CONAN DailyMatauaina To’omalatai crowns Miss Pacific Islands 2018 Leoshina Kariha in Nuku’alofa
Matauaina Gwendolyn To’omalatai of American Samoa won Miss Pacific Islands 2017 at the Prince Charles Park in Nadi, Fiji on December 9, 2017. Nine candidates competed for the title.
On November 30, 2018, To’omalatai crowned her successor Leoshina Mercy Kariha of Papua New Guinea at the Atele Indoor Stadium in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Six candidates competed for the title.
Miss Pacific Islands 2018 results
beauty pageant: Miss Pacific Islandsedition: 32nddate: November 30, 2018
venue: Atele Indoor Stadium, Nuku’alofa, Tonga
candidates: 6
FINALISTS
PLACEMENTCANDIDATES (COUNTRY/TERRITORY)Top 6Magalita Philomena Johnson (American Samoa)
Kalo Fungaritao (Tonga)Top 4
Lydia Simonis (Cook Islands)
Leoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea)
Sonia Piva (Samoa)
Emelipelesa Panapa (Tuvalu)
SPECIAL AWARDS
AWARDCANDIDATEMiss PhotogenicLydia Simonis (Cook Islands)Miss PersonalityLeoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea)Miss TourismLeoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea)Miss InternetLeoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea)Best TalentLeoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea)Best in InterviewLeoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea)Best in SarongSonia Piva (Samoa)WINNERS
PLACEMENT201820174thrunner-upN/ATiare Pakarati
Rapa Nui3rd
runner-upEmelipelesa Panapa
TuvaluEnerstina Bonsu-Maro
Cook Islands2nd
runner-upSonia Piva
SamoaHally Qaqa
Fiji1st
runner-upLydia Simonis
Cook IslandsAlexandra Iakopo
SamoaMiss Pacific IslandsLeoshina Mercy Kariha
Papua New GuineaMatauaina To’omalatai
American 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 Miss South Pacific, which was later renamed Miss Pacific Islands.
On December 19, 2014, Alofa Dawn Latafale Auva’a of Samoa won Miss Pacific Islands 2014 at Gym 1 in Tuanaimato, Apia, Samoa. The title was won by Abigail Havora of Papua New Guinea at the National Auditorium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands on December 12, 2015 and Anne Christine Dunn of Fiji at Gym 1 in Tuanaimato on December 2, 2016.
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