Leoshina Mercy Kariha represented Papua New Guinea at Miss Pacific Islands 2018 and competed against five other candidates at the Atele Indoor Stadium in Nuku’alofa, Tonga on November 30, 2018. She won the title.
Miss Marshall Islands 2019 contestants
On July 13, 2019, Kariha will attend the Miss Marshall Islands 2019 coronation ceremony at the International Conference Center in Majuro, Marshall Islands. It is the inaugural edition of the national beauty pageant that selects the Miss Pacific Islands candidate of the country.
Mattu Wase-Jacklick and Ben Wakefield will host the show. Marshall Islands president Hilda Cathy Heine will grace the event.
There are 24 women competing for the title. Here are the candidates:
- Roselle Quinit (Ailinglaplap)
- Asham Kaious (Ailuk)
- Faith Lanwi (Arno)
- Christina Gideon (Aur)
- Eweica Reimers (Ebon)
- Aurora Tulensa (Enewetak)
- Natasha Note (Jabat)
- Annalynn Laikidrik (Jaluit)
- Carsia Alik (Kili-Bikini-Ejit)
- Roanna Zackhras (Kwajalein)
- Eskella Joseph (Lae)
- Sandra Korok (Lib)
- Ngedikes Hazzard (Likiep)
- Juliana Joseph (Maloelap)
- Taila Lanwe (Majuro)
- Billma Krystalena Peter (Mejit)
- Bolista Kabua (Mili)
- Naupaka Ackley (Namdrik)
- Kimoko Anmontha (Namu)
- Viona Boro (Rongelap)
- Diana Muller (Ujae)
- Lonia Kaiko (Utrik)
- Kaniya Anjolok (Wotho)
- Dosey Hemos (Wotje)
Marshall Islands
There are only four atoll-based countries in the world, which are Kiribati, the Maldives, the Marshall Islands and Tuvalu. The Marshall Islands consists of five main islands and 29 coral atolls.
Majuro is the capital and the largest city of the Marshall Islands. Politically, the country is a presidential parliamentary republic in free association with the United States.
Born on Jaluit Atoll, Marshall Islands, Heine graduated from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA with a bachelor’s degree in 1970 and from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa in Honolulu, Hawaii, USA with a master’s degree in 1975. In 2004, she graduated from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, California, USA with an educational doctorate, making her the first person from the Marshall Islands to get a doctorate.
On January 18, 2016, Heine assumed office as the president of the Marshall Islands. On April 6, 2019, she turned 68.
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