Ekukhanyeni kwesifo sangoku, Samoa ungathanda ukunceda abahambi baqhubeke nokuphupha malunga nezicwangciso zabo zokuhamba zexesha elizayo, bejonge phambili ukuthumela Covid-19.
Umnyhadala wonyaka we-Miss Pacific Islands uza kubanjwa eSamoa ngo-Novemba, emva kokuphumelela kuka-Miss Samoa 2019, uFonoifafo Nancy McFarland-Seumanu.
U-Miss Samoa kunye no-Miss Pacific Islands bebeyinxalenye yenkcubeko kunye nezithethe zase Samoa ngaphezulu kweminyaka engama-30. Imiselwe ukuba iqhubeke eApia ngoSeptemba 2020, uMiss Samoa uzinikele ekuxhaseni amathuba kubafazi abancinci baseSamoa. Ukusukela ngo-1986, iZiqithi eziGcinelweyo zoMzantsi Pacific zikhethe umntu oza kuba nethamsanqa kukhuphiswano, olunoxanduva lokumela nokunyusa iSamoa kwingingqi nakwamanye amazwe. Ophumeleleyo ukwasebenza njengommeli welizwe leziqithi ngexesha lolawulo lwakhe.
Ophumelele u-Miss Samoa uya kukhuphisana kukhuphiswano lwe-Miss Pacific Islands, elisebenza njengeqonga lokukhuthaza wonke ummandla we-Pacific Islands. Yasekwa ngurhulumente wase Samoa kwi1987, umsitho uyaqonda amanqaku, ubukrelekrele, kunye neetalente zabafazi beziqithi zePasifiki kubandakanya negalelo labo kwimicimbi yengingqi.
I-Miss Pacific Islands iza kuqhubeka e-Apia ngo-Novemba, emva kokuphumelela kwe-Samoa ngexesha le-2019 ebibanjelwe ePapua New Guinea kunyaka ophelileyo. Unyaka ngamnye, abameli abasuka kwiziqithi ezili-12 zePacific bakhuphisana ngesithsaba. Abaphumeleleyo kulo nyaka uphelileyo baquka u-Miss Samoa, u-Miss American Samoa, u-Miss Cook Islands, u-Miss Fiji, u-Miss Marshall Islands, u-Miss Nauru, u-Miss Papua New Guinea, u-Miss Solomon Islands, u-Miss Tahiti, u-Miss Tonga, u-Miss Tuvalu kunye no-Miss Wallis kunye ne Futuna.
Umsitho ubhiyozela inkcubeko eyahlukeneyo kunye nobuhle beendawo ezinomtsalane. Oku kufezekiswa ngobuchule bokuchophela kwimidlalo yabakhuphiswano ngamagcisa asekhaya aneziphiwo kunye namagcisa ezizwe zeSiqithi sePacific. Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iSamoa iphumelele isihloko seMiss Pacific Islands amaxesha asixhenxe, kubandakanya nonyaka ophelileyo, isenza ilizwe lesibini leziqithi zePacific ukuba liphumelele isihloko amaxesha amaninzi, emva kweziQithi zeCook, abaphumelele izihlandlo ezili-7.
Imibhiyozo yalo nyaka izakuhambelana nokubhiyozela iminyaka engama-30 yoMnyhadala weTeuila, owona msitho mkhulu waminyaka le eSamoa obonisa ezona mculo zilungileyo, umdaniso, ukutya, kunye nezobugcisa.
INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:
- Ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, iSamoa iphumelele isihloko se-Miss Pacific Islands ngamaxesha e-7, kubandakanywa nonyaka odlulileyo, okwenza isizwe sesibini seZiqithi zePasifiki siphumelele isihloko samaxesha amaninzi, emva kweZiqithi zikaCook, eziphumelele amaxesha angama-14.
- Ophumeleleyo ka-Miss Samoa uyaqhubeka nokukhuphisana kwi-Miss Pacific Islands pageant, esebenza njengeqonga lokukhuthaza ummandla wonke weZiqithi zePacific.
- Ukusukela ngo-1986, iZiqithi eziZiguguziweyo zoMzantsi Pasifiki zikhethe umntu ophumeleleyo onethamsanqa ngokhuphiswano, omsebenzi wakhe uba kukumela nokukhuthaza iSamoa kwingingqi nakumazwe ngamazwe.
