Kimberly Tetabwa Tokanang Aromata of Beru Island, Kiribati represented Bakirita Enterprise at Miss Kiribati 2024 and competed against five other candidates at the Betio Sports Complex in Betio, South Tarawa, Kiribati on July 10, 2024.
On July 10, 2025, Tokanang went back to the Betio Sports Complex where she crowned her successor Atiterentaai Rinimarawa, who was born and raised on Kiritimati, Kiribati. The latter will represent the country at Miss Micronesia 2025 and Miss Pacific Islands 2026.
Rinimawa earned a bachelor’s degree in social work and tourism management from The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. She enjoys weaving, singing and dancing.
Miss Kiribati 2025 results
| beauty pageant: Miss Kiribati international memberships: Miss Micronesia, Miss Pacific Islands |
| date: July 10, 2025 venue: Tarawa, Kiribati candidates: 5 |
WINNER
| PLACEMENT | 2025 | 2024 |
| Miss Kiribati | Atiterentaai Rinimarawa hometown | Kimberly Tetabwa Tokanang Beru Island |
FINALISTS
| NAME AGE, HOMETOWN | TITLE |
| Aana Kaumakin 26, North Tarawa / Butaritari | Miss Kiribati Fish Limited (KFL) 2025 |
| Atiterentaai Rinimarawa 23, Nikunau / Tabiteuea Maiaki | Miss Youth for the Christian Living (YCL) 2025 |
| Nikarina Emma Malaea Itaaka 21, Arorae | Miss Kiribati Institute of Technology (KIT) 2025 |
| Raaneti Katatao 18, Tabiteuea North | Miss St. Joseph Parish 2025 |
| Rebwaima Tiare 19, Tarawa | Miss Wishing Star 2025 |
Kimberly Tokanang
From 2018 to 2023, Tokanang attended Brigham Young University-Hawaii in Lāiʻe, Hawaii, United States. In April 2024, she joined Disability Rights Fund in Kiribati as a project officer.
On February 8, 2025, Tokanang represented Kiribati at Miss Pacific Islands 2026 and competed against seven other candidates at the Friendship Hall in Honiara, Solomon Islands. She was unplaced.
Recent Miss Kiribati titleholders
- 2025: Atiterentaai Rinimarawa
- 2024: Kimberly Tetabwa Tokanang Aromata (Bakirita Enterprises)
- 2023: Moarube Teibwa (Nonouti Island)
- 2022: Paepae Kilei Amasone (CPPL Arotuma)
- 2021: Teitirake Teanoa (MELAD)
- 2020: Baniti Ekeieta Semilota (South Tarawa)
- 2019: Pacula Jesary Kilifi (South Tarawa)
- 2018: Anne Willie (Pintech)
- 2017: Kiriua Toani (USP)
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