SANDWICH ISLANDS SOCIAL NETWORK - February 28, 2025

A fun conversation with Emily Smith, the reigning Miss Asia USA America 2025. We talk food, family and her dog, Hamilton! She has taken her passion of uplifting and guiding young women in life skills and careers as a pageant coach and mentor.

MIDWEEK - February 5, 2025

It was a decade ago when Emily Smith entered her very first pageant and found herself crying.

“I was really afraid of being in front of people and really afraid of being on stage,” recalls the Mililani resident, who was just 13 years old at the time. . . . .”

Now 22, and the reigning Miss Asia USA – America 2025, Smith has not only grown to love pageants, but she’s also started a pageant coaching business, Elevated Pageant Coaching.

MALAYSIA WORLD NEWS - January 11, 2025

Exclusive interview with Pageant Coach and Ambassador Model of Tokyo Couture Fashion Week, Emily Smith from Hawaii.

"How learning catwalk can build your confidence?"

NOW STYLE MAGAZINE - Issue January 2025

UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI‘I NEWS - December 23, 2024

A University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa alumna is believed to be the first person from Hawaiʻi to win a title at the Miss Asia USA pageant in its 36-year run.

Emily Smith, who graduated summa cum laude from UH Mānoa in 2022 with a bachelor’s degree IN communication in the College of Social Sciences, was crowned Miss Asia USA America 2025 on November 16 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center in California. . . . .

“It shows that no matter where you’re from, even if you’re from a small town and you don’t have as many pageant resources in Hawaiʻi, as long as you work hard and you have a good team of people and you practice hard, you can achieve your dreams,” Smith said.

MALAYSIA WORLD NEWS - December 23, 2024

LOS ANGELES: Japanese pageant coach was crowned Miss Asia USA-America 2025 and also awarded the International Global Ambassador and Best In Evening Gown titles after shining among 37 other contestants at the Miss Asia USA pageant that was hosted by the Virgelia Productions on 16th November 2024 at the Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center in Los Angeles, USA.

Emily Smith, who has a diverse background being half Japanese and half Welsh, as well as having lived in three different locations: Japan, Malaysia, and Hawaii, has always been a smart, shining girl that has made a number of great achievements at a young age.

ISSUU - June 2024

. . . As Smith has been in the pageant industry for eight years, she sees how there still is a lot of work that needs to be done when it comes to creating a more inclusive and accepting space for Asian women to win pageants and share their unique stories . . .