2nd runner-up 2013, Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2008
A native of Honolulu, Emma Wo was crowned Miss Hawaii USA on 23 November 2014 and represented Hawaii at the Miss USA 2015 pageant in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a fashion blogger and and owner of TheAlohaBabe.com, she journals her experience as Miss Hawaii USA and her own personal style weekly. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies with honors from Scripps College and has also studied abroad at Oxford University and Queen Mary, University of London.
Miss Hawaii USA 2015 Emma Wo is a 25-year-old PR executive at Bennet Group Public Relations where she represents clients in the areas of travel tourism and real estate. A fashion blogger and owner of TheAlohaBabe.com, she journals her experience as Miss Hawaii USA and her own personal style weekly. With a passion for fashion, she has interned in the fashion closet at Vogue Magazine in New York City.
Emma is a graduate of Punahou School and Scripps College, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Media Studies with honors and minored in English literature. She has also studied abroad at Oxford University and Queen Mary, University of London. In her spare time, she volunteers for the Hawaii Rotary Youth Foundation and serves as a career coach in the YWCA’s Going Places Network.
The on-stage moments, the tension of the final two and the glory of the crowning, here are Emma’s state pageant photos.
Lights, camera, action! Professional photoshoots are one of the perks that comes from winning a title.
There’s nothing better than watching a contestant progress from year to year! Here’s a look back at Emma’s previous pageant photos.
All beautiful things must come to an end, no matter how bittersweet. See Emma’s farewell walk and other candids from the weekend she crowned her successor Chelsea Hardin as Miss Hawaii USA 2016.
Winning a state title is a sisterhood for life. Here are Emma’s “after the crown” photos.