Iolani alumna with passion for the arts crowned Miss Hawaii 2022

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) – Enthusiastic about arts schooling within the islands, newly topped Miss Hawaii 2022 Lauren Teruya says she’s trying ahead to elevating consciousness on her social impression assertion “Arts for All.”

“Hawaii is one in every of 34 states that doesn’t require arts schooling in our public college programs,” Teruya mentioned. “Arts schooling makes an enormous distinction. Youngsters are 5 instances extra more likely to keep in class after they have entry to arts schooling, and that’s why I believe it’s so necessary that we get this transferring.”

Teruya received the Miss Hawaii crown Saturday night time on the Ala Moana Lodge. She sang and danced to a Broadway quantity and impressed the judges together with her on-stage presence and communication.

Lauren is the sister of Miss Hawaii 2017, Kathryn Teruya, making this the primary time a pair of sisters has ever held the Miss Hawaii title.

“My mother and father all the time actually inspired us to serve in our group in each capability that we presumably may, and its one thing that each one of my sisters — my older sisters and my youthful sister, is concerned in our personal methods,” she mentioned.

By means of her research, Lauren is a proud Iolani alumna who earned her B.A. Journalism and M.A. in Specialised Journalism from the College of Southern California. She additionally labored with a number of native information organizations together with a earlier internship at Hawaii Information Now.

In recent times, the Miss America group, together with native preliminaries, have shifted to strengthen their deal with feminine empowerment by schooling, group service and agency stances on present points.

“It’s not concerning the exterior, its all about what you’re doing, what your coronary heart is doing, what you’re giving to your group,” Teruya mentioned.

This 12 months marked the seventy fifth anniversary of the Miss Hawaii group.

She is going to now put together to symbolize Hawaii on the Miss America competitors in Connecticut in December.

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