Photo courtesy of Bryce Johnson
Hawaii is Sonya’s home and her career has taken off from the islands first in modeling, then as Miss Hawaii for Miss Teen USA 2004 where she was 1st runner-up, and then with a starring role in the long running TV series filmed in Hawaii Beyond the Break (2004-2009). Sonya was in Los Angeles to support her feature film debut, Soul Surfer which had it’s red carpet event last week. We grabbed her before she left for Hawaii and sat down to talk about her career and Soul Surfer. The film hits theaters this Friday, April 8th.

Photographed and Edited by Eric Chenjie Pan

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