Josie Nicholas of Papua New Guinea won Miss Pacific Islands 2023 at Gym 1 in Tuanaimato, Apia, Samoa on February 3, 2023. Five women competed for the title.
On February 3, 2024, Nicholas crowned her successor Moemoana Safa’ato’a Schwenke of Samoa at the Sports Complex in Yaren, Nauru. Seven women competed for the title.
Miss Pacific Islands 2024 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Pacific Islands |
| edition: 35th date: February 3, 2024 venue: Sports Complex, Yaren, Nauru candidates: 7 |
| hosts: Kramer Cain, Rebecca Amwano performer: Kennyon Brown |
CANDIDATES
| COUNTRY | NAME, AGE |
| American Samoa | Judy Fa’afetai Taunu’u, 23 |
| Marshall Islands | Claret Taonang Chong-Gum, 26 |
| Nauru | Rosita Roma Rokobuli, 19 |
| Palau | Dee-Raya Antonio, 18 |
| Papua New Guinea | Tyla Krystal Singirok, 21 |
| Samoa | Moemoana Safa’ato’a Schwenke, 23 |
| Tonga | Sitita Hamilton Vaenuku, 24 |
SPECIAL AWARDS
| AWARD | CANDIDATE |
| Miss Photogenic | Rosita Rokobuli (Nauru) |
| Miss Personality | Sitita Vaenuku (Tonga) |
| Best Talent | Moemoana Schwenke (Samoa) |
| Best in Interview | Moemoana Schwenke (Samoa) |
| Best in Traditionally Inspired Attire | Moemoana Schwenke (Samoa) |
| Best in Sarong | Tyla Singirok (Papua New Guinea) |
| Digicel People’s Choice | Moemoana Schwenke (Samoa) |
| National Tourism Awardee | Judy Taunu’u (American Samoa) |
WINNERS
| PLACEMENT | 2024 | 2023 |
| 4th runner-up | Judy Taunu’u American Samoa | N/A |
| 3rd runner-up | Claret Chong-Gum Marshall Islands | N/A |
| 2nd runner-up | Rosita Rokobuli Nauru | Kauhani Fuimaono American Samoa |
| 1st runner-up | Tyla Singirok Papua New Guinea | Haylani Kuruppu Samoa |
| Miss Pacific Islands | Moemoana Schwenke Samoa | Josie Nicholas 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, Matauaina To’omalatai of American Samoa in 2017, Leoshina Mercy Kariha of Papua New Guinea in 2018 and Fonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu of Samoa in 2019.
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