Penelope Ng Pack of Honolulu was crowned Miss Hawaii 2018 on June 2, 2018 at Hawaii Theater in Honolulu, Hawaii. She will compete for the title of Miss America 2019 on September 9, 2018 in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The year in parentheses indicates the year of the Miss America competition the award/placement was garnered.
Year | Name | Hometown | Age | Local Title | Miss America Talent | Placement at Miss America | Special scholarships at Miss America | Notes | 2018 | Penelope Ng Pack[1] | Honolulu | 23 | Miss Chinatown Hawaii | Vocal, "They Just Keep Moving the Line" from Smash | Non-finalist Talent Award
Women in Business Scholarship Award[2] |
2017 | Kathryn Teruya[3] | Honolulu | 21 | Miss Kaka'ako | Dance, I Want to be a Rockette" | Previously Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2012[4] Winner of the Miss Teen USA Fan Vote, earning her a spot in the Top 16[5]
Sister of Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2017, Lauren Teruya[4] |
2016 | Allison Chu[6][7] | Kahala | 22 | Miss Aloha Latina | Operatic vocal, "O Mio Babbino Caro" from Gianni Schicchi | STEM Scholarship Finalist[8] | Sister of 2010 Miss Hawaii Teen USA, Julianne Chu[6] |
2015 | Jeanné Kapela[9] | 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" |
2013 | Crystal Lee | Waipahu | 22 | Miss Chinatown Hawaii | Contemporary Dance "Halo" |
2012 | Skyler Kamaka | Kaneohe | 21 | Miss Diamond Head | Hula |
2011 | Lauren Cheape[10] | 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[11] |
2010 | Jalee Fuselier[12] | Haleiwa | 22 | Miss North Shore | Vocal, "Feeling Good" | 2nd runner-up[13] | Preliminary Lifestyle & Fitness Award | Previously Miss Hawaii's Outstanding Teen 2005[14] |
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 |
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 | N/A | Assumed title after Baraquio won Miss America 2001 pageant |
Angela Perez Baraquio | Honolulu | 24 | Miss Leeward | Hula, "Theme from Mutiny on the Bounty" | 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 | Ka'a'awa | 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 and Swimsuit Award (1993) at National Sweetheart 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 Lifestyle & Fitness 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 | Kaneohe | 22 | Miss Kahala | Vocal/Jazz Dance "Quiet Please, There's a Lady On Stage"/A Chorus Line | 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 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[15] | 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 "Cathy" Foy | Aiea | 22 | Miss Hawaii Kai | Vocal / Dance "Look What Happened To Mabel" from Mack & Mabel | She later performed the song, "Come Follow Me, I Am Hawaii", a mashup of "Hawaii" (from the film Hawaii) and "Follow Me" (from the film Mutiny on the Bounty)[16] The song was accompanied by Angela Perez Baraquio's hula dancing in Miss America 2001.[16] |
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 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 | 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 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 | 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 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'finn Kalaupaona Poaha | Honolulu | Miss Congeniality |
1949 | Betty Jane Johnson | Honolulu | Top 15 |
1948 | Yun Tau Zane | Honolulu | Hula | Miss Congeniality | First Asian American to compete at Miss America; Became Miss Hawaii after the original winner, Irmgard Waiwaiole, resigned. |
Irmgard Waiwaiole | Honolulu | N/A | N/A | Did not Compete due to feeling she wouldn't be able to complete her high school education in time for Miss America. |
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