Miss Aloha Hawai`i Brandy Shibuya (left), with Miss Kona Coffee Corinne Quinajon and first runner-up Kapuahi`ilani Lapera.
Photo by Nalani Parlin
Congratulations from Ka`u Coffee Mill to Miss Ka`u Coffee, Brandy Shibuya, on winning Miss Aloha Hawai`i! The islandwide pageant was held at the Sheraton Keauhou Bay Resort & Spa on November 5th. Shibuya, the daughter of Terry-Lee and Dane Shibuya, danced hula for talent and won Miss Congeniality. Next step for the West Hawai`i Community College student is the Miss Hawai`i Pageant to be held next year in Honolulu. The winner of Miss Hawai`i goes on to Miss America. Shibuya will be welcomed at the Veterans Day Concert this Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pahala Plantation House where she will be performing hula. Also on stage will be One Journey; the Ka`u High School Ensemble; the Rev. Dennis Kamakahi; David Kamakahi; George Kahumoku, Jr.; Moses Kahumoku; John and Hope Keawe; James Hill; Anne Davison and more. Plate lunches and bottled water will be on sale as a fundraiser for the Ka`u High Ensemble. Ka`u Coffee Mill also congratulates Miss Aloha Hawaii first runner-up Kapuahi`ilani Lapera. Lapera is a 2007 graduate of Ka`u High, and daughter of Hi`ilani and Thomas Lapera, Jr.
Ka`u Coffee Mill and the Edmund C. Olson Trust were honored to fund the 2011 Miss Ka`u Coffee scholarship and to underwrite the participation of Miss Ka`u Coffee, Brandy Shibuya, and many community and promotional events.
