The Miss Aloha Hula event showcases individuals competing for the title of Miss Aloha Hula with performances of hula kahiko, hula ʻauana and oli (chant).

Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani won the title of Miss Aloha Hula Thursday, April 25, 2019, at Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium in Hilo, Hawa‘i. Scoring 1130 points, Hughes-Kaluhiokalani also won the Hawaiian Language award.

She hails from Hālau Hiʻiakainamakalehua of Kalihi, O‘ahu, under the direction of Kumu Hula Robert Keʻano Kaʻupu IV and Lono Padilla.

Thirteen dancers graced the stage with both a kahiko (ancient) and auana (modern) hula as they sought the coveted title.

Last year’s Miss Aloha Hula Shalia Kapuauʻionalani Kikuyo Kamakaokalani of Maui represented Hālau Na Lei Kaumaka O Uka under the direction of kumu hula Napua Greig in her final performance,

Group competition began with the kahiko competition.

Miss Aloha Hula & Hawaiian Language Award

Taizha Keakealani Hughes-Kaluhiokalani

Halau: Hi`iakaināmakalehua

Kumu Hula: Robert Ke‘ano Ka‘upu IV & Lono Padilla

Scores: 1130 & 47

First Runner-Up

Lindsey Kahiehielauna‘ole Miwa Ching

Halau: Ka La `Ōnohi Mai O Ha‘eha‘e

Kumu Hula: Tracie & Keawe Lopes

Score: 1119

Second Runner-Up

Ka‘imilani Marie Corpuz

Hālau: Hālau Kekuaokalā‘au‘ala‘iliahi

Kumu Hula: Haunani & ‘Iliahi Paredes

Score: 1114

Third Runner-Up

Shirell Ku‘upuamakamae Holokai Paro

Hālau: Hālau Nā Mamo O Pu`uanahulu

Kumu Hula: William Kahakuleilehua Haunu‘u “Sonny” Ching & Lōpaka Igarta-De Vera

Score: 1088

Fourth Runner-Up

Alyssa Ayuma Ka‘imilani Dolbeare

Hālau: Hula Hālau ‘O Kamuela

Kumu Hula: Kunewa Mook & Kau‘ionālani Kamana‘o

Score: 1075

Tasha Kauluwehiokalani Ah Quin-Soren

Hālau Ka Liko Pua O Kalaniākea

Kumu: Kapua Dalire-Moe

Hula: Eia Au Lā E Ka Ipo Ē

Kealohilani Gardner

Kealiʻikaʻapunihonua Keʻena Aʻo Hula

Kumu: Leimomi Ho

Hula: Maikaʻi Kauaʻi

Kalena Kawohikūkapulani Young Hoʻopiʻi

Hālau O Ka Hanu Lehua

Kumu: Kamaka Kukona

Hula: Ka Laulā o Wailuku

Breann Kamakaokalani Sachiko Brewer

Hālau Hula Olana

Kumu: Howard & Olana Ai, and Shelsea Ai Apana

Hula: Ka Ipo Lei Manu

Mami Kapiʻinaakalā Erica Ogiwara

Hālau Hula Ka Lehua Tuahine

Kumu: Kaʻilihiwa Vaughan-Darval

Hula: He Wahine Holo Lio

Maile Yurika Garrett

Kawailiʻulā

Kumu: Chinky Māhoe

Hula: Aloha Kuʻu Home

Krisella Leilani Gabriele

Beamer Solomon Hālau O Poʻohala

Kumu: Hulali Solomon-Covington

Hula: He Aloha Moku O Keawe

Kiana Kaheanani Costa

Hālau Hula ʻO Kahikilaulani

Kumu: Nāhōkūokalani Gaspang

Hula: ʻAla Anuhea

Judges

Maelia Loebenstein Carter

Vicky Holt Takamine

Nālani Kanaka‘ole Zane

Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis

Nani Lim Yap

Etua Lopes

Keali‘i Reichel