Miss Pacific Island Pageant PNG

Ms Collin was chosen from a batch of eight girls to be the face of Alibi Bar & Grill at 2021 Miss Pacific Island Pageant.

Being the fourth child in a family of nine, Miss Collin believes that being a contestant of this prestigious event will set the path to a bright future for her and her family.

Chairperson of MPIP, Molly O’Rourke thanked Alibi Bar & Grill board and management for their wonderful support as sponsors and coming on board creating opportunities for young Papua New Guinean women.

As its yearly tradition, the pageant began with a church service today at the St John's Anglican Church downtown, Port Moresby.  
This year's six contestants and the committee, including reigning Miss PNG and Miss Pacific Islands Abigail Havora, joined the fellowship, led by Bishop Danny Guka.

Her participation has been made possible with the help of the International Training Institute, sponsoring her through as Miss ITI 2016.

Pitoi is one of a few women who showed interest to join the pageant since the launch of MPIP PNG 2016 in July this year.

With the announcement yesterday, Pitoi is ready to use this platform to voice her opinion on various issues affecting women and girls and to be the agent for change.

Rose is not new to representing PNG speaking on issues affecting women and girls and sees MPIP PNG as a great inspiration to her.

NGCB believes in women empowerment and has been backing the pageant for several years now.

Presenting the cheque on behalf of the company, Chief Executive Officer, Imelda Agon, acknowledged the efforts put forward.

She said for one, this prestigious event allows young Pacific women to showcase their individual nation’s cultural diversity and sets the platform for them to intellectually and wisely contest against each other for the crown.

Italpreziosi, a Port Moresby based gold refining company, has for the second year, come on board as a contestant sponsor, this time for Dorothy Elliot. 

Common things associated with everyday lives of Papua New Guineans, from coconut fronds to woven mat, chicken feathers to kauri shells, bilums to laplap, were all used in the three-hour fashion frenzy at the Lamana Hotel, in Port Moresby.

10 local designers amazed the crowd bringing a definite 'wow' factor as expected, with designs inspired by the diverse unique culture, flora and fauna of PNG.

The runway, to be held at Lamana Hotel in Port Moresby, is to attract local designers to show off their work.

This is with the objective to select a fashion stylist for Miss PNG, the PNG entrant to the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant in Samoa in December. This will also provide local talented designers a unique opportunity to showcase their work on the regional platform at the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant.

According to the committee, there will be three categories on show at the Project Runway; the traditionally inspired dress, sarong wear and day/evening wear.