A renowned hula dancer, who won the prestigious Miss Aloha Hula title in 2005, has tragically died at a hospital in Hawaii.
Maile Emily Francisco, 45, died Sunday morning at Kaiser Permanente Moanalua Medical Center on Oahu, her family said in a statement.
The cause of death was not immediately released.
Her brother, Kapua Francisco, described her as the ‘most beautiful person, soul, and hula dancer.’
He said Francisco began learning the art of hula at a traditional hula school when she was a young girl, according to Hawaii News Now.
She trained with Kumu Hula Leimomi Ho at the Kealiʻikaʻapunihonua Keʻena Aʻo Hula school.
She
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