2025 Merrie Monarch Festival, April 24
Thirteen young women vied for the honor on the first night of the Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo.
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Emalia Pomaialoha Keleihanupīkakeiā Pāʻoaehulaleʻaikalaninuiākea Dalire, Kumu Keolalaulani Dalire & Regina Mākaʻikaʻi Igarashi Pascua, Keolalaulani Hālau ‘Ōlapa O Lakanā, during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.2/14
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Makaʻala Kahikinaokalālani Victoria Perry, Kumu Laʻakea Perry, Ke Kai O Kahiki, during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.3/14
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Thirteen young women vied for the honor on the first night of the Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo.4/14
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Marina Laʻakea Choi, Kumu Robert Keano Kaʻupu IV & Lono Padilla, Hālau Hi‘iakaināmakalehua, during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.5/14
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Thirteen young women vied for the honor on the first night of the Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo.6/14
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Thirteen young women vied for the honor on the first night of the Merrie Monarch Festival’s hula competition at the Edith Kanaka‘ole Multi-Purpose Stadium in Hilo.7/14
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Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao, Kumu Leināʻala Pavao Jardin, Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā‘ala, during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.8/14
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Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao, Kumu Leināʻala Pavao Jardin, Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā‘ala winner of the title of Miss Aloha Hula during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium, on April 25.9/14
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Lexi Mae Kamakanaokalani Pruse, Kumu Haunani & ʻIliahi Paredes, Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi, during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.10/14
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Kasidee Nadine Kuʻuleialoha Teixeira, Kumu Theresa Kauhionāmauna Ramento Tehiva, Hālau Hula O Kauhionāmauna during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.11/14
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Tiare-Jennings Iwalani Kamaluoluokatuahine Rebecca Ka»aumoana Vaughan-Darval, Kumu Kailihiwa Vaughan-Darval, Hlau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine. during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on Thursday.12/14
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Sierra Michelle Lulani Moniz, Kumu Keliʻihoʻomalu Puchalski, Kawai‘ulaokalā, during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.13/14
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Sierra Michelle Lulani Moniz, Kumu Keliʻihoʻomalu Puchalski, Kawai‘ulaokalā, during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.14/14
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Kahōkūliʻiliʻi Tanaka, Kumu Kealiʻi Ceballos, Hālau Kealiʻi O Nālani during the Merrie Monarch hula festival at Edith Kanakaole Stadium on April 24.
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