SYDNEY (Reuters) - The organisers of the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant on Thursday called for unity after judges were stopped from leaving the Solomon Islands amid claims of fraudulent activities after ...

Accusations of fraud against a beauty pageant judge and a travel restriction barring their exit have resulted in a diplomatic row between the Solomon Islands and Samoa. The issue began on Saturday, ...

When asked if she thought she was going to win the title of Miss Samoa USA over 5 months ago—when she first decided to run—Josephine Lealaitafea immediately laughed. “I did not think that I was going ...

Josephina Lealaitafea, a cell biology and physiology major at BYU, won the Miss Samoa USA contest on August 1. At the pageant, she shared the work she does in BYU biology labs. (Photo courtesy of ...

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Accusations of fraud against a beauty pageant judge and a travel restriction barring their exit have resulted in a diplomatic row between the Solomon Islands and Samoa. Leiataualesa Jerry Brunt, head ...