 18 | Miss Kailua | Modern Dance "Ritual Fire Dance" | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | ||
| 1969 | Sheryl Hung Lan Lokelani Akaka | Honolulu | 22 | Miss Waikiki | Piano Solo "Prelude in E-flat Major" | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1968 | Deborah Ynez Gima | Kailua | 18 | Miss Lehua | Hawaiian Song "Wonderful World of Aloha" & "Kaneha" | |||
| 1967 | Robin Ruth Engle | Honolulu | 21 | Miss Ala Moana | Piano Solo "Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse" by Aaron Copland | |||
| 1966 | Lorretta Ann Perreira | Kauai | 18 | Miss West Kauai | Pantomime Song & Dance | |||
| 1965 | Roberta Rosaria Conlan | Honolulu | 18 | Miss Honolulu | Monologue "Hawaiian History" | |||
| 1964 | Leina'ala Ann Teruya | Honolulu | 18 | Miss Wai-Kahu | Interpretive Monologue "Footprints" from Leaves of a Grass House by Don Blanding | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1963 | Susan D. Pickering | Honolulu | Miss Honolulu | Combination Dance of Can-Can, Jazz & Freestyle Ballet with Art Display | 2nd Runner-up | |||
| 1962 | Patricia Lei Anderson | Honolulu | 19 | Classical Vocal "Un Bel Di" from Madame Butterfly | 4th Runner-up | Preliminary Talent Award | ||
| 1961 | Joan Whitney Vine | Honolulu | 18 | Miss Honolulu | Vocal Medley "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" & "Thou Swell" | Semi-Finalist | ||
| 1960 | Gabriella Haleakala 'I | Honolulu | 20 | Hula | ||||
| 1959 | Gordean Leilehua Lee | Honolulu | 20 | Hula | voted Miss Congeniality | |||
| 1958 | Georgietta Kahalelaukoa Parker | Honolulu | Hula | |||||
| 1957 | Sandra Lei Lauhiwa Forsythe | Honolulu | Hula | |||||
| 1956 | Jere Wright | Honolulu | Comedy Monologue from "Gigi" | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1955 | Barbara Mamo Vieira | Honolulu | Vocal / Hula "The Night Is Young" | Semi-Finalist | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | voted Miss Congeniality | ||
| 1954 | Gertrude Kapi'olani Miller | Honolulu | Hula | Non-finalist Talent Award | ||||
| 1953 | Dorothy Leilani Ellis | Lihue | Hula | |||||
| 1952 | Beverly Kathleen Rivera | Honolulu | Hula | Semi-Finalist | ||||
| 1951 | Claire Katherine Heen | Honolulu | Hula | voted Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1950 | Dell'finn Kalaupaona Poaha | Honolulu | voted Miss Congeniality | |||||
| 1949 | Betty Jane Johnson | Honolulu | Semi-Finalist | |||||
| 1948 | Yun Tau Zane | Honolulu | Hula | voted Miss Congeniality, first Asian-American to compete at Miss America, became Miss Hawaii after the original winner, Irmgard Waiwaiole, resigned due to feeling she would not be able to complete her high school education in time to compete at Miss America. |
References
- ↑ "Lauren Cheape crowned Miss Hawaii". KHON 2. June 4, 2011.
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