HCR40

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES	H.C.R. NO.	40
TWENTY-SECOND LEGISLATURE, 2004
STATE OF HAWAII

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HOUSE CONCURRENT

RESOLUTION

 

designating that miss hawai`i, of the miss america scholarship program, shall serve as the official honorary hostess of the state of hawai`i during her term as miss hawai`i.

 

WHEREAS, the Miss America Scholarship Program, established in 1921, and its preliminary pageants comprise the largest women's scholarship foundation in the world, offering $45 million to its contestants nationwide in 2002 alone; and

WHEREAS, it is the oldest, most prestigious competition for young women in America, and unlike other contests, is a non-profit endeavor; and

WHEREAS, the Miss American organization provides its participants with a vehicle to further their personal and professional goals and instills a spirit of community service through a variety of unique nationwide community-based programs; and

WHEREAS, the Miss Hawai`i Pageant held its first contest in 1948 and has done so each year as the official preliminary for the Miss America pageant; and

WHEREAS, the pageant's participants, who are interested foremost in their education, are judged on the basis of the whole person including talent, intelligence, poise, beauty, aloha spirit, as well as their platform, and seek to represent Hawaii in the annual national pageant; and

WHEREAS, a young lady possessing these attributes would be an ideal person to serve as the official honorary hostess of Hawai`i; and

WHEREAS, many other states, including Nevada, Arkansas, Arizona, Mississippi, South Carolina, Missouri, Louisiana, Florida, and Kentucky, have their respective official preliminary Miss America contestant winners serve as official hostesses of their states; and

WHEREAS, it would be a great benefit to the State of Hawai`i to have a Miss Hawai`i serve as the official honorary hostess to assist the Governor with ceremonial functions such as welcoming visiting dignitaries, attending important events, and assisting with various duties that may arise; now, therefore,

BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the Twenty-Second Legislature of the State of Hawai`i, Regular Session of 2004, the Senate concurring, that the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate of the State of Hawai`i proclaim that the woman chosen as Miss Hawai`i of the Miss America Scholarship Program serve as the official honorary hostess of Hawai`i during her term as Miss Hawai`i; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that certified copies of this Concurrent Resolution be transmitted to the Miss Hawai`i Scholarship Program, the current reigning Miss Hawai`i, the Miss America Scholarship Program Organization, and the Governor of the State of Hawai`i.

 

 

	OFFERED BY:	_____________________________
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Report Title:

Designating the reigning Miss Hawai`i to be the official, honorary hostess of the State of Hawai`i.