This award is in honour of the late Ruby Laufa, a former Miss Papua New Guinea queen who passed away on February 11, 2017.
Late Laufa was to go back to complete her studies at the Legal Training Institute when she passed away.
Thus, the Ruby Anne Laufa Award will be presented annually to a young woman who wants to pursue her Legal Training Institute studies so that she can be admitted to the bar as a lawyer.
Laufa was Miss South Pacific PNG for 2012 to 2013.
She was the third runner-up at the regional pageant and was winner in:
