Leoshina Mercy Kariha of Papua New Guinea won Miss Pacific Islands 2018 at the Atele Indoor Stadium in Nuku’alofa, Tonga on November 30, 2018. Six candidates competed for the title.
On November 30, 2019, Kariha crowned her successor Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu of Samoa at The Stanley Hotel and Suites in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. A total of 12 women competed for the title
Miss Pacific Islands 2019 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Pacific Islands |
| edition: 33rd date: November 30, 2019 venue: The Stanley Hotel & Suites, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea candidates: 12 |
FINALISTS
| PLACEMENT | CANDIDATES (COUNTRY/TERRITORY) |
| Top 12 | Epifania Petelo (American Samoa) Terito-o-Ngakura Story (Cook Islands) Jessica Fong (Fiji) Billma Peter (Marshall Islands) Millenia Finch (Nauru) Tapua Pasuna (Tuvalu) Violene Blondel (Wallis et Futuna) |
| Top 5 | Lucy Maino (Papua New Guinea) Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu (Samoa) Gladys Habu (Solomon Islands) Herevai Hoata (Tahiti) Yehenara Soukop (Tonga) |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Photogenic | Billma Peter (Marshall Islands) |
| Miss Personality | Yehenara Soukop (Tonga) |
| Miss Tourism | Epifania Petelo (American Samoa) |
| Miss Internet | Billma Peter (Marshall Islands) |
| Best Talent | Gladys Habu (Solomon Islands) |
| Best in Interview | Fonoifafo McFarland-Seumanu (Samoa) |
| Best in Sarong | Lucy Maino (Papua New Guinea) |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2019 | 2018 |
| 4th runner-up | Yehenara Soukop Tonga | N/A |
| 3rd runner-up | Herevai Hoata Tahiti | Emeli Pelesa Panapa Tuvalu |
| 2nd runner-up | Lucy Maino Papua New Guinea | Sonia Piva Samoa |
| 1st runner-up | Gladys Habu Solomon Islands | Lydia Simonis Cook Islands |
| Miss Pacific Islands | Fonoifafo McFarland-Seumanu Samoa | Leoshina Kariha Papua New Guinea |
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 winner of the title.
In 2014, the beauty pageant was renamed Miss Pacific Islands and was won by Alofa Dawn Latafale Auva’a of Samoa. It was won by Abigail Havora of Papua New Guinea in 2015, Anne Christine Dunn of Fiji in 2016 and Matauaina To’omalatai of American Samoa in 2017.
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