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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
REBECCA IWALANI YNIGUES NAMED MISS KONA COFFEE
KONA, HAWAII¹S
BIG ISLAND(November 6, 2005)-Rebecca Iwalani
Ynigues was
crowned the new 2006 Miss Kona Coffee at the
UCC Miss Kona Coffee Pageant
held Saturday evening at Hilton Waikoloa Village.
17-year old Rebecca
Iwalani Ynigues swept the competition winning
the swimsuit, casual wear, evening wear and interview
categories.
Yniques is currently
in her senior year at Kealekehe High School.
She is the daughter of Craig and Carly Ynigues.
Rebecca performed an enchanting
Tahitian dance and hula to the music of "Mutiny¹ that
captivated both judges
and audience alike. Her platform ORecognizing
Our Veterans, Honoring
America¹s Heroes¹ paid tribute to her
father who is currently stationed in
Iraq until 2006.
First runner up was
Tioni Tamsing, followed by Corilynn Wills and
Heather Baptiste.
As a member of the Miss America organization,
the Miss Kona Coffee winner
becomes eligible to compete at the Miss Hawaii
Scholarship Pageant. Many
will remember former Miss Kona Coffee, Carolyn
Sapp, went on to become Miss
America in 1992.
Rebecca Iwalani Yniques
received a $2,000.00 scholarship, numerous other
prizes and a trip to Japan courtesy of Ueshima
Coffee UCC Hawaii Corp.
Ueshima Coffee UCC Hawaii Corp.
Tadao Ueshima started Ueshima Coffee Company
in Japan in 1933 in order to
revolutionize a new coffee trend in a country
of tea drinkers. He sought to
bring the taste of great coffees to Japan and
helped spur Japan to be the
third largest consuming nation of coffee in the
world. Ueshima Coffee
Company is now the largest provider of coffee
products in Japan and with
this growth is in a position to provide the high
quality, great coffee taste
that brings a "Good Coffee Smile" to
the faces of coffee lovers the world
over. As a part of bringing about this "Good
Coffee Smile", UCC established
Ueshima Coffee (UCC Hawaii) Corp. in Kona in
1989.
For over a decade, Ueshima Coffee UCC Hawaii
Corp. has been a proud sponsor
of the Miss Kona Coffee Pageant.
