Closing the circle
	On Oct. 15, 2000, Angela Perez Baraquio was crowned Miss America 2001 by Miss America 2000 Heather French. "I hope to make (people in Hawai'i) proud," she said after winning. On Sept. 22, 2001, Baraquio crowns Miss Oregon Katie Harman Miss America 2002 at the Atlantic City, N.J., Boardwalk Convention Hall. Agence France-Press Associated Press

	Honolulu Advertiser coverage
	Readers send greetings to Hawai'i's Miss America June 16, 2001 - Double celebration at Miss Hawai'i pageant Dec. 17, 2000 - Miss America introduces her national platform Nov. 19, 2000 - Just ask Angela, Miss America Nov. 14, 2000 - Miss America 'breathless' at amount of her support Nov. 13, 2000 - Angela Baraquio: Beauty in every sense of the word Nov. 13, 2000 - To friends, 'She's just Angie' Nov. 12, 2000- Miss America glad to be home Nov. 7, 2000 - Miss America to visit home soil this weekend Oct. 17, 2000 - Miss America almost missed out Oct. 16, 2000 - Miss America teaching way of 'colorblind' Oct. 15, 2000 - Hawai'i schoolteacher crowned Miss America Q&A on the contest Hawai'i's first Miss America June 20, 2000 - Miss Hawai'i has got game, as a teacher June 10, 2000 - Leeward contestant named Miss Hawai'i Video of the winning moment.

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	Tini Grey proposed to Miss America Angela Perez Baraquio during the Honolulu celebrity's appearance June 15 at the Miss Hawai'i pageant. She accepted. Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser Miss America, Miss America. Angela Baraquio has been there, done that. She has a laugh with makeup specialist Patty Kuamoo and hair designer Dennis Guillermo backstage at the Miss Hawai'i Pageant at the Hilton Hawaiian Village. Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser Miss West O'ahu, Denby Dung, was named Miss Hawai'i June 15. Miss Hawai'i 2000, Billie Kiyoka Takaki, crowned Dung. Eugene Tanner • The Honolulu Advertiser Angela Perez Baraquio of Hawai‘i, the reigning Miss America, greeted viewers of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade as she rode down Broadway aboard the Old Lahaina Lua‘u float. Associated Press Angela Baraquio, rear, and the Old Lahaina Lua‘u hula dancers wave from the float. Temperatures were in the 30s in New York City during Thanksgiving. Associated Press
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