Congratulations to Miss Hawaii USA 2024 Breea Yamat and Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2024 Hokuaoka’ale Emma Gilman
The Miss Hawaii USA and Teen USA 2024 pageants were held midweek in Honolulu, with the Teen finals on the 19th of April and Miss finals on Friday the 20th. The new Miss Hawaii USA is Breea Yamat and Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2024 is Hokuaoka’ale Emma Gilman.
Breea’s name – or at least her last name – might be familiar to pageant fans, she competed four times before winning the title (making the top five three times!) and her sister Kiana Yamat was Miss Hawaii USA 2022. The sisters are originally from Lahaina on Maui, but Breea now lives in Honolulu where she works as a medical assistant.
Hokua is the second consecutive Miss Maui Teen USA to win the title, and is from the town of Ha’iku. In 2019 Hokuaoka’ale co-directed a short documentary, “Kids Speak on Plastic Pollution” which was selected for the Hawaii International Film Festival and Colorado Environmental Film Festival.
First runner-up at Miss Hawaii USA was Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2019 Leimakamae Freitas who was competing in the Miss pageant for the first time. The other three runners-up were new to the system. A bit of history was made with Miss New Mexico Teen USA 2004 Jocelyn Cruz, now 37, taking advantage of the age restrictions being dropped and making the top ten at Miss Hawaii USA.
Full results
MISS HI USA ’24: Breea Yamat (2RU 23, 4RU 21, 2RU 20, SF 19)
1RU: Leimakamae Freitas (HI TUSA 19)
2RU: Nohea Shozen
3RU: Sienna Byrne
4RU: Caia Souza
Semi-finalists:
Jocelyn Cruz (NM TUSA 04)
Jessica Ellis-Ward
Melody Higa
Jade Mei Lun
Flora Rodas
Semi-finalists:
MISS HI TEEN USA ’24: Hokuaoka’ale Emma Gilman
1RU: Sabrina Calma
2RU: Hemi Martinez
3RU: Chloe Mar
4RU: Zoe Santana