Wanted: Cool Cowgirls To Enter Haleiwa Pageant

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President of the Hawaii Women’s Rodeo Association,
Lu Faborito (right), stands with Miss Rodeo America
Amanda Jenkins. Faborito met with Jenkins in Las
Vegas to discuss Hawaii’s participation in the Miss
Rodeo America Pageant.

The Miss Rodeo Hawaii pageant is looking for a few great cowgirls to compete in this year’s pageant - Hawaii’s first in nine years.

The winner will go on to vie for the Miss Rodeo America title Dec. 1-8 in Las Vegas, where a total of $125,000 in scholarships await the top 15 winners.

The Miss Rodeo Hawaii pageant and crowning is set for June 30 after the day’s Hawaii Women’s Rodeo Association Jackpot rodeo. The event begins at 10 a.m. at Kawailoa Ranch in Haleiwa. Pageant application deadline is May 31. The winner receives a tiara, buckle, trophy and a $500 gift certificate to Paniolo Trading.

All Hawaii women residents who have never been married or pregnant and who are between 19 and 26 years old are eligible to compete. For details, visit www.rodeooahu.com/news. For rules, call HWRA president Lu Faborito at 696-5055.

Lu Faborito meets with directors of Miss Rodeo America
(from left) Debora Dilly, Raena Wadhams and president
Tracy Damrell. Photos from Sandy Van.

HWRA meanwhile hosts three upcoming Jackpot rodeos on Oahu, and admission and parking are free:

* May 26, two jackpot rodeos from 10 a.m. at Barbers Point Arena with open, 3D, keiki barrel racing and pole bending. Second rodeo follows immediately after.

* July 28, jackpot rodeo starts at 10 a.m. at DK Ranch Arena in Waimanalo with the same events.

For more information, call John Teixeira at 389-9884 or visit www.rodeooahu.com

HWRA ends it season with a bang Sept. 8 when the 15th annual Teixeira Performance Horses All-Girls Rodeo comes to Kualoa Ranch starting at 9 a.m. Events include breakaway roping, team roping, goat tying, barrel racing, pole bending, steer undecorating and a special exhibition event of “mixed barrels,” featuring team competitions among the state’s top men and women barrel racers. Tickets are $7 in advance or $9 at the gate.