Kiʻilani Arruda

Kiʻilani Arruda (born 13 April 2002) is an American activist and beauty queen who was crowned Miss Teen USA 2020. Arruda had previously been crowned Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2020; she is the second entrant from Hawaii to have been crowned Miss Teen USA.

Early life and education
Arruda was born on 13 April 2002, in Kapaa, Hawaii. She is half Filipino. She has two siblings, one with autism, that led her to became an advocate for autism awareness.

Arruda attended Island School in Lihue, where she was elected student body president and maintained a GPA of 4.0, graduating in 2020. While in high school, she was a member of her school's varsity volleyball, swim, and track and field teams. Prior to becoming Miss Teen USA, she was a freshman at the University of Puget Sound, studying molecular and cellular biology on a pre-medical track, with a minor in Spanish.

Pageantry
Arruda won Miss Kauai Teen USA 2018, which allowed her to compete in Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2019, where she reached second runner-up and was selected as Miss Congeniality. She later returned to the competition the following year, and was crowned Miss Hawaii Teen USA 2020.

As Miss Hawaii Teen USA, Arruda represented Hawaii and won at Miss Teen USA 2020. Originally planned for the spring of 2020, the competition was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and later held on November 7, 2020, at Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee. She was crowned by the outgoing titleholder Kaliegh Garris. Following her win, she became the second entrant from Hawaii to win the competition, following Kelly Hu who had been crowned Miss Teen USA 1985.