Miss Hawaii

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Miss Hawaii
Formation1948
Type Beauty pageant
Headquarters Honolulu
Location
Membership
Miss America
Official language
English
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The Miss Hawaii competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the State of Hawaii in the Miss America pageant, and the name of the title held by that winner. Hawaii first competed at Miss America in 1948 and has twice won the Miss America title, in 1992 and 2001.

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Hayley Cheyney-Kane of Kaneohe was crowned Miss Hawaii 2024 on June 23, 2024 at the Hawaii Theatre in Honolulu, Hawaii. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2025.

Results summary

The following is a visual summary of the past results of Miss Hawaii titleholders at the national Miss America pageants/competitions. The year in parentheses indicates the year of the national competition during which a placement and/or award was garnered, not the year attached to the contestant's state title.

Placements

Awards

Preliminary awards

Non-finalist awards

  • Non-finalist Talent: Gertrude Kapi'olani Miller (1955), Aurora Joan Ka'awa (1972), Jeanne Miyamoto (1986), Cheryl Bartlett (1987), Cheryl Akemi Toma (1991), Jennifer Hera (1999), Lauren Cheape (2012), Penelope Ng Pack (2019)

Other awards

  • Miss Congeniality: Judith Anne Deegan (1968), Yun Tau Zane (1948), Dell-Fin Kala’upaona Po’aha (1951), Claire Katherine Heen (1952), Barbara Mamo Vieira (1956), Gordean Leilehua Lee (1960), Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa (1974), Coline-Helen Kaualoku Aiu (1975) (tie), Malika Dudley (2006), Raeceen Anuenue Woolford (2010), Jeanné Kapela (2015)
  • Children's Miracle Network (CMN) Miracle Maker Award: Lauren Cheape (2012)
  • Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship: Ligaya Stice (1990)
  • Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship: Stephanie Steuri (2015)
  • Quality of Life Award Finalists: Nicole Fox (2009), Lauren Cheape (2012)
  • STEM Scholarship Finalists: Allison Chu (2017)
  • Women in Business Scholarship Award Winners: Penelope Ng Pack (2019)
  • Women in Business Scholarship Award 1st runners-up: Nicole Holbrook (2020)

Winners

YearNameHometownAgeLocal TitleMiss America TalentPlacement at Miss AmericaSpecial scholarships at Miss AmericaNotes
2024 Haley Chaney-Kane Kaneohe 27Miss WaimanaloHula and VocalsTBATBAPreviously Miss Hawaii’s Outstanding Teen 2013
2023 Star Dahl-Thurston [1] Honolulu 25Miss Chinatown HawaiiSlam Poetry
2022 Lauren Teruya [2] Honolulu 23Miss HonoluluMusical TheatreTop 11Previously Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2017

Sister of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2012 and Miss Hawaii 2017, Kathryn Teruya

Crowned on Miss Hawaii's 75th Anniversary
2021 Courtney Choy [3] Ewa Beach 25Miss Chinatown Hawai'iHula Auana
2019–20 [lower-alpha 1] Nicole Holbrook [4] [6] Laie 20Miss Central O’ahuPiano, "Concerto in A Minor"Top 15 [7] Women in Business Scholarship Award 1st runner-up [8]
2018 Penelope Ng Pack [9] Honolulu 23Miss Chinatown HawaiiVocal, "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from Smash Non-finalist Talent Award

Women in Business Scholarship Award [10]
2017 Kathryn Teruya [11] 21Miss Kaka'akoDance, "I Want to be a Rockette"Previously Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2012 [12]
Winner of the Miss Teen USA Fan Vote, earning her a spot in the Top 16 [13]

Sister of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2017 and Miss Hawaii 2022, Lauren Teruya [12]
2016 Allison Chu [14] [15] Kahala 22Miss Aloha LatinaOperatic vocal, "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi STEM Scholarship Finalist [16] Sister of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2010 and Miss Hawaii USA 2018, Julianne Chu [14]

Later Miss Hawaii USA 2021
2015 Jeanné Kapela [17] Kailua-Kona 20Miss Kaka’akoContemporary Dance, "Flashlight" by Jessie J Miss Congeniality
2014 Stephanie Steuri [18] Kalaheo 20Miss Paradise KauaiHula, "The Prayer"Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship [19]
2013 Crystal Lee [20] Waipahu 22Miss Chinatown HawaiiContemporary Dance, "Halo"
2012 Skyler Kamaka[ citation needed ] Kaneohe 21Miss Diamond HeadHula
2011 Lauren Cheape [21] Mililani 23Miss East OahuJump Rope Routine, "Theme from Hawaii Five-O"CMN Miracle Makers' Award

Non-finalist Talent Award

Preliminary Talent Award

Quality of Life Award Finalist
Contestant at National Sweetheart 2010

Incumbent State Representative for 45th District in the Hawaii State House of Representatives [22]
2010 Jalee Fuselier [23] Haleiwa 22Miss North ShoreVocal, "Feeling Good"2nd runner-up [24] Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness AwardPreviously Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2005 [25]
2009 Raeceen Woolford Pearl City 24Miss Ko OlinaHula, "Ka'ena"Top 7Miss Congeniality
2008 Nicole Fox Honolulu 23Miss Island O'ahuTahitian Otea DanceTop 10Quality of Life Award Finalist
2007 Ashley Layfield [26] Kailua 21Miss KahalaJazz Dance, "Listen"Sister of Miss Hawaii USA 2008, Jonelle Layfield

2nd runner-up in Miss New York USA 2012 and 2013 pageants [27]
2006 Pilialoha Gaison Kaneohe 23Miss Island IlimaTahitian Dance, "Te Vaka"Top 10Preliminary Talent Award
2005 Malika Dudley Papaikou 23Miss KahalaVocal, "It's in His Kiss"Miss Congeniality
2004 Olena Rubin Kilauea 23Miss West O’ahuVocal, "Do You Wanna Dance?"Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship

Miss Congeniality[ citation needed ]

Contestant (1999) & Top 10 (2003) at National Sweetheart pageants[ citation needed ]
2003 Kanoelani Gibson Kapolei 22Miss Diamond HeadVocal, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"1st runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
2002 Kehaulani Christian Pearl City 23Miss VIPTahitian Dance
2001 Denby Dung Honolulu 23Miss West O’ahuSoprano Saxophone, "G-Bop"
2000 Billie Kiyoka Takaki23Miss Diamond HeadDid not compete; originally 2nd runner-up, later assumed the title after Baraquio won Miss America 2001
Angela Perez Baraquio Honolulu 24Miss LeewardHula, "Come Follow Me, I Am Hawaii" by Cathy Foy [28] WinnerPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness AwardFirst Asian American Miss America
1999 Candes Meijide Gentry Honolulu 22Miss OahuVocal, "A New Life" from Jekyll & Hyde
1998 Jennifer Hera Lanai City 21Miss Hawaii Pacific UniversityVocal, "Someone Like You" from Jekyll & Hyde Non-finalist Talent Award
1997 Erika Kauffman Kailua-Kona 18Miss Hawaii IslandVocal, "God Help the Outcasts" from The Hunchback of Notre Dame Top 10Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1996 Melissa Ann Short Kaʻaʻawa 23Miss Hawaii Pacific UniversityClassical Vocal, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo & Juliet Top 10Preliminary Talent Award

Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1995 Traci Toguchi Honolulu 20Miss Ala MoanaVocal, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1993 pageant[ citation needed ]

2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 1994 pageant[ citation needed ]
1994 Courtney Nicolle Glaza Kaneohe 22Miss HonoluluClassical Piano
1993 Kanoe Aberegg Honolulu 24Miss OahuChant & Hula, "Aloha ʻOe"Top 10
1992 Pamela Kimura Honolulu 24Miss WaikikiVocal, "Orange Colored Sky"
1991 Lani StoneMiss Diamond HeadDid not compete; later assumed the title after Sapp won Miss America 1992
Carolyn Suzanne Sapp Honolulu 24Miss Hawaii Pacific UniversityVocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'"WinnerPreliminary Lifestyle & Fitness AwardPreviously National Sweetheart 1990
1990 Cheryl Akemi Toma Pearl City 26Miss Diamond HeadPiano / Vocal, Gershwin medleyNon-finalist Talent Award
1989 Ligaya Stice Kaneohe 22Miss KahalaVocal/Jazz Dance, "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage"Dr. David B. Allman Medical Scholarship
1988 Desiree Moana Cruz Hilo 26Miss MauiVocal, "I Am Changing"Top 10
1987 Luana Alapa Honolulu 26Miss Island InternationalVocal, "South Sea Sadie"Mother of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2015, Kyla Hee
1986 Cheryl Bartlett23Miss KaneoheVocal, "America the Beautiful"Non-finalist Talent Award
1985 Jeanne Miyamoto25Miss KalihiVocal / Piano, "Bali Ha'i"Non-finalist Talent Award
1984 Debbie Nakanelua Honolulu 26Miss Diamond HeadStylized Hula, "Hawaiian Hula Eyes"Top 10
1983 Wendy Sue Nelson Kihei 21Miss MauiVocal, "Hit Me With a Hot Note And Watch Me Bounce" from Sophisticated Ladies
1982 Gale Lee Thomas Honolulu 21Miss SquireBaton Twirling, "Theme from Magnum P.I." & "Hawaiian War Chant"
1981 Pamela Iwalani Offer23Miss Ala Moana AmericanaVocal, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina"Mother of Miss Arizona 2010, Kathryn Bulkley
1980 Keonelehua Cook [29] Aiea 23Miss LeewardInterpretive Dance
1979 Sheron Lehuanani Bissen Kahului 20Miss MauiVocal, "Over the Rainbow"
1978 Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey Laie 22Miss WaikikiSilhouette Interpretive Dance & Monologue
1977 Libby Kawaikikilani Lee Aiea 18Miss KalihiHawaiian Dance & Nose Flute, "A Hamakua Au"
1976 Haunani Asing Kailua 18Miss KailuaGuitar & Vocal, "Hawaiian Lullaby"
1975 Cathy Foy Aiea 22Miss Hawaii KaiVocal / Dance, "Look What Happened To Mabel" from Mack & Mabel During the Miss America 2001 pageant, Angela Perez Baraquio danced hula to Foy's vocal recording of "Come Follow Me, I Am Hawaii" [28]
1974 Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu Honolulu 23Modern Jazz Dance, "Hospital Shootout"Miss Congeniality (tie)
1973 Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa Hawaii Kai 19HulaMiss Congeniality
1972 Marlene Diane Kehaulani Kalahiki Kailua-Kona 22Miss West KauaiModern Jazz Dance, "Shotgun"
1971 Aurora Joan Ka'awa Makakilo City 19Miss Aloha HawaiiSilhouette Hula Dance & Speech, "In the Islands"Non-finalist Talent Award
1970 Kathleen Puanani O'Sullivan Kailua 18Miss KailuaModern Dance, "Ritual Fire Dance"Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1969 Sheryl Hung Lan Lokelani Akaka Honolulu 22Miss WaikikiPiano, "Prelude in E-flat Major" by Sergei Rachmaninoff Top 10
1968 Deborah Ynez Gima Kailua 18Miss Aloha HawaiiHawaiian Song, "Wonderful World of Aloha" & "Kaneha"
1967 Robin Engel Honolulu 21Miss Ala MoanaPiano, "Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse" by Aaron Copland Sister of Georgia Engel [ citation needed ]
1966 Lorretta Ann Perreira Kauai 18Miss West KauaiPantomime Song & Dance
1965 Roberta Rosaria Conlan Honolulu 18Miss HonoluluMonologue, "Hawaiian History"
1964 Leina'ala Ann Teruya Honolulu 18Miss Wai-KahuInterpretive Monologue "Footprints" from Leaves of a Grass House by Don Blanding Top 10
1963 Susan Pickering Honolulu Miss HonoluluCombination Dance of Can-Can, Jazz & Freestyle Ballet with Art Display2nd runner-up
1962 Patricia Lei Anderson19Classical Vocal, "Un bel dì vedremo" from Madame Butterfly 4th runner-upPreliminary Talent Award
1961 Joan Whitney Vine Honolulu 18Miss HonoluluVocal Medley, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" & "Thou Swell"Top 10
1960 Gabriella Haleakala'I Honolulu 20Hula
1959 Gordean Leilehua Lee20HulaMiss Congeniality
1958 Georgietta Kahalelaukoa ParkerHula
1957 Sandra Lei Lauhiwa ForsytheHula
1956 Jere Wright Honolulu Comedic Monologue from Gigi Top 10Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1955 Barbara Mamo VieiraVocal / Hula, "The Night Is Young"Top 10Miss Congeniality

Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award
1954 Gertrude Kapi'olani Miller Honolulu HulaNon-finalist Talent Award
1953 Dorothy Leilani Ellis Lihue Hula
1952 Beverly Kathleen Rivera Honolulu HulaTop 10
1951 Claire Katherine Heen Honolulu HulaMiss Congeniality
1950 Dell-Fin Kala’upaona Po’ahaMiss Congeniality
1949 Bee Jay Johnston Honolulu Top 15
1948 Yun Tau Zane Honolulu HulaMiss CongenialityFirst Asian American to compete at Miss America[ citation needed ]

Became Miss Hawaii after Waiwaiole resigned
Irmgard WaiwaioleN/A
1935-47 No Hawaii representative at Miss America pageant
1934No national pageant was held [30]
1933 No Hawaii representative at Miss America pageant [31]
1932No national pageants were held [30]
1931
1930
1929
1928
1927 No Hawaii representative at Miss America pageant [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38]
1926
1925
1924
1923
1922
1921

Notes

  1. Titleholder extended to a second full year in 2020 after state and national pageants postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic [4] [5]

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