#third place

Nevada State Police Highway Patrol Division’s success in American Association of State Troopers annual contest aided by votes from Hawaiʻi ʻohana and true testament to the Silver State’s Battle Born spirit.

With 1,148 points, Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionāmakua Thronas Brown, who dances with Oʻahu hālau Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai O Haʻehaʻe, won the title of Miss Aloha Hula 2023 on Thursday during the first night of competition for the 60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival in Hilo on the Big Island.