LIHUE — The journey to the Miss Hawaii Filipina 2025 crown on Kauai started Wednesday when the Miss Oahu Filipina and the Miss Maui Filipina candidates arrived on the Garden Island to prepare for the pageant on Saturday evening.

Miss Oahu Filipina Inda Ching, and Miss Maui Filipina Bernadette Acaso — she said they’re the first Acasos on Maui — joined Miss Kauai Filipina Khiani Garcia, and the reigning Miss Hawaii Filipina Jaslen Valdez performed the traditional protocol of meeting with Mayor Derek S.K. Kawakami prior to getting involved in any of the pageantry-related activities.

The Miss Hawaii Filipina Pageant is an integral arm of the United Filipino Councils of Hawaii that will be hosting its state convention on Kauai, this year at the Kauai Philippines Cultural Center. The Miss Hawa

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