Miss PNG 2016 crowning

TAC Minister Tobias Kulang attended the crowning of the Miss Pacific Islands PNG on Saturday to enforce this statement.

In his keynote address, he said he was starting a process that will go a long way to ensure formal government support to the pageant, empowering young women.

Minister Kulang noted that the young woman representing PNG as a cultural ambassador falls within the ministry’s responsibilities.

However, he said for a long time, the ministry did not recognise that to partner with the pageant.

This was about a week ago when her daughter, 23-year-old Kellyanne Limbiye, was sponsored by Pacific Assurance Group to enter the Miss Pacific Islands Pageant (MPIP) PNG.

Nareso, an accountant with Puma Energy, is a single mother of three children, one of which is Limbiye, the newly-crowned Miss PNG 2016.

Her influence in daughter Limbiye’s life is very obvious, given the firmly grounded ideas of feminism Limbiye aims to advocate.

The six contestants will each be presenting a 4 minute speech on topics of relevance to the country and region.