Miss Hawaii
For the state pageant affiliated with Miss USA, see Miss Hawaii USA.
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.
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Kanoelani Gibson
Miss Hawaii 2003 -
Malika Dudley
Miss Hawaii 2005 -
Raeceen Woolford
Miss Hawaii 2009
Winners
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | widNotes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Allison Chu | Kahala | 22 | Miss Aloha Latina | Operatic vocal "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Gianni Schicchi | Sister of 2010 Miss Hawaii Teen USA Julianne Chu | ||
| 2015 | Jeanné Kapela | Kailua-Kona | 20 | Miss Kaka’ako | Contemporary Dance "Flashlight" by Jessie J | Miss Congeniality | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2014, but pulled out of the competition due to a family emergency | |
| 2014 | Stephanie Steuri | Kalaheo | 20 | Miss Paradise Kauai | Hula "The Prayer" | Mother competed as Miss Maui at Miss Hawaii 1977. | ||
| 2013 | Crystal Lee | Waipahu | 22 | Miss Chinatown Hawaii | Contemporary Dance "Halo" | Not to be confused with the Crystal Lee that represented California | ||
| 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"(not available) | Preliminary Talent Award, Non-finalist Talent Award, CMN Miracle Makers' Award, Quality of Life Finalist | Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010 | |
| 2010 | Jalee Fuselier | Haleiwa | 22 | Miss North Shore | Vocal "Feeling Good" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2005 |
| 2009 | Raeceen Anuenue Woolford | Pearl City | 24 | Miss Ko Olina | Hula "Ka'ena" | Top 7 | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2008 | Nicole Fox | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Island O'ahu | Tahitian Otea Dance | Top 10 | Quality of Life Finalist | |
| 2007 | Ashley Layfield | Kailua | 21 | Miss Kahala | Jazz Dance "Listen" | Sister of Miss Hawaii USA 2008 Jonelle Layfield | ||
| 2006 | Pilialoha Gaison | Kaneohe | 23 | Miss Island Ilima | Tahitian Dance "Te Vaka" | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award | |
| 2005 | Malika Dudley | Papaikou | 23 | Miss Kahala | Vocal "It's In His Kiss" | Miss Congeniality | ||
| 2004 | Sabrian 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" | 1st runner-up | 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 | 23 | 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 | 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 | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |
| 1996 | Melissa Ann Short | Ka'a'awa | 23 | Miss Hawaii Pacific University | Classical Vocal "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo & Juliet | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award, Preliminary Swimsuit Award | Also competed at Miss Oregon |
| 1995 | Traci Toguchi | Honolulu | 20 | Miss Ala Moana | Vocal "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | Top 10 and Swimsuit Award (1993) & 2nd runner-up and Interview Award and Swimsuit Award (1994) at National Sweetheart | ||
| 1994 | Courtney Nicolle Glaza | Kaneohe | 22 | Miss Honolulu | Classical Piano | |||
| 1993 | Kanoe Aberegg | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Oahu | Chant & Hula "Aloha ʻOe" | Top 10 | ||
| 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 1992 | |||||
| Carolyn Suzanne Sapp | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Hawaii Pacific University | Vocal "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Winner | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | National Sweetheart 1990 | |
| 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 | ||
| 1988 | Desiree Moana Cruz | Hilo | 26 | Miss Maui | Vocal "I Am Changing" | Top 10 | ||
| 1987 | Luana Alapa | Honolulu | 26 | Miss Island International | Vocal "South Sea Sadie" | Mother of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2015 Kyla Hee | ||
| 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" | Top 10 | ||
| 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 Miss Arizona 2010 Kathryn Bulkley | ||
| 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 Kaualoku 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" | Top 10 | ||
| 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 | Top 10 | ||
| 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" | Top 10 | ||
| 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" | Top 10 | Preliminary Swimsuit Award | |||
| 1955 | Barbara Mamo Vieira | Honolulu | Vocal / Hula "The Night Is Young" | Top 10 | 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 | Top 10 | ||||
| 1951 | Claire Katherine Heen | Honolulu | Hula | Voted Miss Congeniality | ||||
| 1950 | Dell'finn Kalaupaona Poaha | Honolulu | Voted Miss Congeniality | |||||
| 1949 | Betty Jane Johnson | Honolulu | Top 15 | |||||
| 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.
External links
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