Anne Christine Dunn of Fiji won Miss Pacific Islands 2016 at Gym 1 in Tuanaimato, Apia, Samoa on December 2, 2016. Seven candidates competed for the title.
On December 9, 2017, Dunn crowned her successor Matauaina Gwendolyn To’omalatai of American Samoa at the Prince Charles Park in Nadi, Fiji. Nine candidates competed for the title.
Miss Pacific Islands 2017 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Pacific Islands |
| edition: 31st date: December 9, 2017 venue: Prince Charles Park, Nadi, Fiji candidates: 9 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | NAME, AGE, COUNTRY/TERRITORY |
| Top 9 | Tansy Angelique Itsimaera, 20, Nauru Niawali Anastacia Twain, 23, Papua New Guinea Emily Chan, 18, Solomon Islands Ophelia Kitiliti Kava, 23, Tonga |
| Top 5 | Matauaina Gwendolyn To’omalatai, 24, American Samoa Enerstina Pokuia Bonsu-Maro, 22, Cook Islands Hally Qaqa, 24, Fiji Tiare Pakarati, 19, Rapa Nui Alexandra Iakopo, 23, Samoa |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Photogenic | Matauaina To’omalatai (American Samoa) |
| Miss Personality | Alexandra Iakopo (Samoa) |
| Miss Tourism | Matauaina To’omalatai (American Samoa) |
| Miss Internet | Alexandra Iakopo (Samoa) |
| Best Talent | Alexandra Iakopo (Samoa) |
| Best in Interview | Alexandra Iakopo (Samoa) |
| Best in Sarong | Niawali Anastacia Twai (Papua New Guinea) |
| Best in Traditional Wear | Matauaina To’omalatai (American Samoa) |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2017 | 2016 |
| 4th runner-up | Tiare Pakarati Rapa Nui | Tepaeru Helen Toka Cook Islands |
| 3rd runner-up | Enerstina Bonsu-Maro Cook Islands | Priscilla Olano Samoa |
| 2nd runner-up | Hally Qaqa Fiji | Camilla Grossmith Solomon Islands |
| 1st runner-up | Alexandra Iakopo Samoa | Antonina Lilomaiava American Samoa |
| Miss Pacific Islands | Matauaina To’omalatai American Samoa | Anne Dunn Fiji |
Juliette Caroline Spencer of American Samoa won the inaugural edition of Miss South Pacific, which was founded by the government of Samoa in 1987. In 2013, Teuira Napa of the Cook Islands won the title, making her the last Miss South Pacific, which was later renamed Miss Pacific Islands.
On December 19, 2014, Alofa Dawn Latafale Auva’a of Samoa won Miss Pacific Islands 2014 at Gym 1 in Tuanaimato. On December 12, 2015, she crowned her successor Abigail Havora of Papua New Guinea at the National Auditorium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands.
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