Marissa Machida was crowned queen of the 58th Annual Cherry Blossom Festival tonight at the Hawai'i Theatre.

Machida, a 2002 graduate of Punahou School, holds a bachelor's degree in television production from Loyola Marymount University and a juris doctorate from California Western School of Law. She works as a judicial law clerk.
She is the daughter of Layne and Evelyn Machida.