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| office = Minority Leader of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives]]
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| birth_name = Lauren Kealohilani Cheape
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| education = [[University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br>[[Hawaii Pacific University]] ([[Master of Business Administration|MBA]])
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'''Lauren Cheape Matsumoto''' (born August 16, 1987) is an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and [[beauty pageant]] titleholder, who is a member of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives|Hawaii State House]] representing Hawaii's 45th District. Matsumoto represents [[Schofield Barracks|Schofield]], [[Mokuleia, Hawaii|Mokuleia]], [[Waialua, Hawaii|Waialua]], [[Kunia, Hawaii|Kunia]], [[Waipio Acres, Hawaii|Waipio Acres]], and her hometown of [[Mililani, Hawaii|Mililani]] in the [[Hawaii House of Representatives|Hawaii State House of Representatives]]. She holds the title of [[Miss Hawaii]] 2011, and competed in the [[Miss America 2012]] pageant in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lauren Cheape crowned Miss Hawaii |url=http://www.khon2.com/content/news/developingstories/story/Lauren-Cheape-crowned-Miss-Hawaii/P8JhA0h9akieaDjoCFo6Rg.cspx |publisher=KHON 2 |date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403005647/http://www.khon2.com/content/news/developingstories/story/Lauren-Cheape-crowned-Miss-Hawaii/P8JhA0h9akieaDjoCFo6Rg.cspx |archivedate=April 3, 2012 }}</ref> She was born and raised in Mililani, Hawaii.
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'''Lauren Kealohilani Cheape Matsumoto''' (born August 16, 1987) is an American politician and beauty pageant titleholder who currently serves as a member of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives|Hawaii State House]] from Hawaii's 38th District, previously the 45th District from 2012 to 2022. Matsumoto represents [[Schofield Barracks|Schofield]], [[Mokuleia, Hawaii|Mokuleia]], [[Waialua, Hawaii|Waialua]], [[Kunia, Hawaii|Kunia]], [[Waipio Acres, Hawaii|Waipio Acres]], and her hometown of [[Mililani, Hawaii|Mililani]] in the [[Hawaii House of Representatives|Hawaii State House of Representatives]]. She holds the title of [[Miss Hawaii]] 2011, and competed in the [[Miss America 2012]] pageant in [[Las Vegas Valley|Las Vegas]], [[Nevada]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Lauren Cheape crowned Miss Hawaii |url=http://www.khon2.com/content/news/developingstories/story/Lauren-Cheape-crowned-Miss-Hawaii/P8JhA0h9akieaDjoCFo6Rg.cspx |publisher=KHON 2 |date=June 4, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120403005647/http://www.khon2.com/content/news/developingstories/story/Lauren-Cheape-crowned-Miss-Hawaii/P8JhA0h9akieaDjoCFo6Rg.cspx |archive-date=April 3, 2012}}</ref> She was born and raised in Mililani, Hawaii.


==Personal life==
==Personal life==
Matsumoto was born Lauren Cheape and raised in [[Mililani, Hawaii|Mililani]], where she attended Mililani Waena Elementary, was a member of the first class to attend Mililani Middle School, and graduated from [[Mililani High School]]. She participated in many activities, including the jump rope team, volleyball, swimming, water polo, and the symphonic ensemble.
Matsumoto was born Lauren Kealohilani Cheape and raised in [[Mililani, Hawaii|Mililani]] on O'ahu, where she attended Mililani Waena Elementary, was a member of the first class to attend Mililani Middle School, and graduated from [[Mililani High School]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}} She participated in many activities, including the jump rope team, volleyball, swimming, water polo, and the symphonic ensemble.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}


Cheape graduated from [[University of Hawai'i]] Academy for Creative Media with a B.A. in film production and minored in both Business and Japanese. Her first experience with the legislature was with her documentary, ''Farm Grown,'' which helped pass the Feed Subsidy Bill. Cheape was a four-year Division I scholar-athlete at the University of Hawai‘i as a Wahine Water Polo player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9486&path=wwp|title=Lauren Cheape - Women's Water Polo|website=University of Hawai'i at Manoa Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> She was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and initiated the C.A.R.E. (Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone) program, which uses [[Student athlete|student-athletes]] to encourage youth to excel in academics and participate in athletics. Cheape earned an MBA from [[Hawaii Pacific University]] in May 2015.
Cheape graduated from [[University of Hawaiʻi]] Academy for Creative Media with a B.A. in film production and minored in both Business and Japanese. Her first experience with the legislature was with her documentary, ''Farm Grown,'' which helped pass the Feed Subsidy Bill. Cheape was a four-year Division I scholar-athlete at the University of Hawaiʻi as a [[Hawaii Rainbow Warriors and Rainbow Wahine|Wahine Water Polo]] player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://hawaiiathletics.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=9486&path=wwp|title=Lauren Cheape – Women's Water Polo|website=University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref> She was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and initiated the C.A.R.E. (Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone) program, which uses [[Student athlete|student-athletes]] to encourage youth to excel in academics and participate in athletics. Cheape earned an MBA from [[Hawaii Pacific University]] in May 2015.


In July 2013, Cheape married Scott Matsumoto, a firefighter for the [[Honolulu Fire Department]], and changed her name to Lauren Matsumoto. The pair met at their church, One Love, where they are active members. Their first child, Noah, was born in August 2017.
In July 2013, Cheape married Scott Matsumoto, a firefighter for the [[Honolulu Fire Department]], and changed her name to Lauren Matsumoto. The pair met at their church, One Love, where they are active members. Their first child, Noah, was born in August 2017.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}


==Beauty pageants==
==Beauty pageants==
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Matsumoto competed at Miss Hawaii 2011 as Miss East Oahu. Her talent was a jump rope routine, which she took up after seeing a jump rope team perform at her school.<ref name="local">{{cite news|title=Miss Hawaii contestant profile: Lauren Cheape, Miss East Oahu|url=http://www.khon2.com/mostpopular/story/Miss-Hawaii-contestant-profile-Lauren-Cheape-Miss/q2QvRVpCQE-Vd2KQ27qj9Q.cspx|publisher=KHON 2|date=May 29, 2011}}</ref> Her platform is C.A.R.E.: Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone.<ref name="program">{{cite news|title=Miss East Oahu Page of Miss Hawaii 2011 Program Book|url=http://www.hidili.com/missHawaiiOrganization/missHawaiiProgram/|publisher=Miss Hawaii Organization|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725092622/http://www.hidili.com/missHawaiiOrganization/missHawaiiProgram/|archive-date=July 25, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> She won the Miss Hawaii title on her fourth try. She represented Hawaii at the [[National Sweetheart]] 2010 pageant, a spot she earned by placing 2nd runner-up to Miss Hawaii 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=National Sweetheart|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/national/national_sweetheart.htm|publisher=Pageantopolis|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722134057/http://www.pageantopolis.com/national/national_sweetheart.htm|archive-date=July 22, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She was named a Quality of Life Finalist and won the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Award for most money raised in the country, which benefited [[Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children]], at the [[Miss America 2012]] pageant.<ref>{{cite news|title=2012 Miss America photos: IHOP breakfast, Quality of Life finalists|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jan/06/2012-miss-america-photos-ihop-breakfast-quality-li/|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|date=January 6, 2012}}</ref>

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Matsumoto competed at Miss Hawaii 2011 as Miss East Oahu. Her talent was a jump rope routine, which she took up after seeing a jump rope team perform at her school.<ref name="local">{{cite news|title=Miss Hawaii contestant profile: Lauren Cheape, Miss East Oahu|url=http://www.khon2.com/mostpopular/story/Miss-Hawaii-contestant-profile-Lauren-Cheape-Miss/q2QvRVpCQE-Vd2KQ27qj9Q.cspx|publisher=KHON 2|date=May 29, 2011}}</ref> Her platform is C.A.R.E.: Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone.<ref name="program">{{cite news|title=Miss East Oahu Page of Miss Hawaii 2011 Program Book|url=http://www.hidili.com/missHawaiiOrganization/missHawaiiProgram/|publisher=Miss Hawaii Organization|date=|access-date=June 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725092622/http://www.hidili.com/missHawaiiOrganization/missHawaiiProgram/|archive-date=July 25, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> She won the Miss Hawaii title on her fourth try. She represented Hawaii at the [[National Sweetheart]] 2010 pageant, a spot she earned by placing 2nd runner-up to Miss Hawaii 2010.<ref>{{cite news|title=National Sweetheart|url=http://www.pageantopolis.com/national/national_sweetheart.htm|publisher=Pageantopolis|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150722134057/http://www.pageantopolis.com/national/national_sweetheart.htm|archivedate=July 22, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref> She was named a Quality of Life Finalist and won the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Award for most money raised in the country, which benefited [[Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children]], at the [[Miss America 2012]] pageant.<ref>{{cite news|title=2012 Miss America photos: IHOP breakfast, Quality of Life finalists|url=http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2012/jan/06/2012-miss-america-photos-ihop-breakfast-quality-li/|publisher=Las Vegas Sun|date=January 6, 2012}}</ref>


==Political career==
==Political career==

Matsumoto ran a successful campaign for election in 2012 to the newly formed District 45 of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives|Hawaii State House]] on [[Oahu]], [[Hawaii]]. District 45 comprises Matsumoto's hometown of Mililani as well as [[Schofield Barracks|Schofield]], [[Wheeler Army Airfield|Wheeler]], [[Mokulēia, Hawaii|Mokuleia]], and [[Waialua, Hawaii|Waialua]]. She ran unopposed in the primaries as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate.
Matsumoto ran a successful campaign for election in 2012 to the newly formed District 45 of the [[Hawaii House of Representatives|Hawaii State House]] on [[Oahu]], [[Hawaii]]. District 45 comprises Matsumoto's hometown of Mililani as well as [[Schofield Barracks|Schofield]], [[Wheeler Army Airfield|Wheeler]], [[Mokulēia, Hawaii|Mokuleia]], and [[Waialua, Hawaii|Waialua]]. She ran unopposed in the primaries as a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] candidate.


Matsumoto campaigned on expanding local agriculture, strengthening education, improving the local economy, and advocating for responsible environmental policies.
Matsumoto campaigned on expanding local agriculture, strengthening education, improving the local economy, and advocating for responsible environmental policies.{{Citation needed|date=May 2021}}


Matsumoto was hospitalized with [[occupational burnout]] for two weeks during her first term in office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governing.com/23-percent-podcast/gov-lauren-matsumoto-hawaii.html|title=A Cautionary Tale for the Newly Elected|last=Quinn|first=Mattie|date=December 11, 2018|website=www.governing.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref>
Matsumoto was hospitalized with [[occupational burnout]] for two weeks during her first term in office.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governing.com/23-percent-podcast/gov-lauren-matsumoto-hawaii.html|title=A Cautionary Tale for the Newly Elected|last=Quinn|first=Mattie|date=December 11, 2018|website=www.governing.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-06}}</ref>

==Community service and awards==
Representative Matsumoto is an active member of the Council of State Government (CSG) and was selected to attend their Western Legislative Academy program in 2014. She was then named a Toll Fellow in 2015, participating in CSG's selective leadership development program for state officials. In 2015 she was also chosen to be a part of Governing Institute inaugural class of women in government. In addition, she was elected as the Western Regional Board director on the Women In Government National Board, having previously served as the Hawaii State Director. Lauren also serves as a founding member of the Echelon Board of the [[The Salvation Army|Salvation Army]] - Hawaiian and Pacific Islands.


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*[https://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/memberpage.aspx?member=matsumoto Official legislative website]
* Official Website - www.RepMatsumoto.com
*Official Website – www.RepMatsumoto.com


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Revision as of 05:08, 4 December 2024

Lauren Matsumoto
Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 8, 2022
Preceded byVal Okimoto
Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 6, 2012
Preceded byConstituency established
Constituency45th District (2012–2022)
38th District (2022–Present)
Personal details
Born
Lauren Kealohilani Cheape

(1987-08-16) August 16, 1987 (age 37)
Mililani, Hawaii, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Scott Matsumoto
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(m. 2013)​
Children2
EducationUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (BA)
Hawaii Pacific University (MBA)
WebsiteOfficial website

Lauren Kealohilani Cheape Matsumoto (born August 16, 1987) is an American politician and beauty pageant titleholder who currently serves as a member of the Hawaii State House from Hawaii's 38th District, previously the 45th District from 2012 to 2022. Matsumoto represents Schofield, Mokuleia, Waialua, Kunia, Waipio Acres, and her hometown of Mililani in the Hawaii State House of Representatives. She holds the title of Miss Hawaii 2011, and competed in the Miss America 2012 pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada.[1] She was born and raised in Mililani, Hawaii.

Personal life

Matsumoto was born Lauren Kealohilani Cheape and raised in Mililani on O'ahu, where she attended Mililani Waena Elementary, was a member of the first class to attend Mililani Middle School, and graduated from Mililani High School.[citation needed] She participated in many activities, including the jump rope team, volleyball, swimming, water polo, and the symphonic ensemble.[citation needed]

Cheape graduated from University of Hawaiʻi Academy for Creative Media with a B.A. in film production and minored in both Business and Japanese. Her first experience with the legislature was with her documentary, Farm Grown, which helped pass the Feed Subsidy Bill. Cheape was a four-year Division I scholar-athlete at the University of Hawaiʻi as a Wahine Water Polo player.[2] She was also a member of the Student Athlete Advisory Committee and initiated the C.A.R.E. (Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone) program, which uses student-athletes to encourage youth to excel in academics and participate in athletics. Cheape earned an MBA from Hawaii Pacific University in May 2015.

In July 2013, Cheape married Scott Matsumoto, a firefighter for the Honolulu Fire Department, and changed her name to Lauren Matsumoto. The pair met at their church, One Love, where they are active members. Their first child, Noah, was born in August 2017.[citation needed]

Beauty pageants

Matsumoto competed at Miss Hawaii 2011 as Miss East Oahu. Her talent was a jump rope routine, which she took up after seeing a jump rope team perform at her school.[3] Her platform is C.A.R.E.: Collegiate Athletes Reaching Everyone.[4] She won the Miss Hawaii title on her fourth try. She represented Hawaii at the National Sweetheart 2010 pageant, a spot she earned by placing 2nd runner-up to Miss Hawaii 2010.[5] She was named a Quality of Life Finalist and won the Children's Miracle Network Hospitals Award for most money raised in the country, which benefited Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children, at the Miss America 2012 pageant.[6]

Political career

Matsumoto ran a successful campaign for election in 2012 to the newly formed District 45 of the Hawaii State House on Oahu, Hawaii. District 45 comprises Matsumoto's hometown of Mililani as well as Schofield, Wheeler, Mokuleia, and Waialua. She ran unopposed in the primaries as a Republican candidate.

Matsumoto campaigned on expanding local agriculture, strengthening education, improving the local economy, and advocating for responsible environmental policies.[citation needed]

Matsumoto was hospitalized with occupational burnout for two weeks during her first term in office.[7]

References

  1. ^ "Lauren Cheape crowned Miss Hawaii". KHON 2. June 4, 2011. Archived from the original on April 3, 2012.
  2. ^ "Lauren Cheape – Women's Water Polo". University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
  3. ^ "Miss Hawaii contestant profile: Lauren Cheape, Miss East Oahu". KHON 2. May 29, 2011.
  4. ^ "Miss East Oahu Page of Miss Hawaii 2011 Program Book". Miss Hawaii Organization. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011. Retrieved June 11, 2011.
  5. ^ "National Sweetheart". Pageantopolis. Archived from the original on July 22, 2015.
  6. ^ "2012 Miss America photos: IHOP breakfast, Quality of Life finalists". Las Vegas Sun. January 6, 2012.
  7. ^ Quinn, Mattie (December 11, 2018). "A Cautionary Tale for the Newly Elected". www.governing.com. Retrieved April 6, 2019.
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Jalee Fuselier
 Miss Hawaii
2011 		Succeeded by
Skyler Kamaka
Hawaii House of Representatives
Preceded by Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
from the 45th district
2012–2022 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Member of the Hawaii House of Representatives
from the 38th district
2022–present 		Incumbent
Preceded by Minority Leader of the Hawaii House of Representatives
2022–present
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