Ngenxa yobhadane lwamanje, Samoa ungathanda ukusiza abahambi ukuthi baqhubeke bephupha ngezinhlelo zabo zokuhamba zesikhathi esizayo, bebheke phambili ukuthumela Covid-19.
Umncintiswano waminyaka yonke weMiss Pacific Islands uzobanjelwa eSamoa kulo nyaka kaNovemba, ngemuva kokuwina kukaMiss Samoa 2019, uFonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu.
Imincintiswano kaMiss Samoa neMiss Pacific Islands bebeyingxenye yamasiko namasiko akhuthazayo eSamoa iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-30. Kuhlelwe ukuthi kwenzeke e-Apia ngoSepthemba 2020, uMiss Samoa uzinikele ekusekeleni amathuba abesifazane abasha baseSamoa. Kusukela ngo-1986, i-The Treasured Islands of the South Pacific ikhethe umuntu ozoba nenhlanhla kulo mncintiswano, umsebenzi wakhe okuba ukumela nokuphakamisa iSamoa esifundeni nasemhlabeni jikelele. Ophumelele ubuye asebenze njengenxusa likazwelonke leziqhingi phakathi nonyaka wokubusa kwakhe.
Ophumelele uMiss Samoa uyaqhubeka nokuncintisana emncintiswaneni weMiss Pacific Islands, osebenza njengendawo yokuqhakambisa sonke isifunda sePacific Islands. Isungulwe nguhulumeni waseSamoa e1987, lo mcimbi uqaphela izimfanelo, ubuhlakani kanye namakhono wabesifazane basePacific Islands kubandakanya neminikelo yabo ezindabeni zesifunda.
IMiss Pacific Islands izobanjelwa e-Apia ngoNovemba, kulandela ukunqoba kweSamoa ngesikhathi semincintiswano ka-2019 eyayibanjelwe ePapua New Guinea ngonyaka odlule. Unyaka nonyaka, abamele iziQhingi ezifika ezi-12 zasePacific bancintisana ngomqhele. Abebengenele umncintiswano nyakenye kubalwa uMiss Samoa, uMiss American Samoa, uMiss Cook Islands, uMiss Fiji, uMiss Marshall Islands, uMiss Nauru, uMiss Papua New Guinea, uMiss Solomon Islands, uMiss Tahiti, uMiss Tonga, uMiss Tuvalu, noMiss Wallis & Futuna.
Umcimbi ubungaza amasiko nobuhle obuhlukahlukene bezindawo zawo ezinhle. Lokhu kufinyelelwa ngokuqanjwa ngobuciko ngobuhlakani kwemidlalo yabangenele ngabaculi bendawo abanethalente kakhulu nabadwebi bezizwe zasePacific Island. Kuze kube manje, iSamoa isinqobe isicoco seMiss Pacific Islands amahlandla ayi-7, kufaka phakathi unyaka owedlule, okwenze kwaba yisizwe sesibili sePacific Islands ukunqoba lesi sicoco izikhathi eziningi kakhulu, ngemuva kweCook Islands, esinqobe amahlandla ayi-14.
Imikhosi yalo nyaka izophinde ihambisane nomcimbi wokugubha iminyaka engama-30 weTeuila Festival, umcimbi omkhulu waminyaka yonke waseSamoa okhombisa umculo ohamba phambili kuleli, umdanso, ukudla nobuciko.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- Kuze kube manje, iSamoa isinqobe isicoco sikaMiss Pacific Islands izikhathi eziyisi-7, okuhlanganisa nanyakenye, okuyenza ibe yizwe lesibili leziQhingi zasePacific ukunqoba lesi sicoco izikhathi eziningi, ngemuva kweziqhingi zaseCook, ezinqobe izikhathi ezingu-14.
- Ophumelele uMiss Samoa uyaqhubeka nokuncintisana emqhudelwaneni kaMiss Pacific Islands, osebenza njengenkundla yokukhangisa sonke isifunda seziQhingi zasePacific.
- Kusukela ngo-1986, i-The Treasured Islands of the South Pacific ikhethe owinile onenhlanhla ngomncintiswano, umsebenzi wakhe uba ukumela nokuthuthukisa iSamoa esifundeni nasemhlabeni jikelele.
