Lucy Maino

Where a girl’s dreams are born

Miss Papua New Guinea, Lucy Maino, spoke these words at the celebration of the International Girl’s Day at Tubusereia Primary School near Port Moresby on October 11.

“I would like to encourage all the girls in attendance today and girls everywhere in PNG to dream of your chosen path, but remember you have to put in the work and most times, it can be hard work; but you can do it by surrounding yourselves with the right people who see your potential.

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She said it was through sports that she had the privilege and opportunity to continue her education to the university level, and graduate.

Maino is 23 years old and is from Kairuku in Central Province. At 15 she was given an opportunity of a lifetime to study in the United States when an aunt and uncle took her there. Maino received a soccer scholarship in California and went to the University of Hawaii where she graduated with a Business Administration degree in May this year.