Another contestant even managed to hula hoop down the catwalk while wearing his beard full of bees.
To many in the business, mashups are still a Hula Hoop, a game for kids.
Securing the rest may be a bit more difficult, especially given the economic climate, Hula said.
"It's got subways, it's got hotels, it's got tourist infrastructure like restaurants, the theaters, " Hula said.
"The final group of sponsors may be tougher to get than initially expected, " Hula said.
She now sells weighted two-pound fitness hula hoops used for fitness through her Southern California company, Hoopnotica.
But on its own, Hoopnotica has become the largest distributor of fitness hula hoops in the world.
End each day exploring Honolulu's cuisine scene and enjoying heavenly Hawaiian music and hula with sunset cocktails by the ocean.
Recently, the space held a harpist, hurdy gurdy player, flamed hula hoopers and a folk-punk variety show called Folktopia.
At one of the reception desks, a pretty, cleavage-baring brunette named Heaven challenged him to a hula-hoop contest.
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The line to get in snaked around the block, and a hula-hoop troop kept the crowd outside amused.
The line is not entirely humourless, with stickers of a hula-hooping watermelon and a happy orange waving a pennant.
Exactly the course taken years ago by Wham-O, makers of the Hula Hoop.
When quoting her that year on the emerging hula-hoop fad, The Wall Street Journal didn't omit her hair color either.
One Hawaiian hula video offers a high-spirited three-minute routine, targeting troubled thighs, legs and abs as well as potential mates.
The first, is a fitness study that was just released this year which compared hula hooping to other popular forms of fitness.
Like Hula Hoops and Razor scooters, fads take off like a rocket, peak and fizzle quickly as they pass through large populations.
Stephanie Riedel, who traveled to the pot celebration from Pittsburgh, said she was dancing with a hula hoop when she heard pops.
Or forget hula hoops and pogo sticks and produce something entirely new.
What the city already has in place is a tourist infrastructure that should serve the city well during the Olympics period, Hula said.
And Marissa Tomei and Jane Fonda loved the hula hoop so much they tried to start their own hula hoop distribution companies, which failed.
I've heard that some of you wanted to join in the hula dancing -- (laughter) -- I'm sorry we did not give you that opportunity.
Smaller competitors include Hoopenanigans, Superhooper, which also sell hula hoops.
Hula dancers, Hawaiians appearing through windows that come out of thin air and kaleidoscopic designs are among the images that made appearances throughout the day.
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Catch sunset torch lightings, hula shows and conch-blowing ceremonies plus crowds of tourists and locals who clap as the sun disappears and casts a glow over Diamond Head.
The risk is that, unless their strictures lead to action, the monitors' job will seem pointless and go the way of the crossing-sweeper, typewriter designer and hula-hoop maker.
They did pushups, twirled hula hoops, and competed at dodge ball and tug-of-war before the first lady triumphed over the comedian in a climactic potato sack race.
Legacy for the sports venues -- making sure they won't be white elephants after the Games -- will differentiate London from last year's Olympics in Beijing, Hula said.
Sure, my personality was a little hampered by shyness and I did a few dumb things like dropping a ball on her daughter's head and tripping over a Hula-Hoop.
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