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Miss Kona Coffee 2019

By Laura Ruminski West Hawaii Today lruminski@westhawaiitoday.com | Sunday, November 11, 2018, 12:05 a.m.

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Te Ea o Te Turama performs at the Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant. ▲
Ruby Simone Jordan performs in the talent competition at the Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant. ▲
Danielle Noelani Balanay dances hula in the talent competition. ▲
Miss Kona Coffee contestants appear for the Evening Gown/Social Impact competition at the Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant Saturday evening at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. (Photos by Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today) ▲
Danielle Noelani Balanay is crowned 2019 Miss Aloha Hawaii by last year's winner Tehina Slade at the Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant Saturday evening at King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today) ▲
Ruby Simone Jordan is crowned Miss Kona Coffee 2019 Saturday evening. ▲
Ruby Simone Jordan, center reacts to being named Miss Kona Coffee 2019 at the Miss Kona Coffee Scholarship Pageant Saturday evening at King Kamehameha's Kona Beach Hotel. (Laura Ruminski/West Hawaii Today) ▲
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KAILUA-KONA — Seventeen-year -old Konawaena High School senior Ruby Simone Jordan was crowned 2019 Miss Kona Coffee Saturday night at King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel.

Danielle Noelani Balanay took the title of Miss Aloha Hawaii at the Scholarship Pageant.

Winners receive cash scholarships, a trip to Japan and eligibility to compete in the Miss Hawaii Scholarship Pageant.

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