Sina Nauahi in Apia for Miss South Pacific Pageant [1]
Tuesday, November 7, 2006 - 16:07. Updated on Sunday, November 2, 2014 - 18:56.
Miss Tonga, Sina Nauahi (18) will compete in this year's Miss South Pacific Pageant on November 11 in Apia, Samoa.
Sina is in Samoa this week where she will participate in the pre-pageant events, including a float parade. Sina who is a cultural performer with the Polynesia Cultural Center in Hawaii won Tonga...s Miss Heilala Pageant in July earlier this year.
Sandra Fonua of the Tonga Visitors Bureau said that Sina is accompanied by her mother, and Tonga would also have two representatives Semisi Sika and Tafolosa Karalus attending the Miss South Pacific Pageant.
Eight contestants will be competing in this year's pageant: Miss Tonga, Miss American Samoa, Miss New Caledonia, Miss Wallis and Futuna, Miss Cook Islands, Miss Tahiti, Miss Niue and Miss Samoa.
The pageant's one night event on November 11 will feature the four judging categories of sarong-swim wear, talent, traditional costume, stage interview and the crowning of the new Miss South Pacific for 2006-07.
Dorothea George of the Cook Islands is the current title-holder of the Miss South Pacific, while a former Miss Tonga Nancy Maloni was placed in second during lst year's Miss South Pacific pageant held in Nuku'alofa, Tonga.