Tajiya Sahay crowns Miss Cook Islands 2025 Tiare Henry-Anguna in Avarua, Rarotonga

Tajiya Eikura Sahay competed against six other Miss Cook Islands 2019 candidates at the Te Are Karioi Nui in Rarotonga, Cook Islands on October 26, 2019. She won the title.

On October 31, 2025, Sahay went back to Te Are Karioi Nui where she crowned her successor Tiarē Henry-Anguna. The latter will represent the Cook Islands at Miss World 2026.

Matangaro Tarabay, Tiarē Henry-Anguna, Zoe Hoff

Miss Cook Islands 2025 results

beauty pageant: Miss Cook Islands (Maine Kuki Airani)
international memberships: Miss World, Miss International, Miss Grand International
national director: Dianna Clarke-Batesedition: 33rd
date: October 31, 2025
venue: Te Are Karioi Nui, Avarua, Rarotonga, Cook Islands
candidates: 7

WINNERS

PLACEMENT20252019Miss
Cook IslandsTiarē Henry-Anguna
Atiu / RarotongaTajiya Eikura Sahay
Rarotonga1st
runner-upZoe Hoff
Mitiaro / RarotongaEmma Kainuku-Walsh
Rarotonga2nd
runner-upMatangaro Tarabay
Mangaia / RarotongaPearl Lazaro
Manihiki

NATIONAL TITLES

• Miss World Cook Islands 2026 Tiarē Henry-Anguna
• Miss International Cook Islands 2025 Zoe Hoff
• Miss Grand Cook Islands 2026 Matangaro Tarabay

FINALISTS

PLACEMENTNAME (HOMETOWN)Top 3
Matangaro Tarabay
Mangaia / Rarotonga

Tiarē Henry-Anguna
Atiu / Rarotonga

Zoe Hoff
Mitiaro / RarotongaTop 7
Anzia Tere Taripo
Atiu / Rarotonga

Cherish Niusere-Maiva
Aitutaki / Mangaia / Pukapuka / Rarotonga

Ivana Hunter-Misky
Atiu / Rarotonga

Praise Dorothy Kairua
Aitutaki / Manihiki / Rakahanga / Rarotonga

Cook Islands in international pageants

The Cook Islands were represented in Miss World in 1987 by Michelle Leone Oberg, in 1988 by Annie Wigmore, in 1990 by Angela Manarang, in 2016 by Natalia Asinata Simahite Short, in 2017 by Alanna Matamaru Matenga Smith, in 2018 by Reihanna Maire Koteka-Wiki and in 2019 by Sahay. Short finished in the Top 20, Koteka-Wiki finished in the Top 30 and Sahay finished in the Top 12.

Silas Tuaputa and Louisa Purea represented the Cook Islands in Miss International in 2017 and 2018, respectively. They were both unplaced.

Teau Moana McKenzie represented the Cook Islands in Miss Grand International in 2018. She was unplaced.

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