In the end, Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao of Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leināʻala on Kauaʻi was named this year’s Miss Aloha Hula. She also won the Hawaiian Language Award. “I came out here ...

Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao was named Miss Aloha Hula 2025 at the 62nd Annual Merrie Monarch Festival on Thursday night at the Edith Kanakaʻole Stadium in Hilo, Hawaiʻi. Pavao is both a ...

Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina‘ala took home the most prestigious award that can be conferred upon a solo hula dancer. Thirteen young women vied for the honor on ...

Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao, from Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā’ala on Kaua‘i, captured the 2025 Miss Aloha Hula title. (Kelsey Walling/Big Island Now) Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao ...

Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao of Halau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leina‘ala took home the most prestigious award that can be conferred upon a solo hula dancer. Thirteen young women vied for the honor on ...

HILO, Hawai'i (Island News) -- Jaedyn Janae Puahaulani Pavao has been crowned Miss Aloha Hula 2025. She hails from Hālau Ka Lei Mokihana o Leinā'ala in Kalaheo, Kaua'i, under the guidance of her ...

Thirteen contestants competed for the title of Miss Aloha Hula, including Jaedyn Pavao, representing Kauaʻi's only hālau in this year's festival. The Kukuiolono native grew up immersed in the hula. "I ...

“Our community is plagued with mental illness,” Elko resident Morgan Pavao, who serves as a site coordinator for Communities in Schools in Northeastern Nevada, said via email. “I have lost family and ...

LIHUE — Like soldiers heading to a big battle, the students of Kumu Hula Leinaala Pavao Jardin and Halau Ka Lei Mokihana O Leinaala collected at the Lihue Airport on Monday morning. Hilo Hattie ...

HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - With sharp eyes like a Hawaiian hawk, Kumu Leināʻala Pavao Jardin of Kalaheo Kauaʻi carefully watches over her dances as they practice. She focuses on the slightest ...

More than 100 presidents of American colleges and universities have signed a statement denouncing the Trump administration’s “unprecedented government overreach and political interference ...