Miss Ka'u Coffee 2013 Tiare-Lee Shibuya. Photos by Geneveve Fyvie |
Tiare-Lee Shibuya, daughter of police officer Dane and Terry-Lee Shibuya, of Wai'ohinu, became Miss Ka'u Coffee Friday night, April 26, during the pageant that kicked off ten days of Ka'u Coffee Festival events. Tiare-Lee is a graduate of Kamehameha Schools, attends Hawai'i Community College and plans to be a nurse. Her talent was hula. She won a $1,000 scholarship presented by the Edmund C. Olson Trust II.
First Princess Seneca Lee Oleyte. |
Award-winning Ka'u coffee grower Lorie Obra crowns Second Princess Rachel Ornelas. |
Third Princess Kawailani Houvener. |
Former Miss Peaberry Rebecca Lynn Kailiawa-Escobar. |
The Talent and Gown categories were won by Shibuya. Ornelas took home the Education scholarship, and Houvener took home the Miss Photogenic prize.
Emcees Bobby and Phoebe Gomes entertained, with Phoebe singing and playing 'ukulele. Before announcing the judges’ decisions, Bobby said about the candidates, “They are all winners.”
Ka'u Coffee Mill Founder Edmund C. Olson with Former Miss Ka'u Coffee Brandy Shibuya. |
The queen and her court will attend many festival events through May 5. Upcoming events include Ka'u Star Gazing tonight at Makanau, and the day-long ho'olaule'a at Pahala Community Center on Saturday, May 4 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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