TheMiss Hawaii USA competition, previously known asMiss Hawaii Universe, is abeauty pageant that selects the representative for the state ofHawaii in theMiss USA pageant.

Issha Rose Mata ofHilo was crowned Miss Hawaii USA 2025 on March 22, 2025 atHawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. She will represent Hawaii atMiss USA 2025

Hawaii is the most recent state to participate in Miss USA, first competing in 1962. Prior to beingadmitted to full statehood in 1959, it sent delegates toMiss Universe. Despite the late start, it has been one of the most successful: Hawaii's first Miss Hawaii USA,Macel Wilson, won the Miss USA title. FourMiss USA winners came from Hawaii, one of four states with four titles (only second toTexas andCalifornia). Though many Miss USA winners and semifinalists came from Hawaii, relatively few have placed as runners-up. Two previously competed at Miss Teen USA.Kelly Hu,Miss Teen USA 1985,^[1] became the firstMiss Teen USA winner to win a Miss title, in 1993.

Many Miss Hawaii USA titleholders competed at a number of international pageants. Similar toMiss South Carolina USA, there was one Miss Hawaii USA that competed atMiss World. Another one competed atMiss International. Four of the winners competed atMiss Universe, after winning Miss USA. Six titleholders represented theUnited States orHawaii at major international pageants, with Miss Hawaii USA 1997,Brook Lee, winning the title ofMiss USA 1997 and capturing the crown ofMiss Universe 1997,^[2] one of only 9Miss USA winners to becomeMiss Universe in the history of the pageant.

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  Teri Ann Linn, Miss Hawaii USA 1981 at herPunahou School reunion in June 2009
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  Leimomi Bacalso, Miss Hawaii USA 1990 in the 1989 Mililani Town Christmas Parade
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  Kelly Hu, Miss Hawaii USA 1993 andMiss Teen USA 1985, at a public event
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  Brook Lee, Miss Hawaii USA 1997,Miss USA 1997 andMiss Universe 1997
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  Chelsea Hardin, Miss Hawaii USA 2016
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  Savannah Gankiewicz, Miss Hawaii USA 2023 andMiss USA 2023

• Miss USAs:Macel Wilson (1962),Tanya Wilson (1972),Judi Andersen (1978),Brook Lee (1997)
• 1st runner-up:Chelsea Hardin (2016),Savannah Gankiewicz (2023)^{[notes 1]}
• 2nd runner-up: Blanche Leialoha Maʻa (1979)
• 4th runner-up:Teri Ann Linn (1981)
• Top 6:Kelly Hu (1993)
• Top 8/10/11/12: Lois Wise (1975), Cely De Castro (1977), Vanessa Dubois (1982),Tina Machado (1985), Kym Digman (1991), Nadine Tanega (1994), Alicia Michioka (2003),Chanel Wise (2007), Angela Byrd (2011), Emma Wo (2015), Samantha Neyland (2020), Breea Yamat (2024)
• Top 15: Elithe Aguiar (1965), Judith Wolski (1966), Carol Seymour (1968), Stephanie Quintana (1969), Lacie Choy (2019)

Hawaii holds a record of 26 placements atMiss USA.

• Miss Congeniality: Ku'ualoha Taylor (1996), Michelle Kaplan (2000)
• Miss Photogenic:Kelly Hu (1993)
• Style Award: Lynn Vesnefski (1995)
• Best State Costume: Savannah Gankiewicz (2023)

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