2018 Merrie Monarch Festival Announces Miss Aloha Hula Participants

MISS ALOHA HULA 2017: Kelina Kiyoko Keʻano‘ilehua Tiffany Eldredge. Merrie Monarch Festival photo.

Merrie Monarch Festival organizers in Hilo have announced the Miss Aloha Hula participants for this year’s competition, which will take place from April 1 through 7, 2018.

The week-long festival features an internationally acclaimed hula competition, an invitational Hawaiian arts fair, hula shows and a grand parade through Hilo town.

2018 MISS ALOHA HULA PARTICIPANTS

Karl Veto Baker & Michael Casupang

William Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera

Kapua Dalire-Moe

Nāpua Greig-Nakasone

Iwalani Kalima

Kauʻionālani Kamanaʻo & Kunewa Mook

Robert Kaʻupu & Lono Padilla

Nani Lim Yap

Tracie & Keawe Lopes

Johnny Lum Ho

Chinky Māhoe

ʻIliahi & Haunani Paredes

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