Miss Pacific Islands

Miss Pacific Islands Pageant

Formation	1987
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Apia, Samoa
Official language	English
Owners	Government Of Samoa
Website	www.misspacificislands.org

History

Miss Pacific Islands is a national Beauty pageant held in the Pacific Islands Region, formally know as Miss South Pacific Pageant but changed in 2014.The Miss South Pacific Pageant was established in 1987 by the Government of Samoa as a regional event to recognise and promote the attributes, intelligence and talents of young Pacific Island women.The Pageant gives recognition to young Pacific Island women and their contributions to regional affairs and their ability to advance in diverse fields.  It is an event that uniquely promotes the South Pacific and its holiday destinations and brings together young women from all sectors of the Pacific for the purpose of promoting and attracting worldwide attention to their unique attributes. The first Miss South Pacific Pageant was held in 1987 and was hosted by the Western Samoa Government on that night Miss American Samoa, Miss Juliet Spencer was crowned the first Miss South Pacific. The Miss South Pacific Pageant from 1987 to 2000, included contestants representing their homeland communities in other countries. For example, Miss Samoa new Zealand (representing the Samoan Community in New Zealand), Miss Papua New Guinea Australia (representing the PNG community in Australia) etc.In 2001, contestants representing their homeland communities abroad had to compete in their homeland pageants in order to get a chance to be in Miss South Pacific Pageant. In the year 2014 the pageants name Miss South Pacific Pageant was changed to Miss Pacific Islands so that the pageant represents the whole Pacific Region instead of only the South Pacific.

Titleholders

Year	Country	Name	Hosting Country
2017	American Samoa	Matauaina Gwendolyn To’omalatai	Fiji
2016	Fiji	Anne Dunn	Samoa
2015	Papua New Guinea	Abigale Havora	Cook Islands
2014	Samoa	Latafale Auva'a	Samoa
2013	Cook Islands	Teuira Napa	Solomon Islands
2012	Samoa	Janine Nicky Tuivaiti	American Samoa
2011	Fiji	Alisi Rabukawaqa	Samoa
2010	Cook Islands	Joyana Meyer	Papua New Guinea
2009	Fiji	Merewalesi Nailatikau	Fiji
2008	Niue	Vanessa Marsh	American Samoa
2007	Tonga	Tesi Toluta’u	Samoa
2006	Cook Islands	Krystina Kauvai	Samoa
2005	Cook Islands	Dorothea George	Tonga
2004	Niue	Kahealani Helau	American Samoa
2003	Cook Islands	Janice Nicholas	Samoa
2002	American Samoa	Lupe Aumavae	Cook Islands
2001	Samoa	Manamea Apelu	Samoa
2000	American Samoa	Helen Burke	American Samoa
1999	Cook Islands	Liana Scott	Tonga
1998	Samoa	Cheri Moana Robinson	Samoa
1997	Samoa	Mary-Jane Moe Mckibbin	New Zealand
1996	Samoa	Verona Ah Ching	Samoa
1995	American Samoa	Rochelle Tuiele	Tonga
1994	Cook Islands	Tarita Brown	Samoa
1993	American Samoa	Leilua Stevenson	American Samoa
1992	Samoa (New Zealand)	Julia Toevai	Samoa
1991	Cook Islands	Kimiora Vogel	Samoa
1990	Tahiti	Henarii Arauva’a	Cook Islands
1989	Tahiti	Retire Cheveaux	Samoa
1988	Samoa (Hawaii)	Theresa Purcell	Samoa
1987	American Samoa	Juliet Spencer	Samoa