Miss Fiji

Miss Fiji
Formation	1979
Type	Beauty Pageant
Headquarters	Suva
Location	Fiji
Membership	Miss World Miss Universe Miss Earth Miss International Miss Tourism Queen Miss South Pacific
Official language	Fijian

Miss Fiji or The Hibiscus Festival Fiji is the biggest national beauty pageant for women in Fiji.

History

The Miss Fiji pageant established in 1979 and official national pageant to select representative at International pageants. Officially, Miss Fiji winner will be competing at Miss South Pacific pageant.^[1] Fiji has two winners from the pageant in 2009 Merewalesi Nailatikau and 2011 Alisi Rabukawaqa. The Miss South Pacific had become the most prestigious International pageant in pacific area after Miss Asia Pacific International pageant.

Additionally, Fiji sent the winner for Grand Slams beauty contests which are Miss Universe,^[2] Miss World,^[3] Miss International,^[4] Miss Earth^[5] and Miss Tourism Queen International.^[6]

In 2012 another contest which called as Miss World Fiji pageant will select the representative of Fijian to compete at Miss World pageant.^[7] Meanwhile, You & Me Talents Fiji directed by Atu Ravatu,^[8] an organization licensed business in the Republic of Fiji Islands under Section 4 of the Registration of Business Act had become the national franchise holder of Miss Earth.

In 2014 Miss Earth Fiji together joined with Miss Earth Tonga and Miss Earth Samoa to select the three queens for the Miss Earth headed by Mr. Tito Lavashe Couture-Stowers.^[9]

Titleholders

Color key

Declared as Winner
Ended as runner-up
Ended as one of the finalists or semifinalists

Miss Fiji sent the official winner in every pageant by separate pageant every year. Miss World Fiji for Miss World, Miss Earth Fiji for Miss Earth and Miss Fiji for Miss Universe (1979 and 1981) and Miss South Pacific.

Year	Miss Universe	Miss World	Miss Earth	Miss International	Miss Tourism Queen	Miss South Pacific
1979	Tanya Whiteside
1981	Lynn Michelle MacDonald
1994				Sunita Devi
1995				Rejieli Ratu		Jacqueline Movoa
1996				Ranjani Roshini Dayal		Linda Tabuya
1997						Letila Mitchell
1998						Ranadi Laurel Johnston
1999						Joanne Kakoa Terubea
2002						Sheetal Shivani Ram
2004		Aishwarya Sukhdeo
2006					Jeanette Jessica Dharan
2007			Minal Maneesha Ali		Minal Maneesha Ali
2008					Sheryl Narayan
2009						Merewalesi Nailatikau
2010						Sera Tikotikoivatu
2011						Alisi Rabukawaqa
2012		Koini Elesi Vakaloloma*	Esther Cheyanne Foss	Kesaia Kacilala*		Drew Slatter
2013		Caireen Marie Erbsleben				Priscilla Preetika Reddy
2014		Charlene Tafunai'i	Zoe McCraken			Nanise Noel Ragarau Rainima

Notes

2012: Koini Elesi Vakaloloma was appointed from 1st Runner-up title. According to Miss World Fiji, the current of Miss World Fiji 2012, Torika Watters stripped the title due to minimum age recruitment. It's being a reason for Torika to withdraw at the Miss World 2012 in Ordos, China.^[10]
2012: Kesaia Kacilala was crowned as Miss International Fiji 2012. She withdrew at the Miss International 2012 in Okinawa, Japan in unknown reasons.

References

External links

Miss Universe participant countries and territories

Active
(1952–present)

Inactive
(since 2011)

Antigua & Barbuda (2008)
Barbados (2007)
Belize (2007)
Benin (1962)
Bermuda (1997)
Bonaire (1999)
Chinese Taipei (2004)
Cook Islands (1999)
Cote d'Ivoire (1986)
Cuba (1967)
Dominica (1985)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (1986)
Fiji (1981)
Gambia (1986)
Gibraltar (1990)
Grenada (1964)
Iceland (2009)
Iraq (1972)
Jordan (1960)
Latvia (2006)
Lesotho (1978)
Liberia (1977)
Luxembourg (1994)
Madagascar (1961)
Malta (2001)
Micronesia (1975)
Morocco (1978)
Papua New Guinea (1986)
Samoa (1986)
Senegal (1987)
Seychelles (1995)
St. Kitts & Nevis (1981)
St. Martin (2006)
St. Vincent & Grenadines (2006)
Suriname (1999)
Swaziland (1994)
Tunisia (1971)
Vanuatu (1978)
Zambia (2010)
Zimbabwe (2001)

Boycott
(1958-present)

Region of China	Hong Kong (1952-2000)

Constituent country of Denmark	Greenland (1987-1990)

Overseas regions of France	French Guiana (1977-1984) Guadeloupe (1977-1984) Martinique (1957-1984) New Caledonia (1982) Réunion (1977-1986) Tahiti (1962-1985)

Constituent countries of Great Britain	England (1955-1990) Scotland (1961-1990) Wales (1961-1990)

Part of Japan	Okinawa (1963-1968)

Bantustans of South Africa	Bophuthatswana (1979) Transkei (1979-1983)

Territories of USA	Alaska (1952-1958) Hawaii (1952-1959)

Miss World participant countries and territories

Active (1951–present)	Albania Angola Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Bermuda Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia & Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Bulgaria Cameroon Canada Cayman Islands Chad Chile China Chinese Taipei Colombia Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Curaçao Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Equatorial Guinea Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Guadeloupe Guam Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kosovo Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia FYRO Malawi Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Romania Russia Samoa São Tomé & Príncipe Scotland Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Barthelemy St. Kitts & Nevis Suriname Sweden Switzerland Tanzania Thailand Trinidad & Tobago Tunisia Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Venezuela Vietnam Wales Zambia Zimbabwe

Inactive (Since 2011)	Algeria (2002) Andorra (2003) Antigua & Barbuda (2008) Bangladesh (2001) Cambodia (2006) Cape Verde (2010) Cook Islands (1990) Cuba (1975) Democratic Republic of the Congo (2008) Estonia (2005) Gambia (1986) Greenland (1992) Grenada (2007) Guernsey (1975) Isle of Man (1988) Jersey (1981) Jordan (1981) Madagascar (2001) Monaco (1955) Morocco (1968) Montserrat (1964) Northern Marianas (2003) Papua New Guinea (1990) St. Lucia (2010) St. Martin (2001) St. Vincent and Grenadines (1994) Swaziland (2009) Syria (1966) Tahiti (2010) Tonga (1986) Turks and Caicos (2004)

Miss Earth participant countries and territories

Active (2001–present)	Albania Argentina Aruba Australia Austria Bahamas Belgium Belize Bolivia Bonaire Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Canada Chile China Chinese Taipei Colombia Cook Islands Crimea Croatia Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Curaçao Czech Republic Denmark Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Estonia Finland France Fiji Gabon Germany Ghana Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary India Indonesia Ireland Israel Italy Japan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea Kosovo Latvia Lebanon Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Madagascar Malaysia Malta Martinique Mauritius Mexico Myanmar Moldova Mongolia Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Zealand Nicaragua Nigeria Northern Ireland Norway Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Reunion Island Romania Russia Rwanda Scotland Serbia Sierra Leone Singapore Slovak Republic Slovenia South Africa South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka St. Lucia Sweden Switzerland Tahiti Tanzania Thailand Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Turkey Uganda Ukraine United States Uruguay US Virgin Islands Venezuela Vietnam Wales Zambia Zimbabwe

Inactive (Since 2011)	Afghanistan (2005) Antigua and Barbuda (2003) Barbados (2002) Bhutan (2008) Bulgaria (2004) Cambodia (2005) Cameroon (2010) Cayman Islands (2010) Chad (2004) Cuba (2009) Cyprus (2003) Democratic Republic of Congo (2008) Ethiopia (2008) Georgia (2009) Gibraltar (2003) Greece (2009) Iceland (2007) Jamaica (2010) Liberia (2008) Macedonia FYRO (2006) Niue Islands (2007) Republic of Congo (2007) Suriname (2008) Tibet (2007) Tokelau (2005) Turks and Caicos (2009) Uganda (2008)