Have you ever faced challenges in your career as a Pacific Islander? If so, how did you overcome them?
One of the biggest challenges I’ve faced as a Pacific Islander is being hapa [mixed], Pacific Islander and also Caucasian. Growing up looking the way I do with green eyes, and being the lightest skin of my seven siblings, I was always called haole [foreigner] or not Hawaiian enough. So…
At the end of each bracket battle, the top three queens serving the most charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent — and racking up the highest point totals — will shantay to the semi-finals. There, they’ll go wig-to-wig with the other top divas in another round of…