Matauaina Gwendolyn To’omalatai of American Samoa won Miss Pacific Islands 2017 at the Prince Charles Park in Nadi, Fiji on December 9, 2017. Nine candidates competed for the title.
On November 30, 2018, To’omalatai crowned her successor Leoshina Mercy Kariha of Papua New Guinea at the Atele Indoor Stadium in Nuku’alofa, Tonga. Six candidates competed for the title.
Miss Pacific Islands 2018 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Pacific Islands |
| edition: 32nd date: November 30, 2018 venue: Atele Indoor Stadium, Nuku’alofa, Tonga candidates: 6 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | CANDIDATES (COUNTRY/TERRITORY) |
| Top 6 | Magalita Philomena Johnson (American Samoa) Kalo Fungaritao (Tonga) |
| Top 4 | Lydia Simonis (Cook Islands) Leoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea) Sonia Piva (Samoa) Emelipelesa Panapa (Tuvalu) |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Photogenic | Lydia Simonis (Cook Islands) |
| Miss Personality | Leoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea) |
| Miss Tourism | Leoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea) |
| Miss Internet | Leoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea) |
| Best Talent | Leoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea) |
| Best in Interview | Leoshina Mercy Kariha (Papua New Guinea) |
| Best in Sarong | Sonia Piva (Samoa) |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2018 | 2017 |
| 4th runner-up | N/A | Tiare Pakarati Rapa Nui |
| 3rd runner-up | Emelipelesa Panapa Tuvalu | Enerstina Bonsu-Maro Cook Islands |
| 2nd runner-up | Sonia Piva Samoa | Hally Qaqa Fiji |
| 1st runner-up | Lydia Simonis Cook Islands | Alexandra Iakopo Samoa |
| Miss Pacific Islands | Leoshina Mercy Kariha Papua New Guinea | Matauaina To’omalatai American Samoa |
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 became 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, Apia, Samoa. The title was won by Abigail Havora of Papua New Guinea at the National Auditorium in Rarotonga, Cook Islands on December 12, 2015 and Anne Christine Dunn of Fiji at Gym 1 in Tuanaimato on December 2, 2016.
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