Eight vie for Pacific pageant title

TALEBULA KATE 
Wednesday, November 23, 2016

Update: 4:06PM THE 30th Annual Miss Pacific Islands Pageant theme for this year is 'Celebrating our History and Embracing our Future'.

A statement by the organising committee has officially announced the contestants for this year's event, which will be held at the home of this year's pageant in Apia, Samoa from Sunday November 27 to Friday  December 2.

Eight beautiful contestants will be vying for the crown, with the pageant night to be held on Friday December 2 at Gymn 1 in Tuanaimato.

Competing this year are contestants from American Samoa, Cooks Islands, Fiji, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Samoa and Tonga.

The eight Pacific Island beauties are:

- Miss American Samoa - Antonina Keka Lilomaiava, 19, employed at the American Samoa Visitors Bureau;

- Miss Cook Islands - Tepaeru Helen Toka, 21, Frontline Associate at the Bank of the Cook Islands;

- Miss Fiji - Anne Christine Dunn, 24, Law graduate from USP;

- Miss Nauru - Lucina Detsiogo, 19, ICT assistant technician for the Nauru government;

- Miss Papua New Guinea - Kellyanne Marie-Lisa Limiye, 23, Political science student at the University of Papua New Guinea; 

- Miss Solomon Islands - Camilla Grossmith, 23; 

- Miss Samoa - Priscilla Olano, 26, Pacific Climate Change Portal Technical Assistant at SPREP, Samoa; 

- Miss Tonga - Laura Melaia Renae Lauti, 21, Ambassador for Bay Area Successful Thinkers Network.

To vote for your favourite contestant, you can log on to the pageant website: http://www.misspacificislands.org/ and Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MissPacificIslands

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