Fonoifafo McFarland-Seumanu crowns Miss Pacific Islands 2023 Josie Nicholas in Apia
Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu of Samoa won Miss Pacific Islands 2019 at The Stanley Hotel and Suites in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea on November 30, 2019. She held the title from 2020 to 2022 amid the new coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
On February 3, 2023, McFarland-Seumanu crowned her successor Josie Nicholas of Papua New Guinea at Gym 1 in Tuanaimato, Apia, Samoa. Five candidates competed for the title.
Miss Pacific Islands 2023 results
beauty pageant:
Miss Pacific Islandsedition: 34th
date: February 3, 2023
venue: Gym 1, Tuanaimato, Apia, Samoa
candidates: 5
CANDIDATES
COUNTRYCANDIDATE, AGEAmerican Samoa
Kauhani Meaalofa Teisa Fuimaono, 24Nauru
Alexandra Melody Pitcher, 24Papua New Guinea
Josie Nicholas, 24Samoa
Haylani Pearl Mataupu Kuruppu, 24Solomon Islands
Tiare Taisia Haro, 19
SPECIAL AWARDS
AWARDCANDIDATEMiss Photogenic
Kauhani Fuimaono (American Samoa)Miss Personality
Alexander Pitcher (Nauru)Best Talent
Josie Nicholas (Papua New Guinea)Best in Interview
Tiare Haro (Solomon Islands)Best in Traditional Wear
Kauhani Fuimaono (American Samoa)Best in Sarong
Haylani Kuruppu (Samoa)People’s Choice
Josie Nicholas (Papua New Guinea)National Tourism Awardee
Tiare Haro (Solomon Islands)
WINNERS
PLACEMENT202320194th
runner-up
N/AYehenara SoukopTonga3rd
runner-up
N/AHerevai Hoat Tahiti2nd
runner-up
Kauhani FuimaonoAmerican Samoa
Lucy MainoPapua New Guinea1st
runner-up
Haylani KuruppuSamoa
Gladys HabuSolomon Islands
Miss PacificIslandsJosie NicholasPapua New Guinea
Fonoifafo McFarland-Seumanu Samoa
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Juliette Caroline Spencer of American Samoa won the inaugural edition of Miss South Pacific, which was founded by the government of Samoa in 1987. In 2013, Teuira Napa of the Cook Islands became the last winner of the title.
In 2014, the beauty pageant was renamed Miss Pacific Islands and was won by Alofa Dawn Latafale Auva’a of Samoa. It was won by Abigail Havora of Papua New Guinea in 2015, Anne Christine Dunn of Fiji in 2016, Matauaina To’omalatai of American Samoa in 2017 and Leoshina Mercy Kariha of Papua New Guinea in 2018.
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