Post WLS patient in Mrs. Hawaii pageant!!

I just wanted to share an email announcement I received from one of our Hawaii patients. She is so inspirational and a great role model for weight loss surgery.  Everyone at the practice wishes her the best of luck!!

Nicole Kimbrough
Practice Manager
The Surgical Weight Loss Center of Hawaii

Aloha,                                                                                                                           
I am proudly running in this year’s Mrs. Hawaii US pageant and seeking your help and support! Becoming a pageant contestant is a life altering experience that will allow me to obtain more than new friends, but the opportunity to gain confidence, poise, self-esteem and the opportunity to serve and benefit our community. The Mrs. Hawaii United States pageant focuses on showcasing married women for their ability to integrate intellect combined with beauty.   This year’s pageant will be held on May 23, 2008 at the Paliku Thearter.   This is a preliminary pageant for the National Mrs. United States Pageant held in Las Vegas, Nevada in July 2009 which will be televised. Last year’s pageant aired on Ion Media Networks (formerly known as “PAX" TV).   I am currently a full time student and entertainer. I fill my time singing, acting and modeling, and I am very interested in hiking, skydiving, music writing and spending time with the family.I will be contacting you to follow up on any questions or concerns you may have regarding our pageant.   I hope you will take this opportunity to be a part of a wonderful tribute to married women all over the country. And I would be happy to provide you any additional information about myself or the pageant at your request and I’d be utterly grateful for your help and support. Tickets to the pageant are available for purchase as I would love to see you at our event. Be there to support me as I go for the title of Mrs. Hawaii US 2009! Please visit www.kimhawks.com for pageant updates!

Mahalo,
Kimberly Hawks

wow this is so awesome!!!!

i am very sorry to have to tell you this and it might be too late already. that peageant is a scam. the winner is picked by cynthia aui, who you may call cindy by now. lehua nahina was last years winner and it was a scam. we voted for mrs congeniality and her friend nicole won who no one voted for. the 5 girls who competed from oahu all got some prize and the 2 other island girls went home with nothing after spending a lot of money to be in this. this pageant was a disaster last year. lehua knew 2 of the judges prior to the pageant and that is why she won, the first runner up had promised cynthis to try to get the pageant some tv time and that is why she placed. i guess cynthis was hoping that lehua would win nationals and sharon woulfd be the next in line. i have seen nothing good come of this pageant and all lehua has is to say that she was in some singing group. she doesn't go to  school like her profile says. i think she was at one time but wasnt when she entered. i havent seen any of her service to the community. i am telling you right now, get your money back because it is a scam. or tell cynthia that you know and she might give YOU the crown. i think the motto of this pageant is winning is cheating however you can, just know that whoever can do more for cynthia is going to win. you can verify this with cynthia. or ask julie chang, 2007 winner. the only reason that cythis was the 2006 winner is because she bought the pageant and the rights to it. so i guess you could say that she bought her crown.