# Miss Hawaii

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.
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.

## Gallery of past titleholders

* Kanoelani Gibson, Miss Hawaii 2003
* Malika Dudley, Miss Hawaii 2005
* Raeceen Woolford, Miss Hawaii 2009
* Lauren Cheape, Miss Hawaii 2011

## 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

* Miss Americas: Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (1992), Angela Perez Baraquio (2001)
* 1st runners-up: Kanoelani Gibson (2004)
* 2nd runners-up: Susan D. Pickering (1964), Jalee Fuselier (2011)
* 3rd runners-up: N/A
* 4th runners-up: Patricia Lei Anderson (1963)
* Top 7: Raeceen Anuenue Woolford (2010)
* Top 10: Beverly Kathleen Rivera (1953), Barbara Mamo Vieira (1956), Jere Wright (1957), Joan Whitney Vine (1962), Leina'ala Ann Teruya (1965), Sheryl Hung Lan Lokelani Akaka (1970), Debbie Nakanelua (1985), Desiree Moana Cruz (1989), Kanoe Aberegg (1994), Melissa Ann Short (1997), Erika Kauffman (1998), Pilialoha Gaison (2007), Nicole Fox (2009)
* Top 11: Lauren Teruya (2023)
* Top 15: Bee Jay Johnston (1949), Nicole Holbrook (2020)

### Awards
#### Preliminary awards

* Preliminary Lifestyle and Fitness: Barbara Mamo Vieira (1956), Jere Wright (1957), Kathleen Puanani O'Sullivan (1971), Carolyn Suzanne Sapp (1992), Melissa Ann Short (1997), Erika Kauffman (1998), Angela Perez Baraquio (2001), Jalee Fuselier (2011)
* Preliminary Talent: Patricia Lei Anderson (1963), Melissa Ann Short (1997), Kanoelani Gibson (2004), Pilialoha Gaison (2007), Lauren Cheape (2012)

#### 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

* Declared as winner
* Ended as a runner-up
* Ended as a finalist or semi-finalist
| Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes |
| 2024 | Haley Chaney-Kane | Kaneohe | 27 | Miss Waimanalo | Hula and Vocals | | | Previously Miss Hawaii’s Outstanding Teen 2013 |
| 2023 | Star Dahl-Thurston | Honolulu | 25 | Miss Chinatown Hawaii | Slam Poetry | | | |
| 2022 | Lauren Teruya | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Honolulu | Musical Theatre | Top 11 | | Previously 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 | Ewa Beach | 25 | Miss Chinatown Hawai'i | Hula Auana | | | |
| 2019–20 | Nicole Holbrook | Laie | 20 | Miss Central O’ahu | Piano, "Concerto in A Minor" | Top 15 | Women in Business Scholarship Award 1st runner-up | |
| 2018 | Penelope Ng Pack | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Chinatown Hawaii | Vocal, "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from Smash | | Non-finalist Talent Award Women in Business Scholarship Award | |
| 2017 | Kathryn Teruya | Honolulu | 21 | Miss Kaka'ako | Dance, "I Want to be a Rockette" | | | Previously Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2012 Winner of the Miss Teen USA Fan Vote, earning her a spot in the Top 16 Sister of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2017 and Miss Hawaii 2022, Lauren Teruya |
| 2016 | Allison Chu | Kahala | 22 | Miss Aloha Latina | Operatic vocal, "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi | | STEM Scholarship Finalist | Sister of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2010 and Miss Hawaii USA 2018, Julianne Chu Later Miss Hawaii USA 2021 |
| 2015 | Jeanné Kapela | Kailua-Kona | 20 | Miss Kaka’ako | Contemporary Dance, "Flashlight" by Jessie J | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 2014 | Stephanie Steuri | Kalaheo | 20 | Miss Paradise Kauai | Hula, "The Prayer" | | Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship | |
| 2013 | Crystal Lee | Waipahu | 22 | Miss Chinatown Hawaii | Contemporary Dance, "Halo" | | | |
| 2012 | Skyler Kamaka | Kaneohe | 21 | Miss Diamond Head | Hula | | | |
| 2011 | Lauren Cheape | Mililani | 23 | Miss East Oahu | Jump 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 |
| 2010 | Jalee Fuselier | Haleiwa | 22 | Miss North Shore | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | 2nd runner-up | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2005 |
| 2009 | Raeceen 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 Award Finalist | |
| 2007 | Ashley Layfield | Kailua | 21 | Miss Kahala | Jazz Dance, "Listen" | | | Sister of Miss Hawaii USA 2008, Jonelle Layfield 2nd runner-up in Miss New York USA 2012 and 2013 pageants |
| 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 | Olena Rubin | Kilauea | 23 | Miss West O’ahu | Vocal, "Do You Wanna Dance?" | | Charles & Theresa Brown Scholarship Miss Congeniality | Contestant (1999) & Top 10 (2003) at National Sweetheart pageants |
| 2003 | Kanoelani Gibson | Kapolei | 22 | Miss Diamond Head | Vocal, "(You Make Me Feel Like) A 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 | | Did not compete; originally 2nd runner-up, later assumed the title after Baraquio won Miss America 2001 | Did not compete; originally 2nd runner-up, later assumed the title after Baraquio won Miss America 2001 | Did not compete; originally 2nd runner-up, later assumed the title after Baraquio won Miss America 2001 |
| 2000 | Angela Perez Baraquio | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Leeward | Hula, "Come Follow Me, I Am Hawaii" by Cathy Foy | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness 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 Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| 1996 | Melissa Ann Short | Kaʻaʻawa | 23 | Miss Hawaii Pacific University | Classical Vocal, "Ah! Je Veux Vivre" from Romeo & Juliet | Top 10 | Preliminary Talent Award Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| 1995 | Traci Toguchi | Honolulu | 20 | Miss Ala Moana | Vocal, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" | | | Top 10 at National Sweetheart 1993 pageant 2nd runner-up at National Sweetheart 1994 pageant |
| 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 | | Did not compete; later assumed the title after Sapp won Miss America 1992 | Did not compete; later assumed the title after Sapp won Miss America 1992 | Did not compete; later assumed the title after Sapp won Miss America 1992 |
| 1991 | Carolyn Suzanne Sapp | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Hawaii Pacific University | Vocal, "Ain't Misbehavin'" | Winner | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously National Sweetheart 1990 |
| 1990 | Cheryl Akemi Toma | Pearl City | 26 | Miss Diamond Head | Piano / Vocal, Gershwin medley | | Non-finalist Talent Award | |
| 1989 | Ligaya Stice | Kaneohe | 22 | Miss Kahala | Vocal/Jazz Dance, "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage" | | Dr. David B. 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 Squire | 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 | Keonelehua 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 | Cathy Foy | Aiea | 22 | Miss Hawaii Kai | Vocal / 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" |
| 1974 | Coline-Helen Kanaloku Aiu | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Hawaii Kai | Modern Jazz Dance, "Hospital Shootout" | | Miss Congeniality (tie) | |
| 1973 | Kanoelehua Kaumeheiwa | Hawaii Kai | 19 | Miss Hawaii Kai | Hula | | 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 Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| 1969 | Sheryl Hung Lan Lokelani Akaka | Honolulu | 22 | Miss Waikiki | Piano, "Prelude in E-flat Major" by Sergei Rachmaninoff | Top 10 | | |
| 1968 | Deborah Ynez Gima | Kailua | 18 | Miss Aloha Hawaii | Hawaiian Song, "Wonderful World of Aloha" & "Kaneha" | | | |
| 1967 | Robin Engel | Honolulu | 21 | Miss Ala Moana | Piano, "Scherzo Humoristique: The Cat and the Mouse" by Aaron Copland | | | Sister of Georgia Engel |
| 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 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 dì vedremo" 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 | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1958 | Georgietta Kahalelaukoa Parker | Honolulu | | | Hula | | | |
| 1957 | Sandra Lei Lauhiwa Forsythe | Honolulu | | | Hula | | | |
| 1956 | Jere Wright | Honolulu | | | Comedic Monologue from Gigi | Top 10 | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| 1955 | Barbara Mamo Vieira | Honolulu | | | Vocal / Hula, "The Night Is Young" | Top 10 | Miss Congeniality Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | |
| 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 | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1950 | Dell-Fin Kala’upaona Po’aha | Honolulu | | | | | Miss Congeniality | |
| 1949 | Bee Jay Johnston | Honolulu | | | | Top 15 | | |
| 1948 | Yun Tau Zane | Honolulu | | | Hula | | Miss Congeniality | First Asian American to compete at Miss America Became Miss Hawaii after Waiwaiole resigned |
| 1948 | Irmgard Waiwaiole | Honolulu | | | | N/A | N/A | |
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