Twenty mothers from across the country are vying for the top prize in the “Mum of the Year” competition, which kick started yesterday afternoon at the Samoa Tourism Authority grounds.
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The competition is being organised by TV1.
It is the twin of a similar programme filmed last year for fathers in the lead up to Fathers Day.
Competition host, Sioeli Alofaifo, told the Samoa Observer that the competition is to give mothers a taste of what fathers experienced last year.
“This event is especially for the mothers as they are getting ready for Mother’s Day next week,” he said.
“This is an annual programme and we are giving the chance to the mothers to try and see if they can perform the role of fathers.
“Last year, the fathers were given the chance to do motherly duties and chores at home. So this year, we decided to give the opportunity to the mothers to try their hand at what fathers usually do.”
Mr. Alofaifo said they are mindful that in many families, there are times when mothers are asked to stand in as a mother and father.
“So this programme will show that if the father leaves, or get sick, the mother will be quite capable of doing fatherly duties to take care of her family. That’s the whole purpose of the competition.”
The competition will feature in six episodes over two weeks.
“During the registration week, only twelve mothers were supposed to be registered.
However there were a lot of mothers who wanted to join and so therefore TV1 decided to give twenty mothers the chance to compete.
“So twenty mothers are competing and today five of these mothers will be eliminated from the competition.”
The first day of the competition saw the contestants compete in coconut husking and basket weaving.
The first prize of the competition is $1,000 cash together with other prizes from Samoa Stationery and Books, S.T.A and Digicel.
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