60th Annual Merrie Monarch Festival
Hula Competition
Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium
April 13-15, 2023
Hilo, Hawaii
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2023 Hula Competition Results

Congratulations to 2023 Miss Aloha Hula Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionāmakua Thronas Brown of Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe and Overall Winner Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe (Wahine) !


Overall

  • Lokalia Montgomery Perpetual Trophy
  • Sponsored trip to hula festival in Ikaho, Japan
1st Place
Highest Combined Points

1,231 points
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
2nd Place
Highest Combined Points

1,230 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
Highest Combined Points

1,229 points
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu Hula Jonelle Marie “Leināʻala” Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi

Overall - Wahine

1st Place
1,231 points
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
2nd Place
1,230 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
1,229 points
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu Hula Jonelle Marie “Leināʻala” Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi

Overall - Kāne

1st Place
1,217 points
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
2nd Place
1,215 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
1,206 points
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad
Kapālama Uka, Honolulu, Oʻahu

Miss Aloha Hula

1st Place
1,148 points
Agnes Renee Leihiwahiwaikapolionāmakua Thronas Brown
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
2nd Place
1,144 points
Breeze Ann Kalehuaonālani Vidinha Pavao
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu Hula Leināʻala Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi
3rd Place
1,143 points
Meleāna Kamalani Mirafuentes
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
4th Place
1,130 points
Karlee Pōhaikealoha Rita Chong Kee
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
5th Place
1,129 points
Tayla-Nohealeimamo Kamaehukauikapono Taʻuhere Vaughan-Darval
Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
Kumu Hula Allison Kaʻilihiwa “Hiwa” Kahaʻipiʻilani Vaughan-Darval
Mānoa, Honolulu, Oʻahu
Hawaiian
Language
Award
Meleāna Kamalani Mirafuentes
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu

Hula Kahiko - Wahine

1st Place
617 points
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
2nd Place
615 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
614 points
(tiebreaker +1 point)
Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
Kumu Hula Allison Kaʻilihiwa “Hiwa” Kahaʻipiʻilani Vaughan-Darval
Mānoa, Honolulu, Oʻahu
4th Place
614 points
(tie)
Hula Hālau ʻO Kamuela
Nā Kumu Hula Kauʻionālani “Kauʻi” Kamanaʻo and Kunewa Mook
Kalihi, Honolulu, Oʻahu and Waimānalo, Oʻahu
5th Place
613 points
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu Hula Jonelle Marie “Leināʻala” Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi

Hula Kahiko - Kāne

1st Place
609 points
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui
2nd Place
606 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
598 points
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
4th Place
590 points
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad
Kapālama Uka, Honolulu, Oʻahu

Hula ʻAuana - Wahine

1st Place
617 points
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua (Wahine, Kāne)
Nā Kumu Hula Robert Keʻanokealakahikikapōleikamakaʻōpua “Keʻano” Kaʻupu IV and Kauhilonohonua “Lono” Padilla
Niuhelewai, Kalihi, Honolulu, Kona district, Oʻahu
2nd Place
616 points
Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala
Kumu Hula Jonelle Marie “Leināʻala” Pavao Jardin
Kalāheo, Kauaʻi
3rd Place
615 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
4th Place
614 points
Ka Lā ʻŌnohi Mai o Haʻehaʻe
Nā Kumu Hula Tracie Kaʻōnohilani Farias Lopes and Robert Keawe Lopes Jr
Pūʻahuʻula, Kāneʻohe, Koʻolaupoko, Oʻahu
5th Place
609 points
Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine
Kumu Hula Allison Kaʻilihiwa “Hiwa” Kahaʻipiʻilani Vaughan-Darval
Mānoa, Honolulu, Oʻahu

Hula ʻAuana - Kāne

1st Place
619 points
Hālau Hiʻiakaināmakalehua (Wahine, Kāne)
Nā Kumu Hula Robert Keʻanokealakahikikapōleikamakaʻōpua “Keʻano” Kaʻupu IV and Kauhilonohonua “Lono” Padilla
Niuhelewai, Kalihi, Honolulu, Kona district, Oʻahu
2nd Place
616 points
Ka Leo O Laka I Ka Hikina O Ka Lā
Kumu Hula Kaleo Trinidad
Kapālama Uka, Honolulu, Oʻahu
3rd Place
609 points
Hālau Nā Mamo O Puʻuanahulu
Nā Kumu Hula William “Sonny” Kahakuleilehua Haunuʻu Ching and Joseph Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera
Kapahulu, Honolulu, Oʻahu
4th Place
608 points
Hālau Kekuaokalāʻauʻalaʻiliahi
Nā Kumu Hula Brandon ʻIliahi Paredes and Joy Lynn Haunani Pascua Paredes
Wailuku, Maui