Non-finalist 2022
A native of Wailuku, Noelani DeNisi was crowned Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2023 on 15 January 2023 and represented Hawaii at Miss Teen USA 2023 in Reno, Nevada. Noelani was the first Teen winner from Maui since 2016, and her platform is eating disorder awareness and body acceptance.
Noelani DeNisi is a 2022 graduate of Maui High School and an incoming student at the Fashion Institute of Technology. She is an 18-year-old aspiring fashion designer and entrepreneur integrating the use of computer science and programming. She hopes to inspire and reach people from all different walks of life. She has earned honors and awards including the NASA Patch of completion (Honorary Women of STEM), and CIEE Academic Merit Scholarship, and has completed League of Amazing Programmers – programming for Youth through Stanford.
She believes that self-love is an endless journey and hopes to inspire others this year with her title of Miss Hawaii Teen USA.
The on-stage moments, the tension of the final two and the glory of the crowning, here are Noelani’s state pageant photos.
Lights, camera, action! Professional photoshoots are one of the perks that comes from winning a title.
Noelani was a non-finalist in the 2022 pageant, representing her hometown of Wailuku.
All beautiful things must come to an end, no matter how bittersweet. See Denim’s farewell walk and other candids from the weekend she crowned her successor Hokuaoka’ale Gilman as Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2024.
Winning a state title is a sisterhood for life. Here are Noelani’s “after the crown” photos.
