WEBSITE KHON2.COM.
TAKE A LOOK AT THAT,
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, A
NEW MISS HAWAI'I USA AND
MISS HAWAI'I TEEN USA
HAVE BEEN CROWNED.
THE COMPETITION TOOK
PLACE JUST LAST NIGHT AT
THE HAWAI'I CONVENTION
CENTER.
AGAIN LAST NIGHT, SO
FRESH OFF OF THOSE
CELEBRATIONS, WE'RE
JOINED THIS MORNING BY
THE WINNERS, LACEY CHOI
AND MISS HAWAI'I TEEN
USA 2019.
GOOD MORNING, YOU GUYS.
GOOD MORNING.
CONGRATULATIONS.
THANK YOU.
WHAT A BIG FEAT.
AGAIN, THIS JUST
HAPPENED SO I KNOW THE
EMOTIONS ARE STILL
FRESH.
I'M SURE YOU'RE FEELING
IT BUT HOW WAS THE WHOLE
EXPERIENCE?
MY GOSH, IT WENT BY
SO FAST BUT I'M SO HAPPY
TO BE HERE.
I'M EXC EXCITED FOR MY YEAR.
WHERE ARE YOU GUYS
FROM?
I'M FROM MANOA.
I'M FROM HERE BORN AND
RAISED.
I'M FROM KAILUA-KONA,
THE BIG ISLAND.
I LOVE IT.
WHAT WAS THE WHOLE PREP?
SIX MONTHS.
AROUND THERE.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T
KNOW, WHAT IS THE WHOLE
WORKING OUT, WALKING
PRACTICE.
I DIDN'T DO A PAGEANT
BEFORE SO IT WAS MY
FIRST TIME WALKING IN
FIVE AND A HALF INCH
HEELS SO IT WAS
DEFINITELY A LEARNING
EXPERIENCE FOR ME BUT
HAD FUN.
AND FOR ME AS WELL.
I'VE ONLY BEEN IN THE
PAGEANT INDUSTRY FOR A
YEAR NOW, AND I REALLY
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO
EXPECT.
I CAN'T BELIEVE I'M
ACTUALLY SITTING HERE AS
THE NEW STATE TITLE HOLD
HER.
I'M VERY THANKFUL AND
I'M STILL TRYING TO LET
IT ALL SINK IN.
OUR VERY OWN TRINI
KAOPUIKI AND HOWARD
DASHEFSKY HOSTED THE
EVENT.
YOU LADIES LOOKED SOD
BEAUTIFUL.
I CAN'T DID YOU DECIDE
TO DO PAGEANTS AND WHAT
ARE YOU HOPING TO GET
OUT OF THE REST OF YOUR
YEAR?
I DECIDED TO RUN
BECAUSE MY AUNTY PUSHED
ME TO DO IT.
SHE SAID TO WOULD BE A
GOOD EXPERIENCE, I WOULD
GET TO MEET PEOPLE, MAKE
FRIENDS AND I DID.
I HAVE REALLY CLOSE
SISTERS NOW.
I KNEW I MADE LIFELONG
FRIENDS THROUGH THIS
EXPERIENCE.
WHAT I WANT TO GET OUT
WHEN THE THIS IS JUST
LEARNING MORE ABOUT
MYSELF.
I DIDN'T THINK I WAS
GOING TO DO THIS.
I'M MORE OF A SPORTY TOM
BOY KIND OF GIRL.
I HAD THREE BROTHERS
GROWING RUN.
I WAS NEVER REALLY A
GIRLIE GIRL.
THIS IS DEFINITELY NEW
FOR ME.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WELL, FOR ME I SPEAK
HAWAIIAN.
MAKE A DIFFERENCE, AND
WITH MY TITLE I WILL
HOPE TO CREATE THE
SCHOLARSHIP FOUNDATION
THAT I WANT TO CREATE TO
HELP BILINGUAL HIGH
SCHOOL STUDENTS SUCH AS
MYSELF TO HAVE MONEY FOR
COLLEGE.
I THINK THAT HIGHER
EDUCATION IS VERY
IMPORTANT.
IT IS.
THAT'S ABSOLUTELY
CREDIT.
OUR YOUNG MISS TEEN
HAWAI'I USA SO
AMBITIOUS, I LOVE IT.
IT PUSHES YOU SO MUCH
FURTHER AS WELL.
SO WHAT ARE YOU GETTING
OUT OF THIS?
LIKE I SAID,
EXPERIENCE, AND I WON
THE PRE-LIM WAIKIKI SO I
HAVE ANOTHER ARGOSY
SCHOLARSHIP AND UM, AND
WHICH I'M GOING TO USE
AT UH MANOA.
ARGOSY UNIVERSITY, A
GREAT FRIEND OF OURS
HERE AS WELL.
FROM THE TEEN PATH
ENTER, DID YOU GUYS GET
SCHOLARSHIPS WELL?
WE DID.
I WAS ABLE TO HAVE TWO
SCHOLARSHIPS AS WELL,
ONE FROM HAWAI'I ISLAND
AND $10,000 FROM THE
STATE PATH ENTER.
THAT IS ABSOLUTELY
INCREDIBLE.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS TO
BOTH OF YOU.
I'M SURE YOU HAVE AN
INCREDIBLE YEAR AHEAD OF
YOU, AND YOU ALSO HAVE
TO PREP FOR THE NATIONAL
PATH PENT.
YES.
A GREAT
REPRESENTATION FROM
HAWAI'I OF BEAUTIFUL
GIRLS WHO SKEWED ALOHA.
MISS HAWAI'I USA AIRS
RIGHT HERE ON KHON 2 ON
SATURDAY, DECEMBER
FIRST.
OUR VERY OWN HOWARD
DASHEFSKY AND TRINI DID
EMCEE THE EVENT.
YOU CAN CHECK IT OUT AND
SEE THE GIRLS DO THEIR
THING AND WORK THE STAGE