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Kōrero: Beauty contests

Christina Fa'afili, Miss Samoa New Zealand 2009

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Christina Fa'afili, Miss Samoa New Zealand 2009

In New Zealand various Pacific communities have their own beauty contests. This is the winner of Miss Samoa New Zealand 2009, Christina Fa'afili. She is photographed in the dress she wore for the traditional-wear section of the competition.

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Kerryn Pollock, Beauty contests – Beauty contests, 1960s to the 2000s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/node/223437 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 26 August 2013, updated 1 December 2015.