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Miss Hawaii Teen USA
Formation | 1983 |
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Type | Beauty pageant |
Headquarters | Honolulu |
Location | |
Membership | Miss Teen USA |
Official language | English |
Website | Official website |
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The Miss Hawaii Teen USA competition is the pageant that selects the representative for the state of Hawaii in the Miss Teen USA pageant.
Although Hawaii has made the cut fewer times than many states, they have achieved a number of high placings. Hawaii Teen USAs have been quite successful at Miss Teen USA, and are ranked fifteenth in terms of number and value of placements [1] and were ranked third in the 1980s [2]. Kelly Hu won the competition in 1985 and Kiʻilani Arruda won in 2020, while two other Hawaii teens have placed as first runner-up.
Kelly Hu was the first Hawaii teen to cross over to Miss Hawaii USA, and she was also the most successful. Only three other Teens have competed at Miss USA.
Tia Bustamante of Kaneohe was crowned Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2021 on December 9, 2020 at the Luxury Row Hotel in Waikiki on a virtual event. She represented Hawaii for the title of Miss Teen USA 2021.
Results summary
Placements
- Miss Teen USA: Kelly Hu (1985), Kiʻilani Arruda (2020)
- 1st runners-up: Malia Yamamura (1984), Sonya Balmores (2004)
- 2nd runners-up: Mahana Walters (1997)
- Top 6: Juliana Kaulukukui (1993)
- Top 10: Camille Peraro (2003)
- Top 15/16: Serena Karnagy (2007), Kathryn Teruya (2012), Samantha Neyland (2013)
Hawaii holds a record of 10 placements at Miss Teen USA.
Awards
- Miss Congeniality: Juliana Kaulukukui (1993), Ashley Moser (2009)
- Miss Photogenic: Courtney Coleman (2011)
Winners
- Declared as Winner
- Ended as runner-up
- Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists
Year | Name | Hometown | Age1 | Placement at Miss Teen USA | Special awards at Miss Teen USA | Notes |
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2021 | Tia Bustamante | Kaneohe | 18 | |||
2020 | Kiʻilani Arruda | Kapaʻa | 17 | Miss Teen USA 2020 | 2nd Runner Up in 2019 | |
2019 | Leimakamae Freitas | Honolulu | 17 | |||
2018 | Kylyn Rapoza | Hilo | 17 | |||
2017 | Lauren Teruya | Kāhala | 18 | Sister of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2012 and Miss Hawaii 2017 Kathryn Teruya
4th runner-up at Miss Hawaii 2021[1] | ||
2016 | Joahnnalee Ucol | Maui | 16 | First 1st generation immigrant to be crowned Miss Hawaii Teen USA | ||
2015 | Kyla Hee | Honolulu | 17 | Daughter of Miss Hawaii 1987 Luana Alapa | ||
2014 | Mariah Gosling | Honolulu | 18 | |||
2013 | Samantha Neyland | Honolulu | 17 | Top 16 |
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2012 | Kathryn Teruya | Kāhala | 15 | Top 16 |
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2011 | Courtney Coleman | Moanalua | 17 | Miss Photogenic | Represented Hawaii in Miss International 2017 | |
2010 | Julianne Chu | Kāhala | 18 |
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2009 | Ashley Moser[2][3] | Hawai'i Kai | 17 | Miss Congeniality[3] | ||
2008 | Emma Wo | Honolulu | 18 | Later Miss Hawaii USA 2015 | ||
2007 | Serena Karnagy | Honolulu | 16 | Top 15 | Represented Hawaii in Miss International 2008. | |
2006 | Hannah Thomas | Honolulu | 17 | |||
2005 | Melissa Benz | Honolulu | 18 | |||
2004 | Sonya Balmores[4] | Kalaheo | 18 | 1st runner-up | ||
2003 | Camille Peraro | Honolulu | 17 | Top 10 | ||
2002 | Erin Madden | Kailua | 17 | |||
2001 | Alana Paulo-Tamashiro | Honolulu | 16 | |||
2000 | Lauren Madden | Kailua | 18 | |||
1999 | Aureana Tseu | Mililani | 15 | Later Miss Hawaii USA 2009 | ||
1998 | Toby Pohaikealoha Carter | Mililani | 17 | |||
1997 | Mahana Walters | Pupukea | 17 | 2nd runner-up | ||
1996 | Monica Ivey | Mililani | 17 | |||
1995 | Sara Kirby | |||||
1994 | Emily Elizabeth Huff | |||||
1993 | Juliana Maili Kaulukukui | Honolulu | 18 | Top 6 | Miss Congeniality | |
1992 | Cameo DeCosta | |||||
1991 | Trini-Ann Kaopuiki | 18 | Later Miss Hawaii USA 1999 | |||
1990 | Sunny Kanaʻiaupuni | |||||
1989 | Paulette Dean | |||||
1988 | Michelle Wong | |||||
1987 | Leslie-Ann Lum | Honolulu | Later 1st runner up at Miss Hawaii USA 1997. Assumed the Miss Hawaii USA 1997 title when Brook Lee became Miss USA 1997 (later Miss Universe 1997). | |||
1986 | Michelle Hardin[5] | |||||
1985 | Kelly Hu | Honolulu | 16 | Miss Teen USA 1985 | Later Miss Hawaii USA 1993, finished 3rd runner-up at Miss USA 1993 | |
1984 | Malia Yamamura | Honolulu | 16 | 1st runner-up | ||
1983 | Erika Matich | Honolulu |
1 Age at the time of the Miss Teen USA pageant
References
- ^ staff, Star-Advertiser; May 15, 2021 (2021-05-16). "Courtney Choy crowned Miss Hawaii 2021". Honolulu Star-Advertiser. Retrieved 2021-06-28.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Miss Hawaii Teen USA sees win as missionary opportunity". The Deseret News. 2009-04-08.
- ^ a b "Three LDS teens compete in pageant". Deseret News. August 3, 2009.
- ^ "Fil-Am beauty in new series is former Miss Hawaii Teen USA". Philippine Daily Inquirer. 2007-09-26.
- ^ "Miss Hawaii Teen". The Albany Sunday Herald. 1985-12-18.
External links
- Miss Teen USA state pageants
- Women in Hawaii