Miss Lei's Gift Shop was crowned the Miss Solomon Islands on Saturday night at Pacific Casino Hotel bringing the week-long festivities to an end.
Miss Solomon, Foetina Malasa from Choiseul province was crowned the winner ahead of four other finalists who picked a question from a hat and responded confidently to help the five members’ panel of judges to decide the winner.
Miss Malasa, 19, is a seventh form Arts student of King George Sixth School and is pursuing a career in Tourism Industry.
Responding with her usual eloquence to the question of what is the beauty of the country, Miss Malasa said the beauty of the country is its people and the smile of the people.
Miss Malasa also won the Miss Charity, best speech, best traditional wear and best Sharon.
Miss Daltron Simaemah Nielsen, took the first runner-up title followed by Miss King Solomon Wendy Vahoe, who was the second runner-up.
Miss Temotu Rosemary Paia was third runner-up and Miss Guadalcanal, fourth runner-up.
Miss Solomon Foetina Malasa said she is confident and proud to represent the country in the Miss South Pacific Beauty Pageant in Papua New Guinea.
She said her crowning does not take her by surprise because she expects to win the Miss Solomon Islands beauty pageant.
“My message to young people in the country is to have confident reflect out beauty not the outward look and my crowning reflects the true beauty we have inside our lives’’, she said.
Miss Malasa also acknowledge her sponsors, families and supporters for assisting her to become the queen.
Her traditional Choiseul costume is also a bonus to the win which gain more favour even from those who witnessed the crowning ceremony.
On the other categories the personality was awarded to Miss Guadalcanal, Our People choice was awarded to Miss Daltron, while the Miss Photogenic was award to Miss Ox & Palm and Miss DJ Graphics was awarded to Miss King Solomon.
The best traditional wear, best sarong and best speech was awarded to Miss Leis Gift Shop while the best talent was awarded to Miss Temotu and best float to Miss Daltron.
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