Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya Appearances in 2013

Tiare-Lee Shibuya on the even of her coronation as Miss Ka'u Coffee with her predecessor, and sister, Brandy Shibuya at right, who served as Queen from 2011 to 2013. Photo by Geneveve Fyvie

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya
served as a judge for the 2013
Triple C Recipe Contest.
Photo by Julia Neal

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya
 performed hula at the 2013
 Triple C Recipe Contest.
Photo by Julia Neal

Tiare-Lee Shibuya, daughter of police office Dane and Terry-Lee Shibuya, of Wai'ohinu, was named Queen for 2013-2014 at the Miss Ka'u Coffee Pageant held on April 26, 2013. Her talent is hula. Tiare-Lee is a graduate of Kameahameha Schools, attends Hawai'i Community College and plans to be a nurse. She won a $1,000 scholarship presented by the Edmund C. Olson Trust II.

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya
rode through Na'alehu during the
Fourth of July Parade in the back of
Dexter Lee's classic 50's corvette.
Photo by Julia Neal

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya
waved to the public from the back of
Aikane Plantation Coffee's Corvette
at Volcano's Fourth of July Parade.
Photo by David Boyle

During the eight days following her coronation, Tiare-Lee attended, assisted and performed at various Ka'u Coffee Festival events.

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya
and Volcano Rain Forest Runs organizer
Sharron Faff. Photo by Julia Neal

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya
attended the 2013 Ka'u Chamber of
Commerce Scholarship award ceremony
and encouraged the recipients to keep
striving toward their educational goals.
Photo by Julia Neal

Throughout the year of her reign, Tiare-Lee has attended several island events and schools, representing the well-renowned coffee growing region of Ka'u, Hawai'i. Her schedule has included teaching ti leaf lei making to elementary school students, hula class and participating in a May Day event, helping with a health fair at Kamehameha School, Heart Walk, participating in both the Na'alehu and Volcano Independence Day parades, giving out educational scholarships on behalf of the Ka'u Chamber of Commerce, starting the Volcano Rain Forest Runs, performing a solo at the Evangelical Community Church's first annual Ho'olaule'a, and participating in the Pahala Christmas Parade. She has also volunteered at the Tropic Care free health clinics and with cleaning up Highway 11 and Punalu'u Pond with the O Ka'u Kakou community organization.

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya gave the starting yell for two of the three races at the 2013 Volcano Rain Forest
 Runs. Photo by Julia Neal

Miss Ka'u Coffee Tiare-Lee Shibuya braved the possibility
of rain in a convertible at the Pahala Christmas Parade.
Photo by Julia Neal

Tiare-Lee will perform at the upcoming Miss Ka'u Coffee Pageant set for the evening of May 4, 2014, at Ka'u Coffee Mill where she will pass the crown onto a new Queen.

For more about the upcoming pageant, to apply or to volunteer, visit kaucoffeefestival.com.