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Former Miss Lancaster crowned Miss Latina Hawaii

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Tiffany Johnson [contributed]
Tiffany Johnson [contributed]
Former Miss Lancaster Tiffany Johnson was crowned winner of the Miss Latina Hawaii Scholarship Pageant on Saturday, Jan. 23, at the Mamiya Theater in Honolulu.

The coronation enters the Antelope Valley teen into the 2016 Miss Hawaii Scholarship Pageant, the preliminary pageant for the Miss America Pageant.

“I am grateful for the scholarship funds and I hope to make the AV proud in the Miss Hawaii Pageant,” Tiffany said.

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Tiffany is now an education major at the University of Hawaii.

While in the Antelope Valley, Tiffany served as a Student Ambassador at Paraclete High School, as a Youth Commissioner for the city of Lancaster, and was a member of several award-winning dance teams.

Tiffany was crowned Miss Lancaster 2012, as well as Miss High Desert 2014, and she competed in the 2014 Miss California Pageant.

Tiffany also found time to establish a nonprofit organization called Together in Faith and Family® (TIFF), which distributed more than 1,400 toys and bicycles to underprivileged local children. TIFF also raised approximately $5,000 for an annual holiday Santa visit in conjunction with Caring for the Community at the University of Antelope Valley.

Tiffany incorporated the nonprofit organization at age 17, and she plans to revitalize the charity when she returns to the Antelope Valley.

She hopes to one day establish a local high school based in academic excellence and the arts, with scholarships catering to underprivileged youth.

Tiffany is the daughter of Marco and Sandra Johnson, founders of the University of Antelope Valley.

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6 comments for "Former Miss Lancaster crowned Miss Latina Hawaii"

  1. Congrats Tiffany!
    @GMG how did her parents fix the competition based on them being the co-founders of UAV? nothing to do with beauty pageants.

    @moolamoola, Are you saying the AV has nothing to offer? if your a kid that loves
    off-roading, riding horses, hiking desert landscapes, then this place is for you. If not than it’s not. I love living in the desert, there is so much to do out here but you have to leave your couch to do it, and know the right people to introduce you to it. Please remember we have grown from a farming community so if it’s the lack of nightlife and partying that you dislike about this town please remember that’s not what it’s origins or purpose were. We did not start as an entertainment district.

    @ryan, her father is an alumni of U of H, She has family that works and lives out there. She had the opportunity to go to school out there herself. You want to hate because she chose to follow in her fathers footsteps when it came to education? it did him well, why not try to emulate your role models?

    Let’s not confuse what she is doing as a target for your own personal grievances you may have with U.A.V. or her parents. We all know someone that went to college, regardless of the prestige and history of the school, and have regretted it blaming everyone and everything for why their education was useless. GOING TO COLLEGE IS NOT A GUARANTEE TO SUCCEED! its just the start of a longer process.

    Success does not require excuses, and failure shouldn’t get any.
    If any of you are offended, I apologize. That was not the intent of my post. Simply trying to bring additional information to the conversation.

  2. “She hopes to one day establish a local high school based in academic excellence and the arts, with scholarships catering to underprivileged youth.” Isn’t that what Paraclete does now?

  3. Of course she won she is the daughter of the founding fathers of the university so fix it no one else had a chance

  4. Come on can’t anyone leave a congratulations !! AV is proud. CONGRATS TIFF YOU MAKE USE ALL PROUD..you succeed in everything you do keep up the great work..