American Samoa wins Miss Pacific Islands 2017-2018

11/12/2017

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11 December 2017 By Ruci Farrell - ruci.farrell@pmn.co.nz


Newly-crowned Miss Pacific Islands Matauaina Gwendolynn To'omalatai hopes to be the change that makes a difference for youth in the Pacific.


Miss Pacific Islands 2017. Photo/ PRN.


The 23-year-old from American Samoa is studying to be a nurse in Hawaii.


She was crowned at the pageant in Nadi, Fiji over the weekend.


Matauaina will be the official ambassador for all of the Pacific in her year of reign.


"I hope to be open-minded, to be receptive to the changes that's going on and to be the change and to contribute to the youth and to the country as well," she says.


"I hope they will hear my voice because my voice is not just my voice, it's the youth's and the whole country's."


American Samoa's Tourism Bureau CEO David Vaefe says Matauaina will be an important voice for the Pacific on critical issues like environmental protection.


"It's been 15 years since we last won the title and she's now become not only an ambassador for American Samoa but an ambassador for all the Pacific islands." he says. "We hope to help promote SPTO's work and all other agencies like environmental protection."


"Our islands are vital to all of us and the more voices we have on the global stage the better."


Judges for this year's pageant were impressed with the calibre of the nine contestants from around the region.



Miss Pacific Islands 2017 pageant. Photo/ Facebook - Miss Pacific Islands.


Samoan MP and businesswoman Gatoloaifa'ana Amataga Alesana Gidlow says it made selecting the winners a major challenge.


Gidlow is a strong advocate for empowering women and says all the girls are capable of representing the Pacific.


"They're all very capable and very talented young ladies of the Pacific but not everyone can win the race," she says. "All the girls gave it their best and they were all very very good."


First runner-up was Miss Samoa Alexandra Iakopo and second runner-up was Miss Fiji Hally Qaqa.


Tonga will host the next Miss Pacific Islands pageant in 2018.


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