Miss Samoa, Ariana Taufao’s mission to keep the Miss Pacific Islands crown in Samoa has started.
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During the weekend, Ms. Taufao joined the other contestants from the Pacific to begin the quest for the Bluesky Miss Pacific Islands Pageant title in the Cook Islands.
The Pageant started with a church service on Sunday.
With this year’s Pageant theme ‘Our Spirit of Adventure’, the eight beautiful contestants were traditionally welcomed in Rarotonga by Paramount Chief Queen Tinomana Ariki at her palace grounds before attending the church service in the village of Arorangi in the district of Puaikura, the first district in all the 15 islands to accept Christianity.
Also present was the Cook Islands Head of State, Tom Marsters.
The contestants were joined by the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant Executive Director, Papali’i Sonja Hunter and the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant Host Committee President, Clee Marsters and Committee Members, the respective chaperones, parents and supporters of the contestants.
The contestants and all parties attended the Cook Islands Christian Church Service in Arorangi led by Reverend Tinirau Soatini.
They were later treated to a delicious luncheon hosted by the Arorangi Church.
The first day of a weeklong celebration of this year’s pageant concluded with the initial briefing of contestants at Club Raro Hotel, where they each had the opportunity to select their numbers in their order of appearance throughout the Pageant events and activities as well as their having selected their Topics for the Pre-Pageant Presentations and Interviews on Friday morning.
Below are the contestants’ names, the order of appearances and their Presentation & Interview topics.
The Miss Pacific Islands Pageant 2015 marks 29 years since the inception of the pageant, formally known as Miss South Pacific, and will run from the 6th to the 12th December, with the actual competition to be held on the final two nights, on Friday 11th and Saturday the 12th of December with the winner to be crowned by Miss South Pacific 2014, Teuira Napa.
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